A really long week

We have moved... and finally gotten working internet. Took over a week - no thanks to comhem. But now it works, and our business with them is done in a month.

Moving has been quite an ordeal. On top of it all I had to start preparing for today - possibly one of the worst days of my life. As most are aware my stomach is one of those things that generally works badly in my life. So today I was in for some testing. Starting with a quick gastroscopy, and moving on to an extremely painful endoscopy. Mmmm... now there's something I never ever want to go through again in my entire life, unless possibl if it's a matter of life and death.

It all started yesterday, when lunch was my last meal... went home to start drinking four - yes FOUR litres of laxatives... My friends - dont't do it. I have never tasted anything as vile in my life - and the following eight hours weren't exactly anything to wish for either. So today, I went in for my appointment at 12.45 without having eaten anything for over 24 hours and having had little to drink since last night.

Now, everyone has always told me that the gastroscopy is the worst. I beg to differ. Yes, it is very uncomfortable, and gag reflexes were definitely being triggered - but it was over withing 5 minutes. My throat maybe hurt for another half hour. Now the edoscopy - a completely different story. They give you laughing gas as part of the standard procedure and stronger stuff if you need it. Well, they gave me the shot when I started crying and hyperventilating in the gas mask... After it was all over, my butt feels extremely violated, and on top of it, they blew so much air up my ass I'm not even going to go in to the rest...

Now, on pain killers I'm feeling a little less miserable. And I get to eat. Yippee! Although now I'm not feeling even half as much up for it as this morning. At least they didn't find anything. I seem all "healthy" - just have to wait for the the testing of the samples they grabbed to know for sure. It seems I am getting closer to the definitive diagnosi of IBS. Woohoo... or not as it may be.

Well, over the week end we are off to a lovely bout of family reunion on my dad's side of the family. Should be fun - get to go back to where we used to have our old summer house when I was a kid. And in true family tradition, I'm sure it will rain all week end.

Toodles.

My Stomach

I believe it may just be a miracle! I went to the doc yesterday (Thank you Christer!). This is the first time that they haven't looked at me like I'm crazy, and actually confirmed my own diagnosis right away. It is most probably IBS. It actually felt even better than expected to have your constant pain and agony named and recongnised, rather than ignored and dismissed. So now I'm on more meds to help calm my system, and I'm to keep off the fat and the caffeine and all that, which I already was. He's sending me to the specialists at Ersta so I can have all the remaining tests like - colonoscopy... NOT looking forward to that, but Christer said it's not as bad as it sounds. Not so sure I believe him...
Sadly I have no hopes that all this is actually going to lead to a cure, but I feel better on the careful diet than off, so I think I'll stick to it. Maybe not to the extreme, but most of the time seems to help enough :)I'm taking bulk fibres and all sorts of calming things for my intestines... And drinking oh so much peppermint tea. Good thing I actually like the stuff, or I'd be in a really bad way!
As a little perk and a bonus going off the candy has done what I was hoping - the back fat (or camel humps as Annika calls them...)are receding. Yippee! And it's not even as hard as I was expecting. Good thing I can still eat things made with cocoa powder though, or I'd be in real trouble. I've realised that chocolate sauce is as easy as cocoa powder, sugar and a little bit of soymilk heated in the microwave and stirred. Mmmm, YUM! I really do miss kebabs though. At least pizza can be made healthily at home :)
Today is all about photoshoping my first web page for school - and waiting for the final bid on Nicklas' apartment of course. Last bid was 1,470,000 - Insane! And they're still going too! He's a really happy puppy right about now - except for his math exam this afternoon of course... Am getting rather excited about selling my aparment soon too! See the dollar signs rolling in my eyes?? ;)