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Ok so C seems to be doing fabulously, I've been freaking out a bit for a couple weeks because he seems to be looking thinner, so I've been on a "go weigh" binge every time I see him. So his sister came home for the weekend and she had on boots(that every young chic seems to have to have around here), she is 5'7 flat-footed not sure if the boots add much height but C was in his socks and he was taller than her!!! Yay! So excited it is visible, comparable growth, he is now taller than his sister! Never thought I would be able to say that!
I go in for an endoscopy tomorrow. There is a definite pattern, mostly after my last meal of the day but sometimes after lunch, this pressure builds in my breadbasket and I feel the need to burp but can't. If I don't burb then it will eventually lead to tachycardia. When I am experiencing this I can press right below my sternum and it is so tender feeling. After the endoscopy I have a cardio scheduled but it will be a couple weeks for the guy I want. The GP feels this is all GI related. We will see...oh and if I am able to get some of the air up then the pressure and racing heart goes away. Also even though I take a nexium before I get out of bed in the morning, I still have acid come up in my mouth at bed time.
Now for something entirely new...my Dad has been losing weight for months, since August he has lost 17 lbs. He had a colonoscopy and endoscopy done(just preventative screening) in August and the follow-up was last week. The GI(same GI that diagnosed C) was concerned about Dad's weight loss and even though the GP had done a CT scan that came back normal the GI wanted a SBFT(done today-took 3 hours). So I mentioned to the nurse that they were caring for my Dad as well as me she asked who my Dad was. I told her and she said, now is this C's grandfather or step-grandfather, I said my Dad, his real grandfather. She thought that was very interesting, and it turns out from talking to my Mom that for the last 20 years my Dad has been living on immodium for D!! We really don't know what is going on with my Dad and have had numerous tests run,(colonoscopy and endoscopy were normal, internal hemmies and Mom said something at the TI but doc thought due to prep, we'll see if he thinks different now that he knows the connection to C.
I go in for an endoscopy tomorrow. There is a definite pattern, mostly after my last meal of the day but sometimes after lunch, this pressure builds in my breadbasket and I feel the need to burp but can't. If I don't burb then it will eventually lead to tachycardia. When I am experiencing this I can press right below my sternum and it is so tender feeling. After the endoscopy I have a cardio scheduled but it will be a couple weeks for the guy I want. The GP feels this is all GI related. We will see...oh and if I am able to get some of the air up then the pressure and racing heart goes away. Also even though I take a nexium before I get out of bed in the morning, I still have acid come up in my mouth at bed time.
Now for something entirely new...my Dad has been losing weight for months, since August he has lost 17 lbs. He had a colonoscopy and endoscopy done(just preventative screening) in August and the follow-up was last week. The GI(same GI that diagnosed C) was concerned about Dad's weight loss and even though the GP had done a CT scan that came back normal the GI wanted a SBFT(done today-took 3 hours). So I mentioned to the nurse that they were caring for my Dad as well as me she asked who my Dad was. I told her and she said, now is this C's grandfather or step-grandfather, I said my Dad, his real grandfather. She thought that was very interesting, and it turns out from talking to my Mom that for the last 20 years my Dad has been living on immodium for D!! We really don't know what is going on with my Dad and have had numerous tests run,(colonoscopy and endoscopy were normal, internal hemmies and Mom said something at the TI but doc thought due to prep, we'll see if he thinks different now that he knows the connection to C.