Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Time for an update

So the last time I blogged it was about my stomach and I have been so busy since then that I thought I would fill you in on what happened with that.
March 30 - Had an upper GI scope done
April 3 - Went for a gastric emptying study
April 8 - Went to doctor to get results they are as follows:

I have GERD which is pretty common, basically acid reflux disease. Which I had a prior but in a different form. Also my stomach has decided to give out and stop functioning on a normal level. It is not emptying and processing food like it should so I now take several meds to heal the damage caused by the GERD and others to make my stomach emptying itself into my intestines since it won't do it on it's own or at least not like it should. Short story of it "I have an old stomach" for 27. I am supposed to limit all the good things in life like coffee, soda, chocolate, fried foods, fatty foods, dairy and high fiber foods. Of course I let them know that I would do my best but I was not going to quit all together. The good news is that I will be able to stop one of the meds (Kapidex) in a few months. Not that it really matters with the other five I will still have to be on but hey I am gonna live.

1 comment:

Gypsy Jasmin said...

wow! you and Tracy are two peas in a pod!