Gettin' Better
In class on LJ again...
I made it through the first hour paying attention! To the book more than the lecture... but I'm just not really good at lecture. He wanders a lot, which I'm sure is much better for interaction and normal attention spans, but for me, it does not work with my hyper ordered notetaking. But I tried, and considering I haven't looked at a textbook since last Wednesday's test, that's pretty good.
Everything is better since starting these enzymes on Tuesday. But to explain this, I need to explain this weekend. After dinner Thursday night, I was holding my belly in crazy pain and was considering going to the emergency room. It had been going on at relative intensities for about a week, but it was bad enough that Friday after a dinner of plain noodles, I made a GP appointment for Monday morning, and Friday night, we had a serious emergency room considerations. But, after researching stool related things, we had become convinced it was pancreatitis. I spent the weekend on clear fluids until Sunday night, where I ate a particularly inflaming meal so I would be in honest pain in the appointment. Unfortunately, my GP's father died so I had to last minute reschedule for the gastroenterologist ( I don't even know what to do for my amazing GP with such a serious loss).
I saw a different doctor than normal and he ordered a small bowel series to check for further celiac damage, blood work, an anti-spasmodic, and papaya extract. After a huge insurance ordeal at the hospital, we got through the tests and picked up the extract chewables. The small bowel series was crazy painful but apparently unremarkable, except that I apparently have a very fast metabolism. Food goes in and out in less than 45 minutes. Made another appointment for Tuesday since I was still in pain, subsiding from "awful meal" but definitely still present.
Saw ANOTHER new doctor Tuesday, but I'm actually glad about this, each doctor has a different attitude. My bloodwork came back 110% normal as it did in June (Textbook 120/80 BP too, I'm apparently an extremely healthy fatso). He did order a CT scan still because my pancreas could have been inflamed for so long that it now puts out normal enzymes even when malfunctioning. He also gave me a fiber drink (he's a representative of...) and pancreatic enzymes. The CT scan is set for Friday so I will eat another too-spicy red meat meal Thursday night and get the tummy all agitated.
So anyway the whole point is that while I'm still on "rest" and can't go back to the gym, by taking these additional enzymes before and after every meal, I've had next to no pain (normally pain is a reminder I forgot to take it). The doctor believes this should be all it takes and was probably caused by the celiac and not any outside disease, but we'll see. I'll post more about this doctor after I see him again on Tuesday.
Last word: barium is friggin' gross and I can't believe I have to down two more bottles of it Friday morning. My poop gloooooooows.
I made it through the first hour paying attention! To the book more than the lecture... but I'm just not really good at lecture. He wanders a lot, which I'm sure is much better for interaction and normal attention spans, but for me, it does not work with my hyper ordered notetaking. But I tried, and considering I haven't looked at a textbook since last Wednesday's test, that's pretty good.
Everything is better since starting these enzymes on Tuesday. But to explain this, I need to explain this weekend. After dinner Thursday night, I was holding my belly in crazy pain and was considering going to the emergency room. It had been going on at relative intensities for about a week, but it was bad enough that Friday after a dinner of plain noodles, I made a GP appointment for Monday morning, and Friday night, we had a serious emergency room considerations. But, after researching stool related things, we had become convinced it was pancreatitis. I spent the weekend on clear fluids until Sunday night, where I ate a particularly inflaming meal so I would be in honest pain in the appointment. Unfortunately, my GP's father died so I had to last minute reschedule for the gastroenterologist ( I don't even know what to do for my amazing GP with such a serious loss).
I saw a different doctor than normal and he ordered a small bowel series to check for further celiac damage, blood work, an anti-spasmodic, and papaya extract. After a huge insurance ordeal at the hospital, we got through the tests and picked up the extract chewables. The small bowel series was crazy painful but apparently unremarkable, except that I apparently have a very fast metabolism. Food goes in and out in less than 45 minutes. Made another appointment for Tuesday since I was still in pain, subsiding from "awful meal" but definitely still present.
Saw ANOTHER new doctor Tuesday, but I'm actually glad about this, each doctor has a different attitude. My bloodwork came back 110% normal as it did in June (Textbook 120/80 BP too, I'm apparently an extremely healthy fatso). He did order a CT scan still because my pancreas could have been inflamed for so long that it now puts out normal enzymes even when malfunctioning. He also gave me a fiber drink (he's a representative of...) and pancreatic enzymes. The CT scan is set for Friday so I will eat another too-spicy red meat meal Thursday night and get the tummy all agitated.
So anyway the whole point is that while I'm still on "rest" and can't go back to the gym, by taking these additional enzymes before and after every meal, I've had next to no pain (normally pain is a reminder I forgot to take it). The doctor believes this should be all it takes and was probably caused by the celiac and not any outside disease, but we'll see. I'll post more about this doctor after I see him again on Tuesday.
Last word: barium is friggin' gross and I can't believe I have to down two more bottles of it Friday morning. My poop gloooooooows.