Post #294,212
10/4/07 9:05:51 PM
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Blah.
Went to doc to have one issue resolved, ended up having a CT of lower abdomen (doc thinks it's the colon). Don't know results yet.
weak smile,
Amy
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Post #294,215
10/4/07 9:08:00 PM
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dang, I almost want to quit going to docs, gluck
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Post #294,216
10/4/07 9:08:31 PM
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Cringers Fossed.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #294,226
10/4/07 9:56:16 PM
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:-( Don't worry.
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Post #294,238
10/5/07 2:14:35 AM
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Critters Flossed.
;-)
Hang in there, it'll be all right.
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Post #294,245
10/5/07 5:08:45 AM
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Re: Blah.
"Remember -- that which does not kill us can only make us stronger.
- And that which *does* kill us leaves us *dead*!"
-- (Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum)
Relax, you're too pleasantly cantankerous to qualify for early exit - but, given the peculiarities of young MDs trying for experience -?- remember that second opinion, 'K?
Break a leg,
Ashton
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Post #294,246
10/5/07 5:16:16 AM
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I'll be hoping for you.
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Post #294,247
10/5/07 6:07:55 AM
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Good luck
and try to resist the urge to worry about things you have no control over. It's hard but doable. Good thoughts headed your way.
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Post #294,297
10/5/07 11:50:06 PM
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Blah is right.
The last thing you need is a bunch of docs poking around *there*. Whatever the outcome, you will be fine. You're a tough chick.
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Post #294,300
10/6/07 2:34:35 AM
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Good luck amy
"Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand"
Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
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Post #294,301
10/6/07 3:04:50 AM
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As they probe, may ye . . .
. . fart in their faces.
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Post #294,303
10/6/07 11:26:43 AM
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Good luck.
I almost responded with 'Be Happy' to Another Scott's post, but I thought better of it.
Seamus
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Post #294,312
10/6/07 12:59:01 PM
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You're a wise man, Seamus.
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Post #294,325
10/6/07 5:18:29 PM
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Hang in there, Amy!
Alex
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
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Post #294,350
10/7/07 1:09:04 AM
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Thanks for moral support - update
CT scan shows inflammation. Next step is gastroenterologist. Will probably spare the rest of details.
Hyperfear has subsided.
Really appreciate the good thoughts. Yall are the best.
Seamus, it's ok - be happy is good advice too. Throw some jokes in Oh Pun for me.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,352
10/7/07 7:35:48 AM
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Thanks. Hang in there. Don't worry too much. :-) Luck!
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Post #294,356
10/7/07 10:30:58 AM
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Hmmm...
Crohns? IBS? Colitis? Hope things come out okay. Get it? *come out okay?*
I'm sorry.
When I started my job, my first patient I saw was in the hospital with Crohns. Not only did I have the joy of sitting 3 feet away from his fully loaded bedside commode, I also got a very descriptive account of his bowel habits for the last several days, complete with pictures on his cell phone. Yes. Pictures.
"This is me in my bloody underwear"
"This is my toilet"
"These are the bloody, poopy towels which I used to clean myself up".
It was too much, even for me. I politely told him, I'm a social worker, not a nurse, so put that shit away.
Okay. I really didnt say exactly that... but I wanted to!
RETCH!!
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Post #294,370
10/7/07 12:32:25 PM
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For the love of all that is sacred and holy...
I can't get something feminine and girly. OH NO!
Oh, and I've developed Tourette's on top of that. Seems I'm uttering expletives for no apparent reason these days ;-)
I just keep singing, "I Feel Pretty" to myself.
I am who I am.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,372
10/7/07 12:44:15 PM
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Would it help..
if I told you I wrote that whilst wearing a flirty skirt, pearls, and pretty pink lipstick?
So pretty and witty and bright!
The truth is I am in ratty shorts and a t-shirt that says "Shut up and Rock!" from my own personal line, HagWare, Inc.
Oh so pretty.
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Post #294,390
10/7/07 7:22:03 PM
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Remember the milieu, though. LRPD sez,
We still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
uh Huh .. uh Huh Huh Huh
cha cha cha, Oh You Kid
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Post #294,373
10/7/07 12:51:02 PM
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look at the bright side
you can be the grinning person sitting in the middle back seat of foxworthy's car.
thanx,
bill
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Post #294,384
10/7/07 6:17:11 PM
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Better the driver...
with control of the power windows! As in LOCKED!
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Post #294,536
10/10/07 5:48:20 PM
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YAN update
I was scared, well, shitless on Monday when I read the official radiology report from the CT scan. Apparently he saw something he thought was lymphoma. An endoscopy/colonoscopy was performed today and TA DAAAAA!
No cancer, not even anything worth photographing (Critter has a veritable art gallery of his innards.)
So now all is love and light and butterflies.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,537
10/10/07 5:57:33 PM
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Good news
Glad to hear everything was good in the end.
(sorry 'bout the bad pun :)
~~~)-Steven----
Stapp's Ironical Paradox:
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle."
Col. John P. Stapp - Decelerator 'Test Pilot'
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Post #294,542
10/10/07 6:11:43 PM
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Butterflies are good. :-)
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Post #294,543
10/10/07 6:13:08 PM
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See? (Must have been the flossing.)
