UH Oh, Something Went Wrong!!!!!

Well, if it's not one thing it's another. I am on my journey to Weight Loss Surgery. I really did not make this decision lightly. I have played with this idea for almost five or six years. After one failed Diet plan after another. I went to a seminar and decided. WHY NOT! it's my body and I need to be healthy.

Okay, so I started the process as you know. I had my physical, no problem. I went to do my labs, a small problem but fixable. Remember I found out I had H. pylori. So I started my two-week regiment to take antibiotics to rid me of the bacteria in my stomach. Which if not detected could cause other major problems like cancer in the stomach or ulcers. So YAY! I dodged a bullet. Thanks to the test they wanted me to take.

So I'm in the last week of the medications. And about Wednesday I notice blood in my stools. Not just a trace of blood but like ministration from my back-end. I get a bit worried but figure I will monitor it. Thursday it is the same. So Friday I stop taking the medication. But nothing changes. I decide I will go to ER but talked myself out of it. I get up Saturday still bloody stools. So I decide to go to urgent care.

I explained to them what is going on. The doctor comes in and says he needs to do a rectal exam. A what exam? OH HECK no. I'm embarrassed, but now I am thinking I hope this isn't something that will hinder my journey to have this surgery or worst cancer. He steps out to get the nurse and I prepare to have the rectal exam.

Sure enough, I have hemorrhoids. Not going to delay the surgery and NOT CANCER! however, do black people get hemorrhoids, How did this happen to me. I have NEVER had hemorrhoids before. He explains that if I hold my bowel movements for long periods of time it can cause irritation and that could lead to hemorrhoids. I see, so now, how do I get rid of them. You got it! An ointment I have to apply to my hemorrhoids in the exterior part of my butt hole. YUCK!

So I still have not picked up the prescription. Don't worry I will. Back to the Urgent Care visit. He also had to check my hemoglobin because I do have a history with Anemia. But all is well in that area. thank God for small favors.