Wanting to keep you posted, I just now finished having my capsule endoscopy scheduled for THIS Tuesday, March 16! It sounds like a minor miracle that we were able to schedule it so soon, so I'm very grateful for that! It will be at Cedars-Sinai Medical...
The GI doctor's appointment today turned out to be pretty revealing. In short, he is almost certain of a diagnosis of Chron's Disease, which is autoimmune in nature. They don't know why it happens and there is no cure, only treatment to...
The last two days have been a bit hard to get my mind around. Colleen and I are at El Capitan Canyon, north of Santa Barbara. We left around 3:30 Sunday afternoon. I drove from home to one of our favorite produce stands in Somis....
Not feeling any different today physically, but it has been a gracious day. I had the opportunity to officiate the wedding of a young couple in our church. The bride's family has been a part of our church from her early years. A man came into...
How's THAT for an honest post title? Feeling crappy. Not just physically, but emotionally. Maybe even spiritually right now. Not only do I not feel a whole lot better after 7 weeks and 33 pounds of fighting this stomach thing, but now my kids have just...
I am starting to feel like this digestive tract issue is just an ongoing saga! Felt like I was making some progress, albeit slow, until last Thursday. The pain and nausea intensified and became constant and have continued as such since. Saw my regular doc on...
Well, Tuesday gave me a lot of hope, but the last 3 days have given me more wonderment (if that's a word). Overall, I can say I am feeling improvement versus a couple weeks ago, but it is s...
Little bit of a funny title because we just watched the movie "Up" as a family. Very cute movie with some tremendous life lessons. Just a quick update ...
After my last post, I realized that the more I think about it, the more I feel like I've dodged a bullet in having a pre-cancerous polyp removed from my colon that wasn't even the issue being searched for in my recent colonoscopy! I also realized...
For those who are wondering where I've been lately, I wanted to finally go ahead and give an update here. It's actually been a dim few weeks of uncertainty about my physical health. I mentioned a little bit in my last post about how I was...