The next procedure I was scheduled for was an
upper endoscopy, the first week in January (2012). Since the beginning, I had been persistent
that it was my stomach that was in pain, not my ace. I was finally going to have the endoscopy to
check out my stomach, diagnose the problem, and fix it. I was totally convinced that since it was the
start of a new year, my luck was sure to change. However, any of you that know me in person,
know that I have about as much luck in life as a guy with whiskey dick pleasing
a lady.
If you remember, two months
prior, I had completed my first procedure, the Colonoscopy. It is very uncomfortable being in a small
room with several people, most of which I had never met before, and knowing
that they were going to be all up in your ace.
At the time, I figured I would never see them again because it was
suppose to be a wham bam thank you ma’am kind of deal. But nope, here I was again, only this time
they were going through the throat. I am
pretty sure they did not recognize my face, but luckily I had a hospital
bracelet with my name on it.
So I am in the small
procedure room changing from my clothes into the usual hospital gown. I bend over to fold my clothes and put them
in the stellar bag they let you keep as a souvenir. Then as I look up, I see the computer screen
is on and there is an ace on it. I
started laughing thinking it was another persons procedure or something, then I stood up straight and realized it
was me! I turned around, and yep, there
is the long camera sitting on the counter pointed straight at me. I tightly tied the back of my gown since they
weren’t going in the “exit only” hole and laid down on the hospital bed (where a
many bungholes have leaked before) and waited to get hopped up.
After waking up from the
procedure, the doctor came to inform me of the diagnostic impression: Antral
gastritis (inflammation of the antral portion of the stomach), biopsy obtained;
normal esophagus; normal body; normal fundus; normal duodenum. He then provided me a prescription for
Nexium, which is used to treat GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), and scheduled
an appointment to see me in 4 weeks.
Within one week of having the upper endoscopy, I was calling my
gastroenterologists office complaining of severe stomach pain. At that time he called in a prescription for
Levsin, which is used to decrease the motion of the stomach and intestines and
the secretion of stomach fluids, including acid. The gastroenterologist had also received the
results of the biopsy: Chronic gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining),
moderate; Negative for H. Pylori. It
makes sense that I was in a severe amount of pain, daily, since my stomach was
inflamed and I was on numerous medications by this time.
On January 31, 2012, I
returned to the gastroenterologist for my follow up appointment. I informed my doctor that I was still in
sever pain and my stomach just continued to get bigger and bigger any time I
ate ANYTHING! He looked at me and asked
if I was eating several small meals throughout the day. I explained that I had been eating small
meals throughout the day, but due to the increasing nausea, I had a difficult time
eating. He provided me with a packet of
information on Gastroparesis, which included recommended foods to eat and
avoid, and sent me on my way.
By this point, I was really
beginning to get irritated. I felt like
he was just pushing me, another patient, through like farmers herd cattle. It was then that I started realizing that I
was going to have to start researching myself to figure out what was going
on.
Turns out my research would
pay off…or at least result in the most eventful Valentine’s Day of my life.
OMG,you've still got your sense of humor :)
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Wow....I remember that. To say you were getting "irritated" is an understatement! :)
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