tummy talk
i finally knuckled under and called for help. my gastrointestinal specialist (mine only by single phone contact - it counts) told me that vomiting blood was not a good thing. okay, so that part i knew. then he told me that any time someone were to find themself with blood in their vomit that they should have someone 'set their eyes on it'.
he continued to tell me that i needed to go to the emergency room and have someone give my stomach a once over. they will need to throw a tube with a tiny camera on it down my esophagus. i also forgot to mention that this particular camera works best when i have a belly full of barium!?!?
now stay with me here... that just sounds like too much fun for my little out-of-state business trip. now, being hospitalized ain't fun. been there, done that. there is a good possibility that they will just send me on my merry way with a slap on the wrist and some good old-fashioned heavy medication. however, the thought of them looking for a 'bed' for me...
the hilton is depressing after long contact but i can't imagine that beaumont general (or whatever the hell its called) is much better. on conversing with my belly, it informed me that i was under no obligation to head to the doctor until i returned to mpls.
i've known my belly much longer than i've known mister gastroenterologist. i'm going to take my belly's word on this. yes, it's ignorant. yes, it's lame. yes, it's asking for trouble...
however i wouldn't want to do anything out of character, now would i?
