Thanks for sticking by all, I know it has been a bit since I have blogged but I really haven’t been feeling up to it
So where were we, Oh yes Cdiff and what a bitch it was. So during the time of having C-diff my mom said that I should call my G.I. and get a apt and make sure that there was no damage done to my G.I. tract. My thoughts were hell no and I don’t want to see another doctor, hospital or clinic for a while, even the lab gave me the chills. But you know moms and they can be pretty convincing and have ways to make sure that you keep care of yourself. So I called my G.I. and asked for a appointment but he said that he needed a referral letter from my doctor and thought I while I was on the phone with his secretary I could setup a appointment for 2 weeks to that day. Now at the time I was talking to his secretary I am thinking yes this is great I have to go to my other doctor to give me a referral letter and then have to wait for a bit even tho I have already set up the appointment with my G.I.. Yah I was wrong about that one. I called Dr G. and got a hold of her assistant K. I am going to pause here and go back way in time, since I was a kid this person has known me from my original family Doctor to the Doctor that I have now, she new my Grandmother, Grandfather, my Mom, and my Sister till she went and got another Doctor. So K knows all about the good stuff and the bad stuff and is one of the nicest persons that I know. So let's get back to it. When I called K I told her over the phone that I needed a referral for my G.I. as well as why I needed it, she then asked me the name and when I needed it for and while she was asking this stuff I am thinking yes perfect maybe my doctor would want to see me before hand to make sure the G.I. visit was warranted, but again I was sorely wrong on that one, I got the ok and I think it took all of 3 hrs to get the referral to my G.I.. That's what you get with a good doctor patient client relationship.
So not much really happens within the next couple weeks except for work, but one troubling symptom is starting to come up. That pain that would come and go is becoming permanent and getting worse at a slow but steady pace, the pain is exactly near my appendix and hip bone which with research showed to be my Ileum but now there are a couple other places that the pain is popping up one place is near my belly button and on the left side about the distance of my hand from belly button and just a bit lower than my belly button. As most people would be I am now starting to get worried, I could actually feel the food passing through some places in my gut. The pain caught me off guard and if that wasn’t the only thing that was new. Some foods that was never a issue would cause pain and would go through me as fast as a super bike accelerates and some foods were no longer safe. Thankfully at this time work was pretty slow and I was able to hide the pain.
The day finally arrives 2 weeks from the call. I made to my G.I. and I am sitting in the waiting room with my mom sitting beside me. I am on time for my Apt. my G.I. not so much 20 minutes ticks by and still have not called in and I am now thinking ah uh oh shit did I mess up the time? Ah shit should I have gone to the bathroom before I came and just in case I have to go while I am in the office, thankfully I never did have to go the whole time, yes I was on time my phone agreed as I checked it twice and with the secretary once. So I hear my name called, Shane come on it, Now I am officially as nervous as the first time I went on a roller coaster without my family. I walk into the office and grab a seat. The office was your typical office with a nice big wood desk diplomas on the wall behind the doctor with a file cabinet and with a computer monitor on the left corner of the desk with a information monitor in the middle of the desk and a cool picture of the G.I. Tract in a glass housing. We start to talk and he asks me what's going on, I explain the C Diff and pain and want to make sure that theer was no damage done. At that point things started to speed up quickly and things just started to fly around my head like the road runner escaping the Coyote. He got worried when I told him about the Cdiff, no healthy person should be able to get Cdiff in a week and have the diarrhea and pain afterwards. So he said let's have a look but before that lets talk about computers, smartphones and anything technical. I am thinking oh sweet this guy is as much as a teckie as I am and so are most of his patients. The shame was at the time I really didn’t show much enthusiasm as I wanted to but the way I was feeling said it all. So he said let's get you a Colonoscopy and see what is going on. As he was explaining the Colonoscopy I am thinking a Colon what? You're going to do what with that and were with that? Oh hell no that is exit only! Yah that didn’t stick. I was checked out really quick and we shook hands.
I was able to get a cancellation appointment for 2 weeks and it should have taken 3 months to get the Colonoscopy. He gave me a sheet for prep and the date and time to be there, as well as setting a follow up a for 3 months down the road and I was on my way.
The day finally arrives 2 weeks from the call. I made to my G.I. and I am sitting in the waiting room with my mom sitting beside me. I am on time for my Apt. my G.I. not so much 20 minutes ticks by and still have not called in and I am now thinking ah uh oh shit did I mess up the time? Ah shit should I have gone to the bathroom before I came and just in case I have to go while I am in the office, thankfully I never did have to go the whole time, yes I was on time my phone agreed as I checked it twice and with the secretary once. So I hear my name called, Shane come on it, Now I am officially as nervous as the first time I went on a roller coaster without my family. I walk into the office and grab a seat. The office was your typical office with a nice big wood desk diplomas on the wall behind the doctor with a file cabinet and with a computer monitor on the left corner of the desk with a information monitor in the middle of the desk and a cool picture of the G.I. Tract in a glass housing. We start to talk and he asks me what's going on, I explain the C Diff and pain and want to make sure that theer was no damage done. At that point things started to speed up quickly and things just started to fly around my head like the road runner escaping the Coyote. He got worried when I told him about the Cdiff, no healthy person should be able to get Cdiff in a week and have the diarrhea and pain afterwards. So he said let's have a look but before that lets talk about computers, smartphones and anything technical. I am thinking oh sweet this guy is as much as a teckie as I am and so are most of his patients. The shame was at the time I really didn’t show much enthusiasm as I wanted to but the way I was feeling said it all. So he said let's get you a Colonoscopy and see what is going on. As he was explaining the Colonoscopy I am thinking a Colon what? You're going to do what with that and were with that? Oh hell no that is exit only! Yah that didn’t stick. I was checked out really quick and we shook hands.
I was able to get a cancellation appointment for 2 weeks and it should have taken 3 months to get the Colonoscopy. He gave me a sheet for prep and the date and time to be there, as well as setting a follow up a for 3 months down the road and I was on my way.
Thanks for reading and keep checking for the Colonoscopy and finding the pain in gut next installment
Shane
