leif went into one of our local surgeons today to have a scope done. he said his impression of her at his appt beforehand was that she wasn’t very friendly. after the scope she told me everything looked fine and she would be back to talk to us.
when she returned she said it looked like he was having bile reflux—this is not something i had heard of before. i had told him to make sure that she biopsied the duodenum because we have celiac in the family. the bile seems to have caused some mild gastritis.
i was looking at her notes which stated, bile reflux, mild gastritis, and she had ruled out celiac disease. she also told him that he didn’t have esophophagitis. i’ve dealt with this stuff for long enough that i know you cannot rule out celiac or esophagitis just by visually looking with a scope—-you have to look at the cells on a microscopic level.
she was telling him that it might be a good idea to keep a journal of what he was eating and when he was getting pain—while she was talking he pointed out to her where the pain was—then she snapped at him and said, “are you liestening to me?” he was obviously still somewhat drugged because he was still sounding a little drunk. i was just furious that she would snap at him like that when he was pointing out where his pain was while she was talking.
she said since she was a surgeon, they will usually run tests and that maybe he should see his general practitioner—-which he has already done. i said, “wouldn’t it be better to see a GI?” she did not respond to me. i repeated the question as she was talking and she still did not respond to me. a little while later she did suggest that it might be a good idea to se a GI specialist.
she told him to stay on the prevacid. i looked up bile reflux when i came home and discovered that PPIs can make bile reflux worse. leif had noticed that after taking the prevacid his stomach was hurting worse.
i am still so mad at her for snapping at him when he was still medicated—she needto learn a little bedside manner—or maybe alot of bedside manner.
i hear she is suposed to be really good at oncology.
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ERG!!!!
