Cannot believe we are on the last full weekend of July! Cannot believe it has been 6 weeks since my gall bladder was removed! Cannot believe I am still having symptoms I had prior to the surgery, meaning that the gall bladder was not the...
I think the title of this post is an appropriate one for how I feel today in a few ways. First, we leave tomorrow afternoon to drive north to attend Josh's Sea Cadets Boot Camp Graduation and bring him home. He's in the HOME STRETCH of...
A week ago, we left on Saturday to check Josh in at his Sea Cadets Boot Camp on Sunday at Camp Roberts, 200 miles north of here. You can see my last post for details on that. In the meantime, while we haven't heard anything...
Met with the surgeon for a follow-up appointment on Monday morning. He says everything looks good as far as surgery recovery is concerned. Over the weekend, even after being home a few days and one week past surgery, I was feeling pretty exhausted. I realized my...
It’s been quite a wild ride the last few days. Even just typing this right now drains quite a bit of the energy from me. The last few days, knowing so many have been praying for me, has been a very deep honor. I appreciate...
The last few days have been a bit rocky. In short, after a painful episode at 2:00 am on Memorial Day that lasted 2 hours, another at 1:00 am last Monday that ended with a visit to the ER, and a THIRD episode that began...
I couldn't wait until June 23 for the results of the colonoscopy biopsies, so I called the Doc's office today. Turns out the biopsies all came back normal, so that's good. I think it means my intestines are healing, though they sure have been taking...
While results of the biopsies from today’s colonscopy won’t be in for a couple of weeks, the doctor said that the ileum looked better than what he saw in January. So, that’s good news for now. We’ll see what the biopsy results have to say....
Went to the follow-up appointment with the GI doc this afternoon. Since the nausea meds I've tried haven't been effective, and there are still other various symptoms taking place (down 59 pounds now), we are doing another colonoscopy to see how the...
Haven't updated in a while, so I thought I'd do so after a little news now. After going back on the Reglan, the shakes and "crawling out of my skin" feeling came back pretty strong. The GI doc lowered the dose twice over a week and...