[Magdalen] Update on yesterday's procedures

[Ginga Wilder]

Jay, I am so thankful you are on this side of this ordeal.  Heal well and
quickly.

Ginga

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 3:23 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Pubbies,
> Many thanks for the prayers. The prep was every bit as bad as I expected it
> would be, but I survived it....without sleep, and with many episodes of
> "How the Universe Works" and "What on Earth?" on the Science Channel
> watched because I could not bear politics that night. Feeling quite
> hideous, I was conveyed off to the local hospital by S/O, who did not leave
> my side all day except when I was actually in the procedures. All went well
> the first time around on the lower end, with the doctor unable to discover
> any reason for persistent diarrhea, though he did encourage me to ease back
> into eating foods with gluten and stop if they caused distress. He is
> unsure if I am celiac or gluten-intolerant. However, he was unable to
> complete the EGD on the first go-round because he discovered I had a "web"
> in my esophagus. Aha! No wonder i have been unable to swallow large pills
> and have choked easily for several years! So he said he would have to take
> me back in, put me under more throughly, and dilate the esophagus to get
> rid of it. Much tedious waiting around for the rest of the day while he did
> the rest of his scheduled procedures...no TV, but I did have the only room
> with a window and was visited by birds and butterflies, the nurses came and
> went, and I was entertained by S/O reading news from his iPhone, while I,
> in turn, read tweets from my account back to him. Finally I went back to
> the procedure room again, went to sleep, and woke up with a sore throat but
> talking to a very pleasant young PACU nurse called Justin who fed me ice
> chips and listened to tales of the Swamp Rats (because the first thing I
> thought of was that Justin). Then back to the room, a half hour of vital
> signs, waiting for the doc to come round for post op instructions, and
> home, sweet home, where I went to bed and slept for several hours. Today I
> was finally up at noon and I feel a little out of it and have a sore throat
> but am otherwise my old self, which may be good or bad. Again, thanks for
> your prayers, which I am sure got me through it all!
>
> Jay
>