The last few weeks have been rough. At the start of the Labor Day weekend (on Saturday 9/3) I spent a few hours at the ER for burning stomach pains. They pumped me full of "Happy Juice", did a blood screen, and also did a Catscan. The CT showed some mild to moderate stomach inflammation. The covering doctor told me to continue my regular IBS meds and released me. She told me to call my Gastro Doctor to see what he might want to do. I called my Gastro Doctor's office and they scheduled me for an Endoscopy which included testing some tissue samples on 9/12.
On 9/12 I went for the Endoscopy. The test results showed moderate inflammation, and also that I had a small sliding hiatal hernia which wasn't unusual for a person my age. Fine.
TA - DA! On 9/18 in the early morning, I was back in the ER again! I had terrible pain in the lower left side of my abdomen. I already knew what it was before I even got to the hospital. I was having a doozey of a Diverticulitis flare! I hadn't had one in a very LONG time. I told the covering hospital doctor what I suspected even before she examined me. So, I had new bloodwork, was given pain meds, and given another CT scan. When the doctor came back with the results she said to me, "You are absolutely correct". She prescribed Flagyl and Cipro. Soon after, I was released and sent home. I called my own Gastro Doc on 9/19 and "miraculously" got an appointment with him on 9/20. SIDE NOTE: I took the Flagyl/Cipro combo for all of ONE day. (9/18). If you don't know, it's the most HORRIBLE DRUG COMBO ON EARTH! 
9/20 appointment with my Gastro Doc went well. I told him immediately I had stopped the F/C duo after 1 day. He was OK with that. Anyway, we went over my history and gave me a plan to work with as far as foods to eat, etc. He also scheduled me for a Colonoscopy on 12/1. My last one was 3 years ago. I'm not thrilled, but it makes sense to cover all bases. 
Well, if you have read all this, thank you for putting up with the ranting. In exchange I have posted some pics I took when I wasn't so cranky!
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