Update & Shelly Love

[quidditchgrrl]

Just wanted to check in and let you all know what's happening. Thanks to all of you who wished me luck and have listened to my wibbling for the past few months.



Endoscopy this morning went v. well. I got up this morning at ten of four because of nerves, so by the time they wheeled me into the room, they barely needed the demerol/versed to knock me out. I don't even remember them numbing my throat with the spray or much of anything until about 4:30 today. Ace. :)

That being said, they did find out what they think has been causing the pain and problems. There is an obstruction near the duodenum - where food exits the stomach and moves into the small intestine, and near where the biliary duct opens into the intestine - which is blocking food from exiting as quickly as it should. They also showed me the pics of my chewed-up esophagus. Yum. My throat is a little bit hurty, but I just ate some muskmelon and it went down all right. Good stuff.

The obstruction is outside of the GI tract, meaning I have to go in for a CAT scan tomorrow evening. It could be a piece of tissue/fat, or a tumor. A benign tumor - no chance of it being cancerous, thank goodness. Either way, it's treatable.

So, I'm not crazy. Because after more than a year of near-constant pain without aggressive treatment, I wondered if my doctor thought I was a hypochondriac. I had a gall bladder scan last August which came back normal, blood/kidney tests all normal. He didn't seem too worried about it, didn't order an endoscopy or gall bladder-radiation test, just kept changing my meds when I said they didn't work. It took a second doctor (who seemed poised to take the same action - nothing) and my abject begging for steps to be taken to get an order for endoscopy.

But it's over now, and this should be the end of it. I'll feel better physically, start regaining steam mentally, and be back on my feet in no time. Wow, that sounds good, almost too good to be true. Hope springs eternal. :)



Randomness:

Nails are a pretty shade of purple, as part of my early-morning boredom kill.

muffinbutt and malachan are just too sickeningly cute. :-P

Has anyone else read Passing for Thin by Frances Kuffel? I started it this morning, and I don't know what to make of it. Just wanted your thoughts.

LJ friend for the day, just randomly: shellyk

This woman has been putting up with the boss from hell in her quest to become a lawyer. She's a much better person that I, because I'd no doubt have punched Umbitch out long ago. She's also a great writer - her Cleverness Has Nothing to Do With Love was one of the first fanfics I followed religiously on ffnet, and one of the first fandom folks I knew. I have a great amount of respect for her, she's wise beyond her years.

Thanks to those of you who introduced yourselves in my recent post. I'll respond to them soon, and anyone else? Please, please give me a couple of lines about yourself. It's great to read about other people, their fandom histories, and their lives.

Comments

[abigail89.livejournal.com]

Dang! I can't believe you've BEEN to Elida, let alone know where it is. My grandma has lived there almost all of her 88 years. Which dress shop? Are you old enough to remember that funky music store that was across from the fire station?

Yeah I know I don't have my age on my Yahoo profile. No bigee.