Diagnosis: I guess I'll live

Well it's been one heck of a week. I had a colonoscopy on Tuesday. By the way, if you ever get a chance to have a 4 and a half foot tube shoved up your butt, RUN!!!!!!
I had the follow-up appointment today. The verdict: I have "ulcerative colitis."

The way the doctor explained it to me goes this way: The are no warning signs, there are no discriminating factors, and unfortunately, there are no cures. Medicine will help make it manageable, but I will never have a normal life again. I will have inflammation flare ups the rest of my life. And I get to have a colonoscopy ever year as a check up!

Really, there are some up-sides. I don't have to change my diet, at all. It isn't influenced by what I eat. Ok, so really that's the only up-side. Well that and the fact that I have lost over 15 pounds during this whole situation.

But things are good and I am blessed. I have to keep in mind that it could have been a whole lot worse. I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers from everyone. After I recuperate, I will get back to posting more theme oriented posts. Until then, thanks for reading, and peace be with you.

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I am so miserable....

man this past two weeks has been awful...


about two weeks ago, i started having a few stomach problems, nothing big (nausea, upset stomach, diarrhea) i thought it was food poisoning and that it would run it's course in a few days. I could never been more wrong

what started out as a thought of having food poisoning has developed into an all out medical situation.

after this lasted about a week, i went to my family doctor. he ran some tests.
i've lost 11 pounds in the past two weeks, i have blood in my stool, and my white blood cell count is normal.
the white blood cell thing although it sounds good, is actually bad. it means that if there is an infection, then my body isn't fighting it.

he sent me to a specialist...

so i saw the specialist yesterday...he did a few more tests (if you know me, ask me about the practitioner)
anyway, all said and done....he doesn't know what it is, so i am having a colonoscopy on tuesday morning. i am not looking forward to that. if you don't know, it is a procedure in which they insert a camera into your rectum and proceed to explore you large intestines for any anomalies.

and to top things off, i just threw up, i haven't thrown up during this whole situation. anyway...please keep me in your thoughts and prayers...this is a frustrating and scary time for me.

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