Stomach Issues close to Resolution; Endoscopy

jason.2835
jason.2835 Member Posts: 337 Member
in Kidney Cancer #1

Hi, all,

Had an endoscopy yesterday; the GI doctor wanted to do one to "rule out" a couple things.  This was in response to the stomach ailments that sent me to the ER that initially got the ball rolling on my incidental cancer diagnosis.  

Long story short, he said he found some areas of irritation consistent with gastritis, so they did a biopsy for H. pylori bacteria to see if that's what it is.  I actually hope that is what it is because it'll get everyone off my back to get the gallbladder out.  I'm really not in a particular hurry to go under the knife again.  And 90% of people with gallstones never have symptoms.  And I have ONE gallstone.  I mean, really.  

Anyway, propofol's a helluva drug, ain't it?

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  • Allochka
    Allochka Member Posts: 1,072 Member
    #2
    Good result - just gastritis

    Good result - just gastritis and nothing serious!

    BTW, my boyfriend had endoscopy this summer too, and an ulcer was found. Doctor tested him for H.pylori, as for most common cause for ulcers, and haven' t found any. But he still treated him for H.pylori anyway, because he mentioned that this bacteria is rather hard to get during biopsy. Even the negative biopsy result doesn't mean the bacteria is not present, it still could be there.

  • tyjsbtn
    tyjsbtn Member Posts: 50
    #3
    Jason, I have a marble sized

    Jason, I have a marble sized gall stone that was found 8 years ago.  I never had a symtom before or after it was found.  The doctor wanted to take it out right away and I told him no.  That it is not bothering me so why bother it.

     

    I am glad that everything went so well yesterday.

     

    Telana

  • Allochka
    Allochka Member Posts: 1,072 Member
    #4
    tyjsbtn said:

    Jason, I have a marble sized

    Jason, I have a marble sized gall stone that was found 8 years ago.  I never had a symtom before or after it was found.  The doctor wanted to take it out right away and I told him no.  That it is not bothering me so why bother it.

     

    I am glad that everything went so well yesterday.

     

    Telana

    A friend of mine also has

    A friend of mine also has gallstones and refused to take out her gallbladdder. Her only symptoms are bouts of pain once or twice per year, so it is really not always absolutely necessary to get it out.

  • DSFrey
    DSFrey Member Posts: 69
    #5
    Interesting...

    If you look at My CSN Space, I posted an image of my abdominal ct scan of my tumor last year. Coincidently the same image also shows my gallbladder is about half filled with stones. I haven't had any symptoms at all so the doctor told me not to worry about it. Congrats on nothing serious!

  • Jojo61
    Jojo61 Member Posts: 1,309 Member
    #6
    Jason, I am glad you got it

    Jason, I am glad you got it checked out. Listen to your body!! You are the one that knows it best!! And I am hearing everyone's stories and am realizing  the patient is usually right.

    I hope you feel better soon!

    Hugs

    Jojo

  • jason.2835
    jason.2835 Member Posts: 337 Member
    #7
    The GALL of those docs ;-)

    Yeah... I'm in no hurry to get it out if it's not causing me any problems, but it feels like every doctor is just pushing me to get it done.  I mean, we were born with a gallbladder for pete's sake... I know we can "live without it," but it's not IDEAL to live without it!  Jeeze!  

    I also read about the H. Pylori bacteria, and apparently there are some schools of thought that it is part of the natural order of bacteria and we may be "overtreating" it so I'm certainly going to ask a lot of questions if that's what this turns out to be...  As I said in the past, the pain is always at the center of my stomach, never the "classical" gallbladder pain on the side and in the back.  So... shrug, I guess.

  • foxhd
    foxhd Member Posts: 3,181 Member
    #8
    jason.2835 said:

    The GALL of those docs ;-)

    Yeah... I'm in no hurry to get it out if it's not causing me any problems, but it feels like every doctor is just pushing me to get it done.  I mean, we were born with a gallbladder for pete's sake... I know we can "live without it," but it's not IDEAL to live without it!  Jeeze!  

    I also read about the H. Pylori bacteria, and apparently there are some schools of thought that it is part of the natural order of bacteria and we may be "overtreating" it so I'm certainly going to ask a lot of questions if that's what this turns out to be...  As I said in the past, the pain is always at the center of my stomach, never the "classical" gallbladder pain on the side and in the back.  So... shrug, I guess.

    I had my

    gallbladder out sometime around 2009. No big deal. But 2 years later I'm diagnosed with a 7-8 cm kidney tumor. Large enough that it should have been seen several times by the surgeon. i wish that he had seen it and removed it then. Oh how different life would be.

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