Home and Resting

I am now home and resting for the rest of the evening.

My endoscopy went well. I was nervous but tried to relax before it all started. The hardest part of it all was getting the IV.

After it was over and I was awake, my doctor came to talk to me. Here is what she found:
*I have some inflammation in my stomach. This is gastritis. Nothing major or new here.
*They took some biopsies of different areas in my stomach.
*I may have "Sphincter of Oddi" dysfunction. She mentioned this the last time I saw her but I still can't remember what it all means. I found this on Wikipedia.
*To test for the Sphincter dysfunction, I will need to go have a specialized MRI (an MRCP).
*After that, I will go back to visit her and we'll discuss the results of the biopsies that were taken today and the results of the MRCP.
*If nothing shows up and/or if she still thinks it is the Sphincter, she will schedule a surgery. This is a specialized surgery that I will have to go to Georgetown University Hospital to have done. I can't remember the exact name of it and when I tried to Google it, that just gave me information that I didn't want to hear. So, I'm going to hope that the information I am reading is wrong or that I'm looking up the wrong thing. I'm going to try not to worry about it now.
*My gallbladder scan came back normal. Even the doctor was surprised by this!!

Well, no diagnosis yet but I think we're close. I am so thankful to have a doctor that is taking the time to figure out what is wrong. She knows that I'm frustrated. I know that she is trying hard and that some things take time.

I'm going to try to rest this evening like I'm supposed to. I have graduate school work that I really need to do so I hope I can wake up enough to get that done.

By the way, if nothing I have written makes sense, it is because I'm still a little sedated. I'll have the effects the next few hours. So please forgive me for errors or crazy writing.