Seven Plagues of Egypt - Part II

Warning: Contains Graphic Material and A Lot of TMI
Read At Your Own Risk


When I say it's been a long winter and spring I mean it really has been. The weather just can't seem to get itself in a group. We've seen 70. We've seen it come and go. Mostly we've seen frost, wind, torrential rain and clouds. If my tomato plants had legs they would have migrated by now. I'm shocked the humming birds aren't wearing fleece. It's been disappointing.

So has my health. If you go back to my March 4th entry you'll see where it all started but hasn't ended.  I've never felt well since I bought the Gazelle. I still have that fibromyalgia flare going on. Since the antibiotics my entire digestive system has hunkered in the bunker for some kind of jihad. I have been and continue to be doctored to death. Okay not death but you know what I mean.  I'm at Target pharmacy so much they think I work there now.

Here's where I'm at. On April 19th I had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. Word on the street is that I wasn't sedated enough for the endo and in the words of good Dr Roy, "You were pretty anxious." This translates into I was trying to talk with the tube in my throat and tried to pull the tube out. All he found  there was some inflammation. On the other end of thing he said everything looked okay. Still, I didn't feel okay. I still had stomach problems: heart burn, the feeling of something stuck in my throat all the time, bloating, burning across the bottom of my rib cage, feeling like my stomach was hollow and empty right after I ate. And did I say heartburn? Like, kill a healthy horse heartburn? In the lower unit I for the first time in my life was constipated. I also felt like I wasn't completely empty when I could go.When I could go it felt as if my innards were all gonna come out and not in places it was supposed to. When I could go it felt as if my innards were all gonna come out and not in places it was supposed to. Plus there was this terrible pain. I went back to my doc. I was referred to a Digestive Clinic in St Cloud.

(Did I say that during this whole time I still had that fibro flare going on and my BP remained elevated?)

Dr Liveringhouse, who I need to say is very good looking and kind, gave me the once over. I need to say here that if you are going to have someone look at your nether parts you may want to get yourself an old, significantly unattractive Dr to do it. He pronounced that I had a "significant rectal fissure" and GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease). I left with a prescription for mega dose of Prilosec and some ointment that I needed to put where the sun don't shine three times a day. For the constipation I was told to take Mirlax daily. *refer to post of April 18

A week later there was no improvement on the GERD. I still felt like I had sticks in my throat. We switched meds to Protonix. A week later we doubled the dose. Now, I'm being scheduled for a repeat endoscopy down in St Cloud with Dr Goodlooking. He's also going to stick something he said was like a long strand of spaghetti down my nose and into my stomach to see what the PH is doing or not doing. This stays in for a day with one end taped to my face and the other end hanging out with my digestive juices.

On the other end. Things are better and I have an appointment with a gynecologist whose name I can't pronounce due to the amount of consonants. He's supposed to determine if my bladder and uterus have migrated south.

The fibro continues to rage. We had a week long bout with my insurance company over whether or not I could take Lyrica which is a new med that has had really good results with fibro pain. Also, because I am complicated and the stomach thing may well be a weird manifestation of fibro my Dr is working on a referral to Mayo. So, I'm waiting to hear when the pilgrimage to the Holy City of Health will happen. In the meantime I'm hopeful about Lyrica. It would be nice to have less pain and to feel like me again. You remember me right?

Peace and Health to You
Karen












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