Amusing dreams make everything better

[vaneramos]

Today I went to the hospital and got knocked out for gastroscopy. The main purpose was to check the hiatal hernia, which has caused little trouble recently but needs a good look every few years. Perhaps my persistent cough this winter has had more to do with reflux than allergies, but I doubt it. The surgeon also planned to do a biopsy to look for evidence of celiac disease, but I'm not holding my breath about that, having kept a strict gluten-free diet for four years. Anyway, I will have to wait to hear what they found. I expect this will be the end of poking and prodding for a while. We've looked everywhere that can be looked, and some of my questions are answered.
    Recovering from sedation, I needed to come home and rest. I was reading The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver and last night we watched Tea With Mussolini (a favourite). Dozing off, I discovered the Scorpione harbouring Leon Trotsky on a secluded estate. Trotsky was a large Italian man in a yellow suit, who had too much to drink at a garden party. Cher was Frida Kahlo. Meanwhile, spaceships collided overhead.

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[vaysha.livejournal.com]

My youngest son will get the scope in early May.
He has symptoms of gluten sensitivity and they want to rule out celiac- he wakes the next morning puffy eyed and faced, bloated, tired and running to the loo. He was vomiting for a while after wheat and had some blood in it. The blood test came back not normal but not clear for celiac. They want to make sure he doesn't have an ulcer. I hope you recover nicely from sedation.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

All that sounds very alarming for him and for you. I hope the test gets to the bottom of it.

I initially thought this gastroscopy might be an opportunity to get properly tested for celiac. However, the specialist wanted me to stay on the gluten-free diet because the G.I. study a few weeks ago showed severe reflux. So he was more concerned about looking at that and the state of my hernia. I guess eating wheat would have made matters a lot worse. As I understand, it's not possible to get a conclusive diagnosis for celiac while you're on a gluten-free diet. I'm a bit frustrated about that, but the diet helps so I shouldn't worry about it.

By the way, thanks for putting the bug in my ear last year about adrenal fatigue. We also looked into it this winter. My cortisol level was a little high so the doctor's office referred me to an endocrinologist. One night before bed I took a pill that was supposed to cause stress, but I slept like a baby. A blood test the next morning was completely normal: no elevated cortisol. The specialist said there was no indication I have that particular problem.

Now that I've been diagnosed with sleep apnaea, it seems the most likely cause for the fatigue I had last summer. Ironically, now I feel fine.

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

Take care.