Anxious morning

It's Monday.

I left my Xanax at home.

I spit up red again. It then became pink, then clear as a little time passed.

The burning sensation on my left side of my chest is intensified. Feels more like a pulled muscle now.

I just don't know...

Hi John,

I'm sorry you left your Xanax at home. That alone will bring on your anxiety. It happens to my mom with her migraine meds. Anytime she discovers she doesn't have one, she ends up with a migraine and she ets very stressed!

As for the red/pink...here is my suggestion. You need to continue to call your GI doctor and get in there. Just keep pushing. This is what I did with the GI doc. I was very polite, but I said, I'm sorry I cannot live like this and I am very concerned. I had to do this a couple times and finally they squeezed me in on the morning that he usually just does procedures and I'm glad I did this, because my colonoscopy is scheduled for this week and just knowing I'm on step closer is decreasing my anxiety.

I would still try not to worry about the mucus.

As for the pulled muscle; maybe that's exactly what it is! Didn't you just do a reorg in your kitchen? Maybe you pulled a muscle moving stuff around or stretching the wrong way!

Hang in there today. This is a day for you to see how strong you are because you left your xanax at home and you're still gonna make it through!

Hugs!

Park & S.C.,

I was close to home when I realized I was missing it but I did not want to be late for work. That's when it started. My mom was kind enough to bring it to me so I'm waiting to see if that helps because I could not make it until 430.

I called my doctor and ask if they had anything sooner.
Unfortunately with the holidays they do not have anything nor could they squeeze me in. This is my first of two gastrointestinal doctors. I made the decision to go back to the first just because he seems better. When I sought a second opinion it was because I was not doing better after several months of discomfort following the surgery. Someone from their office is supposed to call me back based on the symptoms I described. The symptoms are clearing of throat, the alleged heartburn, spitting up red matter, and sore throat. I'm going to try to not consume anything red just to see how things turn out tomorrow or later in the week.

Yes I did just reorganize my kitchen. However I had been feeling the burning prior, but it was just more prevalent today. It has calmed down.

Thanks for caring about me.

Did having the Xanax in your possession help calm your nerves?

Let us know what they say when they call you back.

It stinks that the end of the year is such a busy time for these GI docs! Mine said I was really lucky that someone cancelled their colonoscopy, other wise he could've done it on Christmas Eve or sometime in January!

No call back?! Maybe this isn't the doctor for you afterall?

Can you talk to your doctor on the phone and explain what's going on, at least? That would be something