A JOYFUL NOISE

Today I saw my-- GI doctor (a fellow), DR Cerefice for the last night (he accepted an attending position in NJ; but my attending, Dr Peura will still be my attending). He caught up on my health issues and we discussed how I've been feeling. I did tell him that there was a while that I was eating nothing but fish and vegetables and started feeling a little bit better (that is, not in that constant pain and nausea). Until about 3-4 weeks ago, I again started up that cycle of feeling ill again; constant pain and constant nausea. I told him that there were certain days that I just don't sleep because of the pain and the nausea. He does want me to continue to small meals, fish/veggie/no gluten diet. He thinks that along with my motility issues there are other things that is happening that they still can't put a finger on so they are trying different alternatives in medications, diets, etc to see what works best. They do think it is a never problem t...

In my last note, I mentioned how this new food diet has been helping me with my stomach issues/abdominal issues. The pain and nausea were present but just not as pronounced as it was before. I was able to be a lot more active and have more energy throughout the day. I was praying that this "new found" help would last and that I would have the discipline to stick to the diet (basically no meat, lots of veggies and fruits, and tofu) I'm doing well sticking to my diet and continue to be on the diet on a regular basis. However, a couple of weeks ago, I started to again have the reoccurring excruciating right lower/ upper left pain. There were times I had to stay in bed laying down and taking Vicodin. There were days that eating would make me sick and even drinking just water would turn my stomach (this past Sunday was very bad for me) I've become very discouraged that what I thought was helping (the diet); doesn't seem to be working as ...