stomach bleeding, etc

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I had two endoscopies in two days about three weeks ago. The first

day they found numerous holes in my stomach which they cauterized.

Then they said I had to stay in the hospital overnight to have another

one the next day to make sure the cauterizing had held. Then I had to

stay in that day until afternoon blood work came back. My hemogloben

was 9.4 when I went in,8.8 after the procedure and 8.4 when I went

home. They wouldn't have let me go home if it had been 8 or below. I

am wondering if they really did get them all since I have had trouble

recovering and that is usually just a matter of a day or so, sometimes

go shopping on the way home. Then when I saw my hemotologist after a

week or so, he asked what medicine they had given me to fix my messed

up stomach. I had heard them talking about a prescriptions, but

hadn't gotten one. So, he gave me one, 1 G of Carafate which really

knocked me for a loop, slept at least 18 hours a day, so called and

they said to cut it in half. But still really foggy. Not sure if it

is all from the meds, or if my hemogloben is worse. After reading a

previous post, I am wondering if this bleeding is related to portal

hypertension. How do you find out if you have it? Didn't know it

could show up in the stomach. Have had some rectal bleeding from

hemorrhoids, wondering if related

I had been trying to get in to see my pcp because I had started having

trouble with double vision. I was always told he was out sick. Guess

who had the room across from me in the hospital. he had abdominal

surgery the day I had my first endo. We were both waiting for the

orders to go home on the afternoon of the second day when I noticed

him over there. He came over and we talked. He said he would see me

the next wednesday even though he wasn't working for 10 days, but had

some paper work to do that day. (Nurse told me he didn't really have

much and she thought he had driven 40 miles one way to come see me.)

He ordered blood work for thyroid and lots of other things and turned

out my thyroid meds were low, so he put me on 1 1/2 pills until they

can do another blood test to find out exactly what I need. Life is so

interesting. Getting an appt. to see your doctor when you are both

patients in the hospital. lol. My eyes are a lot better, but at the

least, I need a new prescription. Some friends and I have heard of a

great doctor in Glendale and are hoping to make appts. the same day so

we can share the driving. Jan