What a year!

This year has been full of surprises. Some good, some great and some not so good. The not so good. Mike, my 42 y/o son died. See blog: My blog about Mike.  The great: Katie, my 41 y/o daughter is pregnant for the first time. It's a boy, due January 25.
The latest challenge: I have stones in my gall bladder and will need to have it removed. 
I had a gall bladder 'attack' last week. I woke up in excruciating pain. There was nothing I could do but wait it out. It lasted about a half hour then passed and I went back to sleep. I knew it was my gall bladder because I had one other attack a year and a half ago.  I was in Sacramento at the time. I got on the internet and tried to find a doctor up there. I hit a brick wall. Either they weren't taking new patients or they wouldn't take medicare.  So I decide to set myself up with the doctor I already had in place in San Diego from my last incident  When I had the attack a year and a half ago I went to a surgeon to discuss my options. I decided to wait  since I felt so good. I promised myself that I would have my gall bladder removed if I had another episode. So Im making good on my promise.
I went in to see Dr Day with Frank yesterday. She discussed my options and possible complications. When she examined me she found a hard place in my abdomen just above my stomach. She said it isn't really where the gall bladder should be. I told her I was also having some discomfort in my right lower abdomen about where my appendix is.It feels like ovulation pain. But I went through menopause 15 years ago. So it isn't that. She decided to do a CAT scan of my whole abdomen. Im waiting for the call to set it up. The plan is to have the CAT scan this week and the surgery next week.
Things just don't feel right in my abdominal area. It is hard to describe. It isn't really pain. It's just 'not right'
I am to eat a low fat diet from now until 6 weeks after the surgery. My diet had slipped a little while I was in Sacramento. I stuck with it pretty well but was allowing the fat to sneak in via low fat milk instead of nonfat. Low fat yogurt, butter on my whole wheat great. A bit of full fat PB instead of the non fat reconstituted kind.
Im actually happy to have the motivation to go back to my low fat diet. I have gained 10 lbs since Mike died. Time to take it off.