Dr. Keith A. Hinshaw

Hi All! Friday of last week was a crazy day for Justin and I.  

A few weeks ago, I was experiencing so much pain from my gall bladder, that I finally decided that it was time for me to go see a surgeon about getting the stupid thing removed.  So Wednesday of last week I called the office and made an appointment to meet with the surgeon on Friday afternoon.

Justin and I left work early to head over to the office and meet with the doctor.  I honestly was not sure what to expect from the appointment because I have never had a consultation with a surgeon about any type of surgery.  The last "surgery" I had was getting my wisdom teeth removed at 17 and I had nothing to do with the planning of that procedure.

Once we got to the office, I signed in and we waited patiently for the doctor to be ready for us.  Thankfully, Justin had his phone and could play games and there was a few magazines that I could check out while we were waiting.  Plus they had this handy dandy information packet about their office and the different types of procedures they do.

About 45 minutes after we checked in, the doctor was finally ready so we went back and talked with him about the surgery.  I have to say that I really appreciated how kind and how patient he was with Justin and me.  I'm sure he deals with nervous patients all of the time, but it felt nice that he acknowledged my fear. 

During the appointment, Dr. Hinshaw went over everything for me which included this handy-dandy pamphlet.  I never really knew the function of my gall bladder until I went to this appointment.  I guess the reason that I am experiencing pain is due to the fact that my gall bladder does not pump normally; instead, it spasms every.single. time. I eat.  Sound lovely right?

He also showed me the basics of what will happen when I get my gall bladder out.  I guess they will be removing the organ through an incision that is about 1/2" wide.  Can you believe that? 

After the appointment, Justin and I sat down and picked which date works best for both of us and we both decided on September 12th.  So there it is everyone, I will be getting my gall bladder out on September 12.

Question of the Day:
What kinds of surgery have you had?

Double Date Night

Hey All! I honestly do not know where the last few weeks have gone and I seriously feel like I am being so irresponsible with this blog.  If you have continued to stick around and continue reading my blog, I really appreciate it! I really hope I can get this thing back on track in the next few weeks.  

Last week, Justin and I made plans to go on a double date with his coworker, Bryan, and Bryan's fiance.  The plan was to meet at their house and head out to dinner and putt putt. after work.  

They live over by the only Ikea in the state of Michigan, so of course Justin and I made a point to stop in to buy a few items that I needed to help organize my craft stuff.  Unfortunately, my crafting supplies have been taking over the living room so hopefully the storage bins will help correct this issue.  If you have any fun/cute ideas for organizing all things crafty, let me know! I'm open to all ideas.

For dinner we went to downtown Plymouth and grabbed a bite to eat.  After dinner we made our way to Sportway of Westland.  This place was pretty awesome! It had putt putt, batting cages and Go Karts, so you know we took advantage of all three!

The putt putt course was pretty neat! I love when they have tons of waterfalls and castles.  This particular course had two different sides: the castle side and the pirate ship side.  We ended up going on the castle side which was pretty neat.  Maybe next time we will make our way over to the pirate ship (it sure looked cool)!

After putt putt, we took a spin the Go Karts then made our way over to the batting cages.  I can honestly say that I have little to no hand-eye coordination so when I got in the cage and was able to hit 9 of 15 pitches I was super excited! I definitely would like to go back to batting cages and take a few more practice runs.  Plus, it's good exercise.

I look forward to the next double date we will do with Bryan and Jenny: Bocce Ball!

Question of the Day:

What is your favorite thing to do for a double date?

Swimming = Love

One of my favorite things about living in Michigan is getting to swim in one of the many lakes that we have.  As you know, I get together with my girls once a month and last month we decided to go swimming at Caroline's house since her family lives on a lake.  

The plan was for us to get together, have pizza then swim and do a fire, but Mother Nature decided that we could only swim for a little bit before the sky opened up and we got rained on.  Luckily, we got to enjoy the water and it was super nice!

Danielle didn't feel like swimming so she was our designated photographer for the evening.

After swimming we all hung out and watched "Girl Code".  Have you ever seen that show? It is absolutely hilarious! I honestly think it's so funny because most of it is true.  If you haven't seen it yet, I would check it out on MTV.  Because we were not able to have s'mores, we ended up eating all of the candy and marshmallows separate while we watched the show.

I love hanging out with my girls and cannot wait for the next get together!