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Post #294,545
10/10/07 6:14:21 PM
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so glad its ok
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Post #294,549
10/10/07 6:33:10 PM
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Yay!
--
Steve
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Post #294,560
10/10/07 10:26:29 PM
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And woo!!
Alex
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
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Post #294,550
10/10/07 6:56:47 PM
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Awesome
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #294,551
10/10/07 7:01:09 PM
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Very good news!
Didn't I tell ya?
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Post #294,563
10/10/07 10:47:40 PM
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Yes, you did - You da Woman!
I took your suggestions to heart. When they took my blood pressure, it was 117/78. The nurse said, "Well, you aren't stressed out at all!" I told her, "I'm in my happy place." I thought of a cruise with all my friends on board. It was lovely.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,573
10/11/07 6:32:20 AM
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Was I there doing the limbo?
How low can you go....
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Post #294,552
10/10/07 7:58:15 PM
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What - you mean this is the end of it?
No blow by blow gory details day after day? No tension? No suspense? No tears?
Well, I guess we're really not all that disappointed, all considered. Glad you're OK.
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Post #294,564
10/10/07 10:51:35 PM
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Raaaaallly Daaaahling
You've been watching waaaay too many soap operas :-)
I think I've had enough drama for awhile.
Tag! You're it. :P
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,556
10/10/07 9:34:48 PM
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Good, now I can joke about it
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Post #294,562
10/10/07 10:37:06 PM
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You would have anyway
I would have insisted :-)
(you lovable bastard, you)
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,558
10/10/07 9:50:43 PM
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Great :-)
"Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand"
Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
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Post #294,565
10/10/07 11:36:36 PM
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What's all this 5h17 about?
Nuffink apparently.
Glad its that way.
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Post #294,603
10/15/07 10:24:39 PM
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Now that's what I call a nice er,
ending.
;^>
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Post #294,666
10/16/07 9:05:50 PM
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Final Werd
Celiac Sprue. Genetic. Gluten intolerance. Dormant for years.
Answers a lot of questions.
I can live with that.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,668
10/16/07 10:05:44 PM
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Yes you can.
I'm sorry to hear this but happy it wasn't something worse.
Wait, does beer and/or chocolate have gluten? >shudder<
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Post #294,679
10/17/07 12:10:36 AM
10/17/07 12:12:18 AM
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Gluten free beers are made . . .
. . from buckwheat, millet, and the like, but tolerance to beer with some gluten varies from person to person.
Chocolate should have none. Gluten is high in wheat, much lower in barley and rye, and absent in rice (including "glutenous rice"). Other than a few important grains, there isn't much gluten around.
On the other hand, there's plenty of coeliacs arouned, the problem is grosely underdiagnosed in the U.S..
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Post #294,708
10/17/07 9:07:42 PM
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There's always wine
A friend of mine is on a gluten-free, casein-free diet. Her son is autistic and she put him on the diet with good results. Then she tried to get pregnant again and miscarried 3x. Turns out she has some autoimmune disorder that also responds to this kind of diet. Makes one wonder if there is some kind of link. Her son's autism changed her career path and now she is the director of a local autism treatment center.
I'm rambling. Anyhoo, the point is, she's not much fun to take to dinner because of her dietary restrictions, but she can knock a few glasses of wine back with the rest of us gals. So dont despair, Amy!
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Post #294,709
10/17/07 9:16:30 PM
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I believe there is an answer
No gluten in charred flesh as far as I am aware. Every day can be a carnival.
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Post #294,714
10/17/07 10:44:33 PM
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I am happy
I am so glad I don't have cancer that this diagnosis is practically music to my ears. It means that I'm not dying and I'm not crazy and I can have some control over what is wrong with me.
I found out a few more things from the CT scan that need to be addressed: I have collapsed lungs and a mildly fatty liver. So, no more smoking or drinking. In other words, time to straighten up and fly right or I won't get to see my kids grow up or my grandchildren get born, etc.
My eldest son got a Zales credit card in the mail yesterday. Looks like he's gonna back up his marriage proposal to his girlfriend with a sparkler. I have no idea when the wedding will be but here we go! Gotta stay around a little while longer :-)
I'll start partying again when I'm 70 or so.
Smile,
Amy
I don't have to give up all my vices...there's still cussing and sex ;-)
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Post #294,731
10/17/07 11:27:50 PM
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Happy is good. :-) Congrats.
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Post #294,735
10/18/07 6:26:15 AM
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Geez!
You're a wreck!
:-)
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Post #294,737
10/18/07 7:34:35 AM
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No kidding
I'll bet most of us would shudder at a full-body scan! There's just no telling what's going on on the inside.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,749
10/18/07 9:45:34 AM
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smoking should be out, sorry about the booze
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Post #294,762
10/18/07 12:41:00 PM
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Smoking *is* out, hadn't you heard?
It hasn't been "in" since the sixties sometime.
Sheesh; din'cha get the memo?
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603|Jehovah]
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Post #294,780
10/18/07 6:39:14 PM
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Depends on what you're smoking in the first place. ;-)
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