The Where in the World is Bill Column Part 5 of 6 **CLOSED**

Hi, everyone!

Bill - glad to see you didn't need the herd, at least not so far! Take it easy, please!

Kitt - I'm guessing it's the PT that didn't help. Yes, the medications ups and downs are frustrating to say the least. I hope you have a good doctor.

Both you and Bill should remember about the CP forum!

Dencha - sounds great in Canada. I've never been further than Toronto, but I guess now I've got to get a passport to ride over to the falls (Niagara Falls is only a couple of hours away). It used to be so easy to cross the border. But times have changed

I am sitting here with tons of gurgling and other sounds going on in my GI system. This weekend for the first time I ate some "normal" food - meaning some baked beans that had BBQ sauce in them, and ice cream and cake (my goddaughter's little girl turned 8), and today a neighbor brought over some food from their BBQ. And there were some small meatballs in a sweet BBQ sauce and they were SOOO good!! Thankfully, there was some plain old rice on the side.

I am realizing how very boring my diet is these days. Tonight I made some homemade biscotti to take over to my neighbor, and of course had to taste some. Guess I haven't been a good girl and I have a feeling I'll be paying for it.

So this is it for the rest of my life with this Barrett's junk????

Sigh.....

PaLady

Hi Guuys,

. I hope every 1 is wellSorry I havent been on. I have a few issues goin on now.  I go back to the neurologist on Tuesday. Thank god today is a grilling holiday. I plan to sit on my A** in my brothers backyard and do nothing but eat!!!

Bea

Bill,
Thanks for the support. Boy, am I feeling the heartburn today! I can't believe how easily it's flarred up. I am so tired of this already and I'm just beginning this road! I sure hope I don't have to have surgery. I found out at the family gathering that one of my cousin's in-laws has Barrett's, too. He also had a hernia and had it repaired, but still is following a diet, has raised his bed (I think I've got to cave in and do this), etc. And he wasn't there but his wife mentioned something about one of the local GI specialists will soon be doing what sounds like an ablation technique to cauterize the cells in the esophagus that define Barrett's. Anyone had this done?

And about those curious felines, I'll send a member of the herd to stand outside your bedroom window tonight and scare one life out of them if they make you jump up again! Course, that might scare you,too.

Healing thoughts sent to everyone else here!

Hugs,

PaLady
MMMMMOOOOOOOOOO!!!
MEOWWWWWW!!!!!!

Bill, do you think we should start getting paid for going to the Dr.'s? I mean, isn't almost a full time job???

I hope you're getting better my friend and I hope that you're not going back to soon (even though I know you need to!) If you go back, can you do light duty or part-time?, or is that just waayyy to much to ask for??

PaLady, I've heard of ablation too, but I know nothing about it either sorry!
hugs!!
Janice

Hi Guys,

hope all is well  and every1 enjoyed their day

hugs and  kisses

B

Hi Y'all-
Just stopping by for a quick Howdy! Michelle just about made me go back to the ER last night, Again. The other kidney is starting in and the left one is hurting again. Still can't shake the left shoulder pain either. Every time I sit or stand up it kicks in. Nothing will stop it either. Beginning to wonder if it's connected to the new blood pressure meds.


Take care,
Bill

Bill, worried about you still. The meds can cause the accumulation of junk that can cause these things; let's hope that this passes (no pun intended) soon! How did things go with the company doc?, or is that on hold? You're not going to wait too long on the right side...right???

Barb..hope you feel better; watch that sinus thing; it's turning into pneumonia around here!

Janice

hopefully all will go thru all rite... ur in our prayers,
griff

Bill,

I am hoping you get to feeling better soon. You have had to deal with so much, my gosh.

Thank you for always thinking of us even though your pain.

I never thought stones could hold on this long, really I didn't.

Take care, Anne  

I'll join Kitt and we can dance.
OOGA-BOOGA! OOGA-BOOGA!
There all better! :)

Joy

Y'all are too funny! Between the canoeing, ooga-boogaing, and Mooooing I'm rolling.
Thanks and I did get a hold of the old urologist. They just called back about an hour ago and want me to do a different Xray. Some kind of something iv xray. I forget exactly what, but it is different from the KUB they did before. She said something about having t clean out for this one.... GREAT! Just what I wanted to do. Hope she meant something different than for a colonoscopy, I was to chicken to ask. She did say he is worried something else is wrong because I should have this much pain at 2 weeks out. My sister told me my brother in law's urologist said he doesn't like t go in the duct more than twice because it can be damaged easily. Since mine is small anyway guess the odds are even greater. Oh well, what can you do. It's funny the one time I actually wanted the company doc to keep me off a week or 2 more and he doesn't do it. Even when I told him it was still hurting a lot and he made me flinch when he jabbed my kidney.
So, how's everyone else doing this evening? I am getting really tired of the same old routine here.

Anne- how you been doing? How'd the Lifelight Festival turn out? I don't think I heard much else except you were there.

Well Michelle said it's supper time, gotta run.

Take care,
Bill

Howdy!
I found out the Xray is called an IVP xray. Guess they inject dye that goes into the kidney and such. IT lets them see how fast it fills and empties. And I do have to clean out the other end... go figure. I was just giggling at my sister for having to do the colonoscopy prep today. Backfires everytime! I am trying to figure out how they want me to do the xray tomorrow and I don;t have a time or a kit, hmmmmmm one of those goofy questions.
Anyhow, Since they wouldn't refill the Percocets until after the new xray I am trying to use what lorecets I have left. Don't work as well, but works WAY better than Aleve. Might actually get some sleep tonight. Maybe. Between the heating pad, lorecets, and the kitty purring in my ear I just might get to sleep soon. Well not as long as I keep watching this movie Beast Master. Oldie and a goodie.

Take care,
Bill

Hi Bill,
I had an IVP probably 28 years ago. I'd been having a TON of bladder infections, and it was one of the tests they did to try to figure out why. I know it was a long time ago, but I think I would have remembered having to clean out first. That seems an odd request.
It's not a bad test (as long as you're not allergic to what they're injecting you with). Good luck!
Denise