木 July 17, 2025

Stomach still hurt :( I had to call brother and visit the ambulatory. I got barely looked at and got immediately sent to hospital with possibility of appendicitis. I visited a surgeon who said that it doesn’t seem like appendicitis, but to make sure they sent me to get ultrasound. Ultrasound also revealed nothing, but they said to come tomorrow to check again if it didn’t get worse.

Just before I was out, for better or worse, I asked if they’ll do Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (when they insert tube into your stomach via mouth). They got kinda surprised because usually patients specifically ask NOT to do it, lol. Boy, I didn’t know what I signed up for… This was beyond just "uncomfortable". It was done unsedated, and I felt like I was being choked while at same time vomitting during entire procedure. It luckily didn’t take too long. Doctors laughed that it all happened on my birthday, and I got some silly congratulations from them.

It revealed to them that I have some sort of inflammation, and I got a more definitive diagnosis: K29.90 - Gastroduodenitis, unspecified, without mention of bleeding Chronic gastroduodenitis in the stage of severe exacerbation. Severe duodenogastric bile reflux. Recommendations:

Follow-up with a family doctor
Ultrasound control of the upper abdominal cavity, abdominal wall, and abdominal wall
Consultation with a gastroenterologist as planned
Flamidez - 1 tablet 2 times a day
Repeated consultation with a surgeon on 07/18/25
Pantoprazole - 40 mg - 1 tablet / 1 time / day in the morning before meals

I got a plan of what to do and what to take, and finally headed home.

I got gifted a longcoat!! This was genuinely probably the best gift I could ever get lol. I always wanted one but never really bothered to get. It’s like one of the only items I still didn’t have yet. My brother is always so good at picking presents.

We went to restaurant after that, and I frankly got a little bit too much food for someone with stomach problem. But it was yummy at least. There also was 2 random cats at restaurant territory that I patted.