My two year check up... Everything is fine!

Nov 19, 2011

I went to my two year check up on Wednesday.  For the past year, since I began having problems swallowing pills, I have been secretly worried that something was really wrong with me: an intestinal blockage, scar tissue, ulcers...  I had been going to a gastroenterologist and having tests run all year long but we could never figure out what was wrong with me.  Because nothing is wrong!  According to my surgeon, I just shouldn't be swallowing any big pills, only tiny ones.  But all of my symptoms sound normal to him.  Even the heartburn, and he thinks that will go away if I continue taking the medicine.  It was like a huge weight that I had been carrying around with me for a year had finally been lifted off my shoulders.  I was so relieved!

Of course, I did get some bad news the day before my appointment...  My foot had been very painful and swollen for a few weeks and it turns out I have a stress fracture in my foot...    I hadn't used it for a month while I was on crutches recovering from my hip surgery and then I guess I used it too much  too fast once I was off the crutches...  So now I have a removable cast that I have to wear for 4-6 weeks...  And so I still can't go back to the gym...  Oh well... 

The good news is that, according to my surgeon, I am fine!  So I am happy. 

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