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Sunday, July 25, 2010

You may have noticed I haven't posted or given out much comment love in a few days. Thursday evening DadMan started to have another of his "episodes" or flare-ups.

Over the past four years, once or twice a year he gets these absolutely horrendous "episodes" where he cannot keep anything down. I won't go into further detail because it's far from a pretty picture. The first and worst episode lasted three weeks and landed him in the ER with severe dehydration. In a little less than four days, he had lost 40 lbs and was not even able to keep fluids down.

In the past three years DadMan has had nearly every exploratory procedure done to try to find out what is causing this. He's had his gallbladder removed, numerous CT scans and ultrasounds, MRIs, MRCP, endoscopies, a colonoscopy, lots of bloodwork, and probably a few other tests I am now forgetting.

It had been a full year since his last bout with this and last summer his GI actually told him he was stumped and couldn't do anything more for us.

So here we are again. Discouraged by the fact the GI doesn't have much more to offer besides another referral, DadMan just went to our family doctor this time and got some anti-nausea meds. Fortunately, this round hasn't been quite as bad as the others. He's only lost about 20 lbs. (crazy that I say only) and he has actually been able to drink fluids and keep very small amounts (literally a few bites) of bland foods down.

Any prayers you could offer for a speedy recovery and some answers are very much appreciated!

I've been so busy with more important matters that I have yet to post about my very first award! Stay tuned for further details...

9 comments:

  1. So sorry....it's very frustrating when the doctors are stumped and you KNOW something is wrong. Sending good thoughts your way!

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  2. Wow, that's pretty hard core! Definitely keeping him in my prayers! He must have a seriously diversely sized wardrobe? I can't imagine losing that much weight over and over!

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  3. Oh wow, I'm so sorry you guys are dealing with this! I hope he's feeling better soon and/or you figure out what's causing it.

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  4. How awful. I hope they can figure out what is wrong. It must be so frustrating to go through all that and not have any answers :-(

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  5. Wow that is just awful! I'm so sorry to hear that he (and you) are going through this. My prayers are definately with you!

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  6. Aww, I'm sorry to hear he's sick. It can be so hard when they don't even know whats wrong.

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  7. I am so sorry that he is going through that and that you guys can't find a doctor who can help him out! My prayers are with you guys! Maybe, it is time to look into alternative medicine?

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  8. That is beyond awful! And you must feel so helpless to make him feel better!

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  9. Oh my gosh. That's CRAPPY! I hope he starts feeling better!

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