Monday, October 09, 2006

Monday evening

The first day back at work went well. I didn't tire out and made it through the whole 8 hours.

Since I had done a little work via VPN from home, I didn't have a huge backlog of stuff waiting for me.

Someone called from the specialist's office today to tell me a bipsy from the ulcers showed them to be benign. I didn't know ulcers could be malignant. I also tested negative for h. pylori, the ulcer-causing bacteria, which means aspirin abuse takes sole blame for my situation.

I go back in in 90 days for another endoscopy to see how I'm healing up.

My appetite is returning, too. I hope I can keep from stuffing myself. I've lost some weight this summer, and not just from the illness. I need to lose more. I'm at 231 right now, and 190-200 is about the best weight for me.

6 comments:

RJ said...

I like the new term bipsy....I may start using it....he gave me a bipsy, she is a realy bipsy, they got a little bipsy...cute!

mcarp said...

Well, of course, that's supposed to be biopsy.

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RJ said...

well, duh!!!
I was just having fun with the typo!
BTW, meant to say as well that I am so glad that everything is fixable and you are on the mend. Just say no to aspirin.

Nina said...

Appears you're on the path to recovery. Cool beans.

I think they bipsy everything found these days, which sounds far more appealing than the word biopsy.



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Lark said...

You betcha. It's nothing but bipsies for me from now on.

Glad you are feeling better. I got a little carried away with aspirin once and it wasn't fun. Just say no!




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Anonymous said...

I seem to recall an offer of a beer, after you started feeling better.

It's kind of you to offer; I'll be looking forward to drinking one at your expense.

Glad you're feeling better, man...