So, I have finally pieced together, because it is October and I can think, about why I did all of that stuff in the middle of the summer?! There really is method to my madness!!!
My first appointment in January lead to four other appointments. My mind was spinning and then when I went to my six month appointment in March like I have been doing for two years, the scale said that I had lost 23 pounds from six months ago.
That completely freaked me out and concerned my doctor. She asked me why I don’t want to have a colonoscopy and I told her that I’m only 43. Then she told me simply, “People with MS get colon cancer.” She thought the weight loss was some kind of additional illness.
That totally freaked ME out and I was able to get a colonoscopy and endoscopy in June. The colonoscopy was a fail, and that really stunk but the endoscopy showed that I had gastritis.
My doctor wanted me to come back in in April for another weigh in. So, I was racking up the van rentals! When I went back to the doctor in April, turns out, the scale was broken and she canceled the endoscopy. But because the gastroenterologist I saw ordered it. It still stood so that’s how I found out that I have gastritis.
I had to wait six months for another colonoscopy and was able to make an appointment for October 7. I just wanted to get it in before my next six month appointment with my internist. I’m happy that I will report to her that I’m OK. I see her again to get weighed on October 21.