Necessary Mutilation

Weight: 228 lbs.

If running all over town can burn off calories, then I should be down about another hundred pounds by tomorrow!

At 7:00 am, I drove Tom to Sister’s Hospital as it was time for his bi-annual endoscope (of his throat). Tom suffers from a pre-cancerous condition called Barrett’s Esophogus, and must have his esophagus scoped frequently to ensure that his GERD hasn’t continued on its rampage and caused more esophageal damage or turned his throat cells cancerous. He had a biopsy taken, as well as two stomach polyps snipped. The doctor also saw striations in his stomach, so took a sample to ensure that his flora and fauna weren’t toxic, or something like that. We need to call the doctor’s office next week for all the results, but so far things seem pretty ok.

While Tom was prepping for the procedure, I scooted quickly over to my job, and spent about an hour gathering up documents I thought I might need for tonight’s job interview, and also ended up meeting with some colleagues about various matters that were called to my attention. I then rushed back to Tom, and soon after he was in recovery and I could wait with him until his discharge.

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