I'm in the middle of reading an excellent book on anxiety and seeing my psychologist on the 30th but wanted to know what tips folks might have? Today I got over one "hurdle" when my GI doctor...
Thx Nolique. I'm glad I'm keeping my GB and my GI said that what the tests and past scoping showed, which I didn't realize I had (i thought I only had a colonoscopy) is that I have hiaetal hernia and...
During my surgical consult a few weeks ago the doctor advised against having the gallbladder removed which is what finally prompted my PCP to give me the GI referral that I had been asking for all...
Thx folks. Was thinking the same although I doubt Kaiser would let me see both one week after the other. Think I'll see the "youngin" first and request a follow up with the "oldster" if things don't...
I was scheduled to see a GI doctor at Kaiser who has been there since 1977 but now he is not available this Friday. They said I can see him next Friday and instead offered an appointment this Friday...
Thank you. I'll take that up with the doctor....
I posted a short time back and recently had a surgical referral where I was told not to have my gall bladder removed although my PCP thought it would help my digestive issues. GI consult is for later...
Thx for the info lilitiger. As it turns out I just came back from my surgical consult and the surgeon said she did not advise removal at this time. While there are gallstones there is no thickening...
Thx for clarifying. I'm just now getting to the part of the gas left over from the surgery and will talk to my doctor beforehand and the surgeon during the consult about both procedures. My...
Thx Alcie and Kitt. Alcie - - I'm vegeatarian/vegan so the animal options won't work for me though I do realize that many things in a veg diet are gas producers. For me personally there is a...
Thx Kitt. Seems pretty straightforward. Can you refer me to a site or list of foods that I'll be able to have once I have the surgery? I'm already eating pretty low fat although will I ever again be...
thanks joy. that helps! from what i've heard this is not the end of the world and i guess if you get old enough you end up having something that needs to be taken care of. my consultation is on...
Thanks Lyn. I'm seeing my psychologist tonight so I'm going to talk to him about things. Also got the results back from my ultrasound and they confirmed that I have gallstones and the doctor has...
Hi Kitt - just got the results back from the ultrasound. They said I have gallstones and the doctor has given me a referral to surgery for next steps. Not what I wanted to hear but better than what...
93. Thanks Kitt. Still waiting on the results of the ultrasound and if it's gall stones or something else causing the elevated Alkaline Phosphatase. Yesterday was a pretty good day although I think I...
Thank you Joy. I will certainly follow up on that. I have been having a lot of carbs recently such as cream of wheat, flax cereal with soy milk, etc. since they're easy to tolerate but I also have a...
Thank you Lyn. I have had a slew of blood and stool tests done and as mentioned, and to the best of my knowledge, the only elevated level is the Alkaline Phosphatase. And usually banana's are ok. It...
That is some list! I can see why you suggested I look at it and also post here as many of the things I'm feeling appear to be attributed to anxiety. I will still push my doctor to get me a GI...
Thank you Kitt. Your comments make a lot of sense and I can surely attest to the times I've been on a plane during turbulence and worried myself that it was going down or had nightmares the night...
This is a repost of what I posted to the GERD forum yesterday. I was going to edit it down but thought it would provide more context if I left it as is. Apologies in advance for the very long story,...
I am 52, male, in ok shape (which I'm working on) with some good belly fat (which I'm reducing) and have had digestive problems for a long time. Typically this happened when eating oily foods and the...