I called and got an appointment with the GI tomorrow. I explained that I'm not able to eat much and have lost a lot of weight in the last month. They said they had a cancellation for tomorrow if I could make it! I SURE CAN! So, I'll letcha all know what's up! Michelle

We're here with ya MIchelle, Some times we find ourselves in what I call the " Don't Know " place. Where answers are elusive and we're not sure WHAT it is exactly that we're dealing with. Personally I find it very hard to be in such a place cuz as humans, we DO like to KNOW - so we can DO something. It is very hard to be still and not DO anything. But in the being still , peace can seep in and surround us and allow us the grace to bear up under the difficulty. Light will come. I pray for you a gift of peace and comfort in this storm of illness and questions and awaiting further tests and exams to bring a diagnosis. It brings to mind an old friend who was really going through a hard place. She was hurting physically and emotionally and her 'storm at sea' was raging. We met for prayer and she prayed for a gift of { bouyancy } so that IF the storm raged on, she would not sink but be able to stay afloat. I like that word picture. Bouyancy, I wish that for you also. ** I would think it appropriate to request a much sooner appt. w/GI doc. It may be good to run a scope down to inspect the pouch . Something is making you It is a gracious act of kindness to yourself... to be a squeeky wheel. You are cared about and matter to us. Mary

COngrats to your daughter and new son in law, you and your family are so beautiful!!! You have MUCH to be proud of!! Take care!! Hugs, Stef

Enjoy some quiet time Tracy!!! Wanda

I'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired!! I went to the doc yesterday for a follow-up of my back/abdomen pain and he's thinking now that I may have a bulging disk in my back which is pinching a nerve - I forget which one he said it was, but it's the one that runs along the bottom of my ribs in the back and around the side below my ribs. I have to get an MRI to confirm it. Yesterday my back was feeling a LOT better, today, too but I've just not been feeling all that hot anyway. I've not been able to eat much in the last 2-3 weeks (I've lost almost 20 pounds in the last 3 weeks - going from about 205 a few weeks ago, 196 exactly two weeks ago, to 186 yesterday - and I can't even feel good about being in ONE-derland cuz it's scary!) and today I've felt nauseous and just kind of a "full" feeling in my stomach all day. I threw up my dinner - not because it got stuck or anything just cuz I was nauseous. And it was homemade chicken soup! Nothing harsh! Sigh... I went from my fibro pain, to my back pain and having to cancel my surgery, to now having (possibly) some stomach virus!! My doc has scheduled an appointment with a GI doc, (did this when I was having all of that pain) but that's not until 9/21. I just want to feel good! Is that too much to ask? Michelle