I don't know who said it, but it makes a heart soar- especially for those of us facing degenerative and mortal diseases... "Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence". Pretty good, huh? I will be offline for the majority of the day as I am waiting for my pain doctor to call me in response to a letter I wrote to him. Grrr... It wasn't pretty, but hey, that's why I blog, right? hehehe And I promise to get better at doing so, as soon as I can get around the damned pain anyway. My love to all. XOXO, Me

Casey's Next Surgery

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Feb 21, '12 07:00a

From her last visit to Minneapolis, and once again Casey's stomach is not emptying correctly. (This is not specifically the delayed gastric emptying that she was operated on for previously- but close).

She has been having much pain, (daily, hourly), and has now been referred to another surgeon.
We met with him yesterday afternoon.
He has described the surgery as quite simple, even 'outpatient'. (Say "YAY")!

During another EGD, (esophagogastroduodenoscopy ), her surgeon will go to the very bottom of her stomach and cut the pyloric sphincter so her food can more easily move onward.
As it is now, her stomach must actually (severely) cramp up to be able to pass her food onward; thus accounting for the awful radiating pain.
Please keep her in your thoughts.

XOXO
Me