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It seems my life for the past few months has been in a holding pattern... partly in a state of mental and physical dread, and partly in an expectant joy.... those two in constant conflict... but finally, things have come to fruition!
About six months ago, I made for better or worse, the decision to take myself off of Nexium.. a drug that I had been on for over 12 years and I was feeling that it was causing me some serious side effects. My family doctor agreed and told me a few things to do in its place... but nothing over the counter helped...so I spent hundreds of dollars at Nature's Outlet buying all kinds of enzymes and supplements that seemed to mask symptoms, but the pain and difficulty swallowing recurred... it was a roller coaster of feeling better then feeling much worse!
I went to the ENT doctor who originally put me on the drug, but was told I should just see a gastroenterologist...
Not exactly what I wanted to hear..... I was flooded with images of the last time when I woke up in the middle of my esophageal dilation...at that moment things started going downhill... my original G.I. Dr. had retired and a new one was sure to expect another procedure!
dread.....fear.... clinked teeth.... gnawing insides....
You know it isn't that bad, but internally, the body just rejects the whole thing, and revolts!
So that goes on for six months only to be intensified when the Dr says, well,you should never have stopped a medication that was working for you.. With all that roller coaster treatments you may very well have become ulcerated with precancerous lesions! We will need to go in and take a look!
And then, on the other hand:
We have lived in this house for 27 years.... and finally we have the resources to make the improvements to the kitchen and bathroom that we have always wanted to do...
So here is Lynn working over the dishes last year after a dinner party one Sunday afternoon... kitchen is very vintage 1930's English Tudor ~ in need of a major overhaul!
So in May we met with our contractors who worked on giving us updated cabinets to fit our base cabinet structure... but also others were reconfigured to give us more than those two pitiful drawers , plus the facing wall behind Lynn was without any cabinetry. and that was completely reworked! By late June the cabinets were installed and by middle July the granite was in place.. then we went on a much needed 2 week vacation... mind you my whole downstairs was in disarray.....
So then it was August... and Lynn started painting the cabinets....
by now I am rather
but expectant! Boy, have I ever been expectant!
Finally, today was the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This morning at 8:30 I had my procedure.. it took all of 20 minutes and I literally didnt ever actually know when I went under, I was remembering just saying, "you mean it's over!?!" I promised I wouldnt post the photos, but it went wonderfully!
Yeah, I still have to be on Nexium, forever! Because, it keeps me well! OK, I get that and Im great with it! FANTASTIC!
No more dread... fear, and hopefully clinched teeth...!
And...
here is my new kitchen..
lookin good, yea?
well, yeah, a little blue tape still to be removed....
oh, and the other wall needs a bit of fixing!
The doors still lie in wait on the dining table!
But finally still sounds pretty daggone good .... the important things are finally resolved and I can be a little more patient.. maybe by the time we get to P I won't have to write about patient, but maybe, finally, pleased as punch!
