Update on DH's Health

[Aggie_Ama]

Haudlady- Just thinking about you and DH...

[kelownagirl]

Yes me too. Crossing my fingers and keeping you both in my thoughts.

[LBTC]

Haudlady - how did your DH do with the test? Is he feeling okay now? It was yesterday wasn't it? Did they say when you can meet with the specialist again to go over the results?

Let us know. Oh, and here's a few more hugs for you, too

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Haudlady]

Hello everybody, and thanks for checking in!

Well, we're not quite sure if it's good news or not... the doctor came out to talk with me after the colonoscopy. It was great - he sat down next to me, talked for a few minutes, and answered my questions. Of course, I didn't know that he was going to come out to see me, so I think my heart stopped when I saw him... phew!

The doctor didn't find any problems or issues, which is good news (I think). We have a follow-up appointment with him on Friday April 6th to talk about other investigative procedures. He didn't find anything that would cause blood in the stool, yet there it is. It sounds like he might do some of the other scopes that you have had, LBTC!

Poor DH was pretty loopy... he told me five times that he wasn't allowed to operate heavy machinery. I had some fun - the first time he said it, I replied "oh, so no running the tractor this afternoon?" The second time he said it, I replied "I guess you won't be mowing the fields with the tractor this afternoon..."

The third time he said it, he said "the doctor says I can't operate heavy machinery - he even told me I couldn't run the tractor." Then, he got this puzzled look on his face... "How did the doctor know that I have a tractor?"

[margo49]

Just take it one thing at a time.
Good news what it is *not *. As to what *is* the way they test is to take the worst thing first and then gradually on down the scale of serious-ness to other possibilities.
(They learn this kind of thing in Med School, you know how to approach diagnosing)

[Brandi]

Hey is everything still ok?

[Haudlady]

Hey Brandi, thanks for asking!

I guess it's okay... DH has an appointment for an "upper endoscopy" on the 25th. Since the Doctor didn't find anything going up the system, he's going to try going down.

Here's something interesting... DH hasn't had any symptoms since a week or so before the colonoscopy! The Doctor said that we will meet with him after this new test to decide what to do next. He said it's possible that we would choose to do nothing, at least until the symptoms show up again.

Who knows???