The results from the doctors blood test all came back normal except for some liver function results which were very high but the test for Coeliacs was clear. A friend of my mums suggested it could be Coeliacs, I searched the internet and the symptoms all sounded right, I called the doctors and was ensured that coeliacs had been tested for and showed a negative result.
The liver ultrasound all showed normal which was good, then it was time for the first camera test an lower endoscopy (yes that’s a camera up the bum!) which was no way as bad as I thought it would be. The worst part of this was the 24 hour I could not eat before the exam (the information had great delight in telling me I could suck and boiled sweet, oh thank for that then!) and the two lots of laxative that needed to be taken to help clear the body out. I was given a sedative wheeled into the room rolled onto my side and away we went. The consultant said I was more than welcome to watch on the TV screen but thought better of it. On part I will always remember was the Consultant asking the Nurse if she could “See the light” and she was happy to report she could through the skin at the top of my stomach. That is just not right!
After the procedure I was wheeled back into the private room and provided with a nice big plate of sandwiches (not would you get that on the NHS!), the consultant came in about 30 minutes later to tell me all was clear no signs of any of the really nasty stuff that could have been effecting me.
So off I went home non the wiser as to what the problems were, but also relived he had not found anything really bad.
I waited a week for the next lot of tests and this was the worse one and upper endoscopy, if you have ever had one you will no what they are like if not I hope you don’t have to have one. Though out the whole procedure I felt like I wanted to be sick because of the gagging reflex you body does when something that should not be put that far down your throat (I have more respect for sword eaters now!). Again the consultant came back and said everything looks surprisingly good but I would have to wait for the biopsy results to come back.
So more waiting, still off work (six weeks in total) so off back to the doctors more bloods where done, this time they showed the liver functions had returned to normal and the Doctor thought I could have been a virus that effected the liver which caused the weight loss and diarrhoea. Excellent I thought I was feeling a lot better in myself but still getting the rumbling tummy after eating and the feeling that not all was right but the doctor said it’s a virus so a virus it must have been.
That was until I got the letter two days after seeing the doctors…..
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