Well after all the tests they gave me to find out what was wrong with
my stomach they all came back fine, I even had an endoscopy where they
put a camera down your throat and take biopsies of inside your gut in
various places, that's not something I'd want to go through again any
time soon. I know I've had bone marrow and spinal fluid sucked out of
me but I'm just not crazy about having thick black cables forced down
my throat.
Anyway all the tests I had came back fine and the Doctor's concluded
that I'm suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome and chances are it'l
clear up in a few more weeks. The better news though is that I've
started coming off the cyclospirin and in a couple of weeks time I
should be off it completely so my immune system won't be supressed
anymore. On top of that I only have to go in to Hospital once a week
now which is cracking. The Doctor told me to start hitting the exercise
hard as well and I really want to, its just without getting enough food
down me I'm still feeling sick and tired a lot of the time making it
pretty difficult. Hopefuly that'l pass soon enough through.
Also I've had a chance to give my new immune system a work out by
getting a pretty nasty throat infection, they've given me a ton of oral
anti-biotics though and its mostly cleared up now but it's been a
pretty rubbish few days only being able to swallow ice cream and water.
I'm a little worried about how much weight I've lost over the last few
weeks, I'm down to about 9 stone 5 pounds now and for somebody my
height thats pretty low, still hopefully my appetite will pick up
pretty soon because I'm REALLY missing eating out.
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