QUORN

I'm just about back to normal thanks but it was quite literally a gut-wrenching experience so I'm still a bit uncomfortable.

It normally takes a lot to upset my stomach although I try to restrict my diet to low fat. That was part of the attraction of Quorn but I was, quite simply, unable to digest it.

Having had a week off work plus a couple of days the previous week after the faint it's going to be a bit of a struggle going back to work on Monday.

Andrew, have you had a scan on your Gall Bladder?
I suffered with severe pain from time to time, for years - never in the vicinity of the thing itself. I was taking this medicine, then that medicine, then another; I swallowed more gastroscopes than I care to remember . . . Then one of the GP's at my surgery developed an interest in MRI scanning and persusded his partners they should invest in one; at this time, I'd had to call the out of hours doctor, who told me to go to my surgery the next morning, and that particular GP was dealing with emergencies that day. I was scanned there and then, and told that my Gall Bladder was enlarged and full of stones. Thanks to BUPA, I was operated on within ten days, and the surgeon told me afterwards he'd pulled out a smelly bag of stones & pus!!
Been 100% ever since - in terms of stomach pain that is (before Carol has a chance to say anything!!).
Worth a try?

All the best,


Richard.

No, the only MRI scan I've had was on my brain. And yes they did find it before anyone suggests anything to the contrary!

Hopefully all the blood tests I had after my faint and also my regular cholesterol test a couple of weeks ago would have raised suspicions with the gall bladder if that was a problem.

I've never had anything like this in the past and I believe the slight discomfort I still have now is solely due to the turmoil I put my insides through last week. I am confident it will dwindle and disappear in the next few days but if it continues I will definitely bear it mind when I see the doc.

Thanks

Andrew

Jane has just read my post and commented that it sounded like I had an MRI scan on my belly. I can see what she means, so can I just clarify that my GP got into scanning whilst helping out at the local hospital, firstly doing scanning and then MRI scanning (which "blew him away."). He persuaded his partners, when he returned to the practice, to buy a scanner (not an MRI scanner - they cost millions!), and it arrived about 10 days before I turned up as an emergency - so I was one of the first to benefit from it. So Andrew, don't ask for an MRI scan on your belly! Apologies if, in trying to be brief, I confused you.
Anyway, is the recovery progressing?

R.

Yep, I'm doing okay thanks. I went back to work yesterday and all was fine, but I'm not doing anything too strenuous for a few days.

I must admit I wondered about the MRI scanner in the GP's surgery - as you say they are pretty expensive kit. When I had my brain scan in 2006 (I think) I was chatting to the consultant about the cost of the machinery and I think he said it would have cost something like £600 or £800 to have had the scan done privately and I don't think it took more than about 20 minutes.