It was supposed to be another typical Christmas weekend for us, which means:
Last minute shopping, and
A trip to PA to spend Christmas with Jill's family.
Instead, it featured:
Lower Gastro-intestinal infection (with all the major side effects)
A trip to the emergency room Christmas Eve,
Lots of chicken noodle soup (Progresso), a ten-day course of Flagyl, and gatorade. Lots of gatorade.
On the edge of complete recovery, a slightly tweaked ankle became incredibly painful and we wound up in the ER again, under premise of an ankle sprain. Ouch.
Except that the symptom of intense pains began to subside on its own, even before we got to my primary care doctor.
The G-I thing is basically over. I'm back to normal food, normal digestion, just finishing out the antibiotic. I have an apppointment scheduled with a gastroenterologist on Tuesday. A colonoscopy is in my future for 2012. Yay me.
The ankle thing is looking like gout I've had it in the big toe enough times to recognize it. But it may explain several less-painful stiff ankle situations I've had in the past.
I have an appointment with a podiatrist on Thursday. We will have a lot to talk about. Also scheduled Thursday is a screening for gout. I'm sure it's gonna come out positiive.
This was my Christmas. I guess I'm not as young as I used to be. There's always next year!
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