I went to the doctor today. He is ordering a bunch of tests before he refers me to GI which is really helpful. If I am sent to GI it has to be in the big city because I can only get anesthesia for a scope at that hospital because of my MAOI. They've done research on it and are completely comfortable and the local hospitals won't touch it. I have to do a stool sample which I do NOT look forward to but otherwise it's ok. He also gave me carafate to help calm things down if it's an ulcer which is the working diagnosis. I'm also stopping metformin and will discuss potentially stopping topamax with my pdoc. I'm barely on any of that so it can probably go and now is as stable as I've been so it might as well go if nothing else changes.


I really hope something works or some test tells us what is going on. I'm tired of feeling nauseous and I really don't want to have to go the GI route. I also am going on vacation in 3 weeks and I want to be able to enjoy that. Right now the idea of 12 hours in the car is overwhelming. Hopefully the carafate takes care of that.