the tale of two Memes-part 1

• I will now share my going ''to the big city'' outing
• brother Bill came for me early which was
• ok as I was ready
• we had good traveling highways and
• we made good time
• and he took
• over to his house first and he and
• his wife made me at home while we waited
• for the time
• to leave for the appointment
• brother got me to the hospital on time
• I found my way down 3 flights to the 4th level
• and then found my place of waiting
• not a long wait- and I was in ------
• and suddenly sitting in a chair with
• a stick up my nose that had freezing gel on
• the end of it-
• these are the names of the tests
• 1.-- esophageal motility study test
• 2.-- 24 hour pH monitoring
• both of which require having a hose stuck up
• the nose and then down into the tummy
• first step of the game was to shove a stick
• up my nose to freeze it ........
• and then the first test
• a hose circumfering a set of wires
• hooked to a computer
• a thicker hose that I expected
• and not soft and very flexible
• away we go-
• pain - beyond description
• up through eye into head
• down into the ear - and side of face
• and
• the hose goes up and down into the tummy
• you swallow the thing inch by inch
• and then it stopped- the hose - that is
• it would not go where it needed to go
• so somehow a simple five minute (the doctor said it was simple)
• test turned into a 30 minute test
• the pain was so bad that I did not have
• a mind to think- first time I have been
• completely speechless or thoughtless
• the next half hour consisted of
• swallow- don't swallow-- and then swallow
• sigh- and long lasting pain did not go away
• a pain-I did not know
• that we as humans
• could hurt that bad........
• ok- that is test number one done
• we go to number two
• however this hose too does not go far enough
• down into my tummy
• so I ask her if my Hiatus hernia could be
• the problem--
• well - yes- it could but she does not know
• about the hernia--
• Meme says- well I thought the doctor who wrote
• the letter would say-something
• in one word at a time as it is bad thing to
• talk with a hose in your nose-
• oops- let us read the letter together
• while I sit with the hose moving my whole brain
• into a new dimension------
• there it is - in black and white
• hiatus hernia
• sigh- this test has to be stopped--sigh
• there is only one thing worse than
• having a hose shoved up your nose
• and that is having it pulled out ------of your nose
• so the test could not be done
• --sigh---
• I was suppose to wear the hose for
• 24 hours attached to a little machine
• that is attached to my pants- while
• the hose stays up my nose and in my tummy
• and go home and have a normal day-
• (hahahahahaha)
• it records data of what my tummy is doing
• yes--I was so happy to leave there with no hose
• and machine- .......
• that I was able to say thank you for
• shoving that hose my nose--LOL
• and I mentioned that my nose was
• getting numb and my friendly hos-er
• said --oh- we ( I only saw one of her
• but she said we
• "" forgot to wait for the freezing
• to take hold- some people take longer ''
• - I
• took my nose and
• I ran out there and I did not look back--
• -----------------------
• I am LOL now but not then -
• I will continue the rest the story later
• like tomorrow --
• every things goes up hill after this--
• a good up hill,,,,
• and I received many blessings
• after the hosing-
• hugs from Meme