I've just got out of hospital on Tuesday after being kept in for nearly a week for observation following a gastric bleed.This is after being in for a fortnight in total 4 or 5ish weeks ago where I had about 3 bleeds (I was let out then took relapses within a few hours twice!) and I've needed transfusions of about 11 units of blood in total over this time.
They still don't know the cause of my gastric bleeding and I've already had an endoscopy, colonoscopy, half an enteroscopy(this had to be halted as apparently I took a panic attack while under sedation), and barium meal xrays which failed to show anything. On Tuesday I had a capsule endoscopy but it can take around 4 weeks for results.
The same thing happened 4 and a half years ago too and was just written off as unexplained gastric bleeding and not further investigated as I never took a relapse over that time until these more recent incidents. One doctor said it was possible they might not even find anything there (which I find rather worrying). I'm feeling a bit better now, just a bit run down and tired.
I'm hoping everything will be sorted by the time of my wedding- only 6 weeks to go now!
We found out last week that the chef who was going to make our all vegan menu had left the hotel where he rented his restaurant, so Jay and my mum have been looking into finding a new place to go for our after wedding meal. I'm really glad we're having an intimate(13 guest) family wedding on a Tuesday so it (hopefully!) shouldn't be too difficult to find an alternative place to cater for our meal- had we been having a huge wedding on a weekend I'd be panicking!
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Oh, Kris! I wish I could hug you, but you'll just have to accept a virtual hug in the meantime. I hate to think of all you're going through. I read your blog entry aloud to John and we both gasped in horror and said, 'The poor wee soul!' at the same time, at the thought of you having a panic attack while under sedation. I so hope they get this sorted out soon.
That's such a bind about the chef! He isn't working anywhere else handy is he? There used to be a great chef at the Crosshill Arms in Ayrshire and we used to go there with Sylvia when we visited her. He left too. I wonder if Syl knows where he works now? I'll ask her.
Aww thanks Penny- virtual hugs back! :)
Not sure where the chef is now, but we have a possible alternative that my mum's been looking into who say they do a vegan meal for us-yay! :)
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