NorthernGem
Back from Toronto
Jan 30, 2014
26 years ago I had a VBG (vertical banded gastroplasty) ...
I had always blamed myself for the surgery not working because I had gained all the weight back and then some, I talked to my family doctor from Levack over and over again about finding out what was going on with my stomach he kept saying it was my diet and the most he would do was send me for ultra sounds and x-rays to keep up on it and as far as he and the tec could tell all was good until I insisted on an Upper GI because now I had developed Acid Reflux. So when I had that done they (they as in the Doctor that performed the Upper GI and family Doc) were in a panic because they said I had Gastric Polyps and a Hiatal Hernia and that I needed to get the Polyps taken care of ASAP and the Hernia shouldn't be touched . I was then given an appointment with a Doctor Brule here is Sudbury.
Now when I had gotten this surgery done 26 years ago I was told in Toronto that I should always come back to Toronto to be seen about anything having to do with my stomach.
SO I managed to see a Gastric Doctor in Toronto on January 29 2014 and cancelled the appointment here in town with Dr Brule.
So I got to Toronto and see the Specialist and he is talking to me while looking at the CD of pictures I had brought from Sudbury Labs and he laughs and says Pffft there is no Hernia here, those doctors are crazy.... well here I let out a big sigh of relief but at the same time totally pissed off with MDS Labs for fucking up yet another test result for me. ( thats another story) So he gets me prepared for the Gastroscopy AKA Scope the little camera that he makes me swallow to look inside. Well let me tell you It was the worst test ever...I gagged my head off and then passed out, when I woke up I got up and went to the Airport to head home a little stoned
(Anesthetic Intoxication).
I woke up today at noon I must have really needed the sleep lol So I call Toronto to see what happened and what did he find................Well there was NO Polyps and NO Hernia (God I hate Sudbury Doctors and the Lab here) But he did find a problem its called a Gastro-gastric Fistula
which is why my surgery never worked. So I will head back to Toronto this Summer to fix it and also fix my stomach. I'm so happy that I have finally gotten to the bottom of this and followed my gut instinct LOL.
So I guess we should all be asking for second options because our lives depend on it
