Endoscopy

had an endoscope today,

they put you to sleep under general

anesthesia,

was supposed to have someone

drive me home,

told them my wife was here;

they never asked if she could

drive or not;

it wasn’t bad,

the driving that is,

about 35 miles from Roanoke to home,

I’ve driven further under worse conditions,

although it has been awhile,

I did find my past experiences,

with one-eyed navigation, did come

in handy however,

anyway, I made it home,

was going to go into work,

but decided that wouldn’t be

possible;

so I went to sleep;

woke up and began to evaluate

what the doctor had told me,

it all seemed like a blur,

I remembered something about

Barrett’s esophagus, and esophageal hiatal

hernia, oh yeah, and petechiae and erythema in the

duodenal bulb, which is compatible with

duodenitis;

wtf?

got the papers out,

says they’re going to contact me

with the biopsy results,

hmmmm, don’t remember the doctor

mentioning that;

how do they get a biopsy with a

camera?

anyway, he wants me to continue

taking the proton pump inhibitors,

the same ones I’ve been taking

for 10 years now,

the same ones that doctors have

increased the dosage over the years,

so that now I’m taking 4 times the

recommended amount,

the same ones that have resulted

in severe calcium. Vitamin D and

vitamin B12 deficiencies,

the same ones which studies have shown

can result in many of the problems I have now,

like my body hurting so bad,

I have to take 3 to 6 ibuprofen

before I go to work, or do any

physical activity,

the same studies which have linked long term

use with stomach and esophageal cancer;

guess the doctor never read that study;

oh, he wants me to stop taking the ibuprofen,

might cause stomach ulcers;

funny;

the endoscopy report says my stomach

is perfectly normal.

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