I posted this as a Blog post, but I wanted to keep you guys updated
Hi,
There are so many of you that have lent your ears and prayers to me over this last year, so I just wanted to share my latest blog post. I feel like there are other people out there with similar problems, so I always think that maybe this will help someone else.
When I was in the hospital at U of C last week, they wanted to check the blood flow through my Celiac Artery to check for a condition called MALS (Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome), basically if the blood flow is not adequate, it can account for all the problems that I am having with eating. Let's pray this is it. The first time they tried to do the ultrasound I was so filled up with gas they couldn't see the vessels clearly. So, I got up at 4am to catch the train downtown today to have another go at it and hope they could see what they needed to.
They were able to see past the gas (not sure where all the gas is coming from??), and she kept measuring the velocity in the 200's, but then some in the 185 range...of course at the time this meant nothing to me...she had another tech come in and get a second opinion, the other tech tried to find the arteries herself, but couldn't, so she had the original tech locate them for her (Let me just say that this was excruciating because the exact spot where I have most of my pain is where they need to press the ultrasound wand, and press they did- Yowza!), and when they turned the doppler on they started measuring the velocity, and then argued back and forth about which velocity reading was the accurate one, the 200 or the 185!! This is my life here, and after Googling what some of these velocities mean, their dispute can mean the difference between treatment/further study or not!! Grrrrrr They will have the radiologist do his/her reading, and then get the results to the doctor, hopefully by Monday. I just want an answer and get this over with, whatever IT is.
Thanks for listening :)
There are so many of you that have lent your ears and prayers to me over this last year, so I just wanted to share my latest blog post. I feel like there are other people out there with similar problems, so I always think that maybe this will help someone else.
When I was in the hospital at U of C last week, they wanted to check the blood flow through my Celiac Artery to check for a condition called MALS (Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome), basically if the blood flow is not adequate, it can account for all the problems that I am having with eating. Let's pray this is it. The first time they tried to do the ultrasound I was so filled up with gas they couldn't see the vessels clearly. So, I got up at 4am to catch the train downtown today to have another go at it and hope they could see what they needed to.
They were able to see past the gas (not sure where all the gas is coming from??), and she kept measuring the velocity in the 200's, but then some in the 185 range...of course at the time this meant nothing to me...she had another tech come in and get a second opinion, the other tech tried to find the arteries herself, but couldn't, so she had the original tech locate them for her (Let me just say that this was excruciating because the exact spot where I have most of my pain is where they need to press the ultrasound wand, and press they did- Yowza!), and when they turned the doppler on they started measuring the velocity, and then argued back and forth about which velocity reading was the accurate one, the 200 or the 185!! This is my life here, and after Googling what some of these velocities mean, their dispute can mean the difference between treatment/further study or not!! Grrrrrr They will have the radiologist do his/her reading, and then get the results to the doctor, hopefully by Monday. I just want an answer and get this over with, whatever IT is.
Thanks for listening :)
Jules RNY 10/30/2007
Good luck on your journey to becoming well! Nice to meet ya!
Where are the pains in your stomach? My husband also has a LOT of gas in his stomach....like when he takes a bite of anything he will belch 20 times sometimes. According to the doctor the air is trapped in the intestines....?? He also has a lot of pain right below his breastbone. The pain and gas is something that the doctor thought would be solved with the removal of the gall bladder but we had that done last week, and apparently that isn't the case.
Where are the pains in your stomach? My husband also has a LOT of gas in his stomach....like when he takes a bite of anything he will belch 20 times sometimes. According to the doctor the air is trapped in the intestines....?? He also has a lot of pain right below his breastbone. The pain and gas is something that the doctor thought would be solved with the removal of the gall bladder but we had that done last week, and apparently that isn't the case.
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