I'm Scared
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I've been having abdomen pains for about the last 3 mo. I went to my family doctor and he had some X-rays done. Said everything looked normal. So, he recommended me to a gastroenterologist. Went to my 1st appointment with her and she did the usual exam ( blood tests, poked & prodded me all over).
She decided that I needed more tests, So she scheduled me for an Upper endoscopy exam (scope down the throat) and she saw that my lower esophagus and stomach lining was inflamed (G.E.R.D.S or gastric reflux disease) and then she put me on an acid reducer (Nexium)and a stomach protectant (Carafate).
Then she scheduled me for an Upper G.I. ( X-rays while I'm drinking a Barium solution), and when these came back negative, She decided I needed to have a C.T. scan, with more barium (now I'm starting to have an aura in the dark !!) Well, when these results came back, Her Nurse called me and said I have some diverticulitis (small sacs on the outside of the large intestine) that was inflamed and a lesion on my stomach lining.
Now, they want to have a better look at the lesion, so she schedules me for an M.R.I. and some more blood tests (last Thursday) of course, they need to highlight my innards, so, you guessed it, More Barium. This time I didn't have to drink it, They injected it into my vein.
I called the Dr. office the day before yesterday about the results to the MRI at 2:30 p.m. and the receptionist took the message and told me that no one was in the office, that the nurse would call me back tomorrow (yesterday)
Well, I got the call about 9:30 a.m., and the receptionist said that the Dr. wanted to discuss the results with me herself, could I come in to the office at 2:30 p.m. I said yes, I would be there. When I got there, I went through the standard procedure for an office visit ( the nurse weighed me, took my blood pressure and pulse, etc.)
When the Dr. comes in, She asks me how I'm feeling , etc. and then she gets to the MRI results, explaining that the lesion (sic) is about 2" by 2" and she wants to schedule me for a biopsy asap. I ask her what she thought would cause a lesion on my stomach lining like that, and she said that the lesion was on my PANCREAS, Not my stomach. Now, this is some serious shit she's laying onto me, as I lost my Mother to pancreatic cancer 10 years ago.
She scheduled me for a consultation with a surgeon the week after the biopsy. Now she steps out of the room to confer with the office scheduler, and she left my charts laying on the stool she was sitting on. So, I picked up the report from the MRI, which was laying on top of the folder and what did I see in the header to the report, The word TUMOR!!
Mom, Bless her Soul, only lasted for about 2 months after she found out, and then she was gone. I'M SCARED SHITLESS, I'm only 51, and I have a 12 year old daughter. I'm too young to die! I want to see her grow into a woman, buy her her first car, See her get married and have kids. I am going to go through hell worrying and waiting on the results from the biopsy about whether or not it's malignant.
She decided that I needed more tests, So she scheduled me for an Upper endoscopy exam (scope down the throat) and she saw that my lower esophagus and stomach lining was inflamed (G.E.R.D.S or gastric reflux disease) and then she put me on an acid reducer (Nexium)and a stomach protectant (Carafate).
Then she scheduled me for an Upper G.I. ( X-rays while I'm drinking a Barium solution), and when these came back negative, She decided I needed to have a C.T. scan, with more barium (now I'm starting to have an aura in the dark !!) Well, when these results came back, Her Nurse called me and said I have some diverticulitis (small sacs on the outside of the large intestine) that was inflamed and a lesion on my stomach lining.
Now, they want to have a better look at the lesion, so she schedules me for an M.R.I. and some more blood tests (last Thursday) of course, they need to highlight my innards, so, you guessed it, More Barium. This time I didn't have to drink it, They injected it into my vein.
I called the Dr. office the day before yesterday about the results to the MRI at 2:30 p.m. and the receptionist took the message and told me that no one was in the office, that the nurse would call me back tomorrow (yesterday)
Well, I got the call about 9:30 a.m., and the receptionist said that the Dr. wanted to discuss the results with me herself, could I come in to the office at 2:30 p.m. I said yes, I would be there. When I got there, I went through the standard procedure for an office visit ( the nurse weighed me, took my blood pressure and pulse, etc.)
When the Dr. comes in, She asks me how I'm feeling , etc. and then she gets to the MRI results, explaining that the lesion (sic) is about 2" by 2" and she wants to schedule me for a biopsy asap. I ask her what she thought would cause a lesion on my stomach lining like that, and she said that the lesion was on my PANCREAS, Not my stomach. Now, this is some serious shit she's laying onto me, as I lost my Mother to pancreatic cancer 10 years ago.
She scheduled me for a consultation with a surgeon the week after the biopsy. Now she steps out of the room to confer with the office scheduler, and she left my charts laying on the stool she was sitting on. So, I picked up the report from the MRI, which was laying on top of the folder and what did I see in the header to the report, The word TUMOR!!
Mom, Bless her Soul, only lasted for about 2 months after she found out, and then she was gone. I'M SCARED SHITLESS, I'm only 51, and I have a 12 year old daughter. I'm too young to die! I want to see her grow into a woman, buy her her first car, See her get married and have kids. I am going to go through hell worrying and waiting on the results from the biopsy about whether or not it's malignant.
