Going Into Hospital For A Gastroscopy

[KP the nut]

I've fingers crossed that Monday is the back online day :cool:.

 

[amethist]

Hey Cath welcome back x x x

 

[CraftyCath]

And Monday it is!!!!! :tup:

I'm back!!!!!:)

Thank you all so much for the wonderful thoughts and pictures, I shall treasure them. x

Oh, please, please let me do it with you

Oh, OK you can come!!
Thank you so much KP for keeping my thread alive and for phoning me and especially for keeping my spirits up! I'm taking the crystals you sent me with me into the room and my IPod as you suggested.

My computer is still null and void but my wonderful Sister has bought me a new Samsung Chrome Book!! It's like magic! It boots up so quickly and uses Google Cloud to store data. Having never used an IPod Touch and only briefly using an IPad it is taking time to get my head round it. I couldn't get the mouse pad to work as it didn't have a left/right click button until my eldest son told me to click the actual mouse pad down in the corner and not just to tap it!:rolleyes:

So there is no storage except in Cloud, it has it's own Google OS but it is so light and easy to use and perfect for keeping in touch. I'm so grateful to my big sis for buying this for me.

As for the procedures....

Wednesday this week I will be fasting all morning and then having an abdominal ultrasound. I can eat a light, fibre-free diet after that.

Thursday I will be fasting all day but can have clear fluids like water, herbal tea, clear soup with no bits etc. :meh: Then I have to take the Motival powder, mixed with 1 litre of water at 5pm. half an hour to one hour later the :poop:'s will begin! :eek: Then at 8pm I have to drink the other litre of Motival and more water and then more :poop:'s! Oh such fun!! Not!

The leaflet that comes with the Motival says the :poop:'s will stop around 11pm. How do they know that? Is there a secret camera recording everyone who takes the stuff? :roflmao:

I'm going to be so hungry and my stomach hurts more when it is empty.

On Friday I get admitted at 8am but don't know when they will do the procedure nor do I know which end that camera is going to get stuck up/down first!

I just want it to be over and when the sedation has worn off I'm ordering a takeaway!!

I'm worried that because I have a blocked nose most of the time that I will not be able to breath when they stick the camera down my throat. I'm sure if I explain it they will give me some oxygen and reassure me.

Thanks again everyone. You are all wonderful. x:hug:

 

[KP the nut]

Thursday I will be fasting all day but can have clear fluids like water, herbal tea, clear soup with no bits etc. :meh: Then I have to take the Motival powder, mixed with 1 litre of water at 5pm. half an hour to one hour later the :poop:'s will begin! :eek: Then at 8pm I have to drink the other litre of Motival and more water and then more :poop:'s! Oh such fun!! Not!

Oh dear, I know it isn't funny but I keep thinking of the Bum Wiping thread. Please make sure you have spare loo roll and wipes :p.

Or use this method :hilarious:

 

[CraftyCath]

:roflmao: I kept thinking of that thread too KP! Must be the best thread ever.

Anthony has a lot to answer for. :roflmao:

 

[amethist]

If you ask him nicely Cath, he may tell which wipes are best for each occasion. :roflmao:

 

[CraftyCath]

:roflmao: Hopefully something soft Amethist!

It actually recommends it in the information leaflet and the use of Vaseline!:eek:

 

[CraftyCath]

I'm heading for the hospital shortly for my ultrasound scan.

I am so hungry and thirsty but I have a bottle of water and a sandwich in my bag so I can eat n drink as soon as I leave the hospital.

Back later. x

 

[KP the nut]

(((CC))), if you feel someone with you, it is my spirit.

Thinking of you.

 

[amethist]

We are all with you Cath, fighting to hold you hand.

 

[CraftyCath]

Thanks KP, you are so sweet. x

I'm back and it all went OK.

The doctor scanned my whole abdomen and told me I have a small gall stone which accounts for the pain I get in my right side (which is very mild and intermittent) but does not account for the anaemia or the pain I get in my stomach and under my ribs.

Other than the gall stone he found nothing else so whatever it is is inside the digestive tract.

H took me to the hospital cafe for tea and toast after - I was starving!

I can only have a light diet today in prep for Friday's procedure so white bread, white meat and potatoes. No fibre.

How boring!

 

[amethist]

Pain under your ribs on the right could be your gall bladder having a hissy fit with some food Cath. It did me in many times until I had it removed. No stones just not working right.