January is down the tubes....

Today is the last day of the month, January....the coldest month of the year..so says the weatherman. He better be right...dammit..!!

So, I'm updating today because I had a doctor's appointment today and I had one last week also. Today was my appointment with my Migraine/Pain doc and last week was my follow up with the Gastro Doc from my EGD/Colonoscopy.

So, last weeks appointment followup..it went fine. Colonoscopy was normal, although the doc told me he had removed a polyp, which he had already mentioned to me. But during the followup he told me that the polyp was of the type that possibly could have become cancerous..(really..?) so he removed it and now all is fine..

EGD was also normal but he did find some extensive irritation in my lower esophagus and upper stomach and he said that it looked like it had been there for quite awhile. Doc had already mentioned this to me before but again, during the followup he was going into way more detail about things...So, with this irritation being as it was, he had put me on Nexium, which I've been taking since November when I had the procedures done.
Now, oddly and strangely enough, ever since then, I've not had one of my "episodes"...one of my episodes that starts out with the frequent urination, the sleepiness, the diarrhea, the vomiting, the headache and stretches out for 4 to 5 days of hell....not being able to eat anything...losing 15 to 20 lbs of weight, becoming dehydrated....The episodes that had been diagnosed as "Migraines"....
During my followup with my gastro doc, he explained to me that the irritation that I had very possibly could have been causing all of those symptoms..(why once a month like they were, he wasn't sure) but that irritation was causing excessive stomach acids and was acting like an infection and possibly causing all that was going on...The reason that I had the irritation was possibly caused by excessive stress, possibly the TM or some other thing,,,but ever since I started on the Nexium, I have not had one "episode"...not even a small one...

So today, I go to my Migraine/Pain doc and I tell him all of this...and of course he is happy for me because he knows I was extremely bummed before not being able to get rid of those episodes and not being able to even plan anything as simple as a friggen dinner date with my wife, because I never knew when one was going to hit...
I never said anything to him about the episodes not being Migraines but I wonder how he felt about it....because he was always certain that they were...
I always told my other doctors that I felt that they weren't Migraines...I think I've even posted that in here before a few times....
but regardless, whether they are or were Migraines or not....as long as things continue as they are....it's now been two months without an episode and I am knocking on wood, praying to God, crossing my fingers,arms,legs....etc..that this is what was wrong..
and if so...Thank You Dr. Fahmy for listening to me and understanding and doing my EGD and colonoscopy and Thank You Dr. Brewster for recommending me to get the EGD and colonoscopy done.

And, on that note....since these episodes seem to have been stress related...it is amazing to me what stress can do, even when you have no idea that you are stressed about anything...

So next on the agenda, I get to see my Neuro on Feb. 17th...and chat with him about some of the issues that have been bugging me.....we'll see what he has to say...

and now for some good music....some hot blues for a cold winter day...
The Late, great Paul Kossoff, he was the guitarist from the band, Free (All Right Now)
This is Paul on guitar and the great blue eyed soulsman Frankie Miller singing...
Here's Frankie's song...I Know Why The Sun Don't Shine


Till Next Time......