After waiting and waiting, I'm finally at the point I could either scream with frustration or bawl my eyes out. I saw my doctor this morning and he doesn't have any answers. The bravo test came back completely normal, which amazes me, considering the amount of heart burn I had to deal with during the test...but, normal is normal. So, now what? Although he isn't sure it is going to help and after all of this, I may still be at square one, he offered to schedule the surgery.
The surgery will be between Christmas and New Years, so, so much for my holiday and I'll be in the hospital when my family has its annual get together and my sister is in town from out of state. The surgery will be laproscopic, unless he needs to convert to open. He is planning to fix the hiatal hernia, fix the abdominal hernia (although he isn't convinced I have one...I'm still asking then what is it that keeps popping out when I sneeze or cough), he'll look for more adhesions, since I had them before and then look around for anything else that could possibly be going on.
So, needless to say, there are a lot of IFs, but hopefully this will help and I can move on with my life, otherwise, I don't know what else I'm going to do. Can you say FRUSTRATION. Cross your fingers, say some prayers for me please. I need some type of resolution.
Happy Holidays,
I'll update again, when I can.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Getting somewhere...maybe?
Well, it appears I may be coming up to some type of resolution. After my last upper GI on the 24th of October, the doctor seemed to be at a standstill, since it didn't show much. The hiatal hernia appeared to be small and he still isn't sure this is the cause of all of my problems. The pain is constant at this point, although still at its worst only after eating. Which of course, leads me to not want to eat. The nausea has seemed to calm down a bit over the last week, but its still there and I'm still vomiting an average of 1-2 times a day (mostly bile, since I haven't been eating a whole lot). The worst part, at least to me, is that now every time I vomit, my abdominal hernia decides to pop out too. There is nothing worse than throwing up, then having to lay on the bathroom tile and push it back in, only so I can throw up again.
As of yesterday, I am now scheduled for another EGD, only this time they are doing a bravo test to go with it. A Bravo test, is basically a little capsule monitor that the doctor attaches to your esophagus during the EGD to monitor how much acid is coming up from the stomach. It transmits to a little receiver that I will have to carry around for 24 hours and then return. Fortunately, the capsule just falls off and passes normally, so they don't have to remove it afterward..Once the doctor gets these results they will decide exactly what they are going to do next. Looks as though they will be scheduling me for surgery at the beginning of December. This kind of sucks in terms of the holidays, but maybe I'll actually be able to enjoy the food and festivities without the pain, if this works. They are planning to fix both the hiatal and the abdominal hernias and depending on the results, might do something else too, but they said they would explain that once the results were back....so I'll keep you posted.
As of yesterday, I am now scheduled for another EGD, only this time they are doing a bravo test to go with it. A Bravo test, is basically a little capsule monitor that the doctor attaches to your esophagus during the EGD to monitor how much acid is coming up from the stomach. It transmits to a little receiver that I will have to carry around for 24 hours and then return. Fortunately, the capsule just falls off and passes normally, so they don't have to remove it afterward..Once the doctor gets these results they will decide exactly what they are going to do next. Looks as though they will be scheduling me for surgery at the beginning of December. This kind of sucks in terms of the holidays, but maybe I'll actually be able to enjoy the food and festivities without the pain, if this works. They are planning to fix both the hiatal and the abdominal hernias and depending on the results, might do something else too, but they said they would explain that once the results were back....so I'll keep you posted.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Still waiting it out.
I'm still waiting to hear something. According to my doctor's PA (Physician Assistant), the upper GI only showed a small hiatal hernia, which he doesn't believe is causing my problems. I am so frustrated and tired of this. My patience is running thin, especially when I have nights like I did last night. Eating dinner is actually scary these days. Seriously starting to consider going on a liquid diet, but not even sure that would help.
Last night we had pizza for dinner. I ate one slice, that's it and ended up doubled over, threw up twice, with my incisional hernia deciding to pop out at the same time. Its really sad when you have to lay on the bathroom floor to push a hernia back in, just so you can throw up again. What will it take for the doctors to start treating me as a priority?
Last night we had pizza for dinner. I ate one slice, that's it and ended up doubled over, threw up twice, with my incisional hernia deciding to pop out at the same time. Its really sad when you have to lay on the bathroom floor to push a hernia back in, just so you can throw up again. What will it take for the doctors to start treating me as a priority?
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