Endoscopy Friday

Friday wasn't my best day. I didn't realize how much water I drank first thing in the morning until I couldn't have anything because of the endoscopy. I am used to being able to sneak one or two slugs of water and nobody would know the difference. But because they were going right into my stomach, I knew that they would know if I cheated and didn't want to have to redo the procedure. I figured that them finding a jolly rancher or m&m with the "m" still on it wouldn't be a good thing.

This ended up being a cattle call with 5 of us sitting in a small room with our escorts. Talk about getting cranky with an empty stomach and being thirsty. But the ladies behind the doors were wonderful and made all the difference in the world.

They gave me some phenergan for my nausea (when don't I have it) and it burned from my wrist where the IV started all the way up to my elbow. I wish I had known as it did the same thing in the hospital. Fortunately for me, when they knew how much it really hurt, they jacked up the sleepy-time medicine and the next thing I remember is waking up and being asked to burp.

I slept off and on most of the day and finally woke up long enough to watch a movie. I then went upstairs and slept the rest of it off. I woke up this morning and my arm is swollen from the phenergan, but I can handle that.

Chip said the doc told him my stomach and small intestine looked pristine. I never thought of calling it that, but am glad he didn't see anything abnormal. I have the pictures in my purse. Uh, yuck. I guess they look very healthy from a medical standpoint.

I looked up the pictures of those with celiac disease, which is one thing they are looking for, and saw that my intestine looks like a healthy one and not like one where the celiac is in its destructive phase. That's always good. However, the biopsy is required for almost all cases since many don't go into the destructive phase. That made me feel better, too, since it can take a long time to heal. I want a label and a direction to go in and guidance, not anything bad, if that makes sense.

Now for the wait. When I went to his office he said it would take 2-3 business days, but while at the center, they said it could take a month. Well, that rots, but there isn't a thing I can do about it. In the meantime, I will be avoiding wheat anyway because it made me feel as rotten as can be.