had my barium swallow today. yum.
At one point, I was turned onto my right side and I could see a window reflection of the screen the doctor was looking at. Have you ever seen your stomach on TV? I don’t know about yours, but mine is not a pretty sight.
Ben is a colleague of mine (he sits about 30 feet away from me) who’s recently entered the blogosphere. We share a love of technology and dry sarcasm. He also took up running not long ago – although he hasn’t written anything on that subject yet.
Oh, and Ben is a transplanted American originally from Detroit (do I have that right, Ben?). Like all good Americans, Ben loves baseball.
Pay him a visit. He has far more interesting things to say than I do.
Welcome to bloggie-land Ben!
The GERD medication I am taking is working. The heartburn is gone and the lump in the throat sensation has gotten better and better.
I’ve been running anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes almost every day and am hoping I haven’t lost very much fitness this past few weeks.
My focus with running has been to just run easy. Really easy and enjoy the miles. The reward for those lollygagging miles is that I’ve been catching myself thinking a lot about Boston lately.
It feels good to dream.
I had another appointment today with a new doctor – Lori’s doctor. And I must say that my wife’s Doc absolutely rocks. She’s got unbelievable bedside manner, is thorough, caring and extremely knowledgeable. Wow.
It’s confirmed – I do have Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. The lump feeling I’ve had for the past years was due to GERD.
Now I will go for a bunch of tests including a barium swallow to track how leaky my esophageal sphincter is. Once we get that figured out, the Doc will be able to recommend next steps.
I am very happy.
