Entries from October 2006

October 27, 2006

Blood, Guts, and Graphics

Doctor’s again yesterday. A year ago, these hours spent sitting on paper lined examination tables seemed to drag on tortuously. Now I hardly blink. This appointment was short. Out and home again in three hours. I feel almost hurried, and I need to sit a bit.
Dr. Blake reminds me of my childhood hero, Amy, [...]

October 21, 2006

More changes…

I’ve updated the look and feel of the site a bit. I hope you enjoy the new look, and as always, send any suggestions and thoughts my way.

October 20, 2006

Change of Plans

After talking back and forth with my doctor here, one of the nurses informed me that “everyone” had decided it would be best to change the plans a bit and check out on of the local GI doctors instead of going all the way to Seattle. I think they were not so keen on the [...]

October 8, 2006

Next Step: Seattle

It’s been a long week. One of the meds I was on was an anticholinergic, which prevents spasms in the muscles of the gut and bladder by relaxing them and reduces the amount of stomach acid produced. Unfortunatly all it did for me was give me migranes and nightmares, so I’m off of that and [...]

October 2, 2006

Doctors: take 2.

Just wanted to leave a quick update, not feeling so well today and can’t seem to focus enough to see just one screen instead of two, so I will be brief. I returned to the doctors on Thursday, having shown no improvements. My test results all came back negative, leaving the doctor a bit confused.
They [...]