Christmas Eve

I hope that everyone had a fantastic Christmas. It was such a beautiful day and time to spend with family. I am writing because I spent Christmas eve at the doctor's office and wanted to update everyone on what they tested me for and what wasn't found.

The first test was for a condition known as Mechels. They injected me with radioactive isotopes to make my insides glow on the Xray screen. Then I laid on my back for a half hour while they took time lapse photos. This was very uncomfortable as I was lying in between two slides that were rather close and I couldn't move. But, they didn't find anything obvious and are now looking over the slides with the surgeon and radiologist. I was surprised the doctor told me he didn't see anything because normally they don't say a word. That was very encouraging.

The second test was the most uncomfortable because it was also timelapse so I had to drink 2 full cups of solution called Berium, which is increadably thick and very heavy. What was sort of neat is that they have an xray camera sitting above you as you drink it and a monitor at your side so you can see what the doctors see. Once the solution settles all the way down your stomach they can see your entire tract. They took an xray every fifteen minutes until it reached the end. Thank God for me that only took two hours, although they said most take four. At the end of this test, they didn't tell me what they did or didn't see. So I'm waiting to hear from them. That is all for now. Thanks for reading and I'll update this as soon as they call me with results. God bless you and keep you all.
Britt