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A light at the end of the whatever

I've been absent from my blog the last several months. To be completely frank, I've been absent from my life as well. For the last 6 months, I have felt like crap every single day. When this first came about, I honestly thought I was pregnant.  It started as a nagging feeling of nausea after every meal, much like my first trimesters were.  After taking pregnancy tests twice a week for a little over a month, I went to my family doc, thinking to myself, "This is NOT OK!" My family doc seemed fairly confident that my gallbladder was causing my pain.  I agreed with him, as my symptoms were textbook. He sent me for an ultrasound, then a hida scan.  Both came back normal, so he referred me to a GI dude. My specialist is a super nice guy.  I felt like he actually gave a crap about my health, and didn't just go thru the motions.  After my first appointment, he set up an upper GI and a colonoscopy... both scary words when you are a 30 year old. I got a letter in t