June 18, 2010

  • Last week, Gilly was officially diagnosed with Crohn's disease. The doctor was really surprised to find it, and even more surprised at how much damage she already had despite having only mild symptoms. Her only reason for doing a colonoscopy was because our dad also had Crohn's.

    So this morning Gilly went for an intestinal x-ray. She sent me the following messages from her Blackberry.

    Gilly: I look and feel as if I've been drinking paint
    Ali: Eeewww
    Gilly: Yeah
    Gilly: First bottle wasn't too bad but second was really thick
    Ali: Same stuff?
    Ali: Oh! Barium
    Gilly: It had half the stuff but was twice the weight
    Gilly: Yes
    Ali: Gross
    Gilly: First was dilute : P
    Gilly: My tongue is now white
    Gilly: Awesome
    Ali: Photo!
    Gilly: Lol
    Gilly: Well it's faded a bit
    Gilly: But my lips were white too
    Ali: Haha
    Gilly: And I somehow managed to get it on my hands AN gown
    Ali: Lol
    Gilly: Oh
    Gilly: And feet
    Gilly: Whoops
    Ali: Lmao
    Gilly: Hehehe
    Ali: When you're done, can you drop in at Ramsey's to pick up my meds?
    Ali: Or are you in a different place?
    Gilly: I am at belmont
    Ali: Oh, ok
    Gilly: I am in the distant future
    Gilly: Went in for first scan just now
    Gilly: Stood on a platform against a wall
    Gilly: And the wall rotated into a bed
    Gilly: FUTURE!
    Ali: Lmfao!
    Gilly: In 20 mins I will be there again

    Awesome! There's a good attitude for a gross test. Next week she gets a bone density scan, which shouldn't be nearly as exciting.

    As for me, well, today is my last day of work, at least for a couple of weeks. I'm being laid off for now because clients would still rather phone my boss and try to convince him to show up in person than just connect to me online and get instant help. The company just can't sustain the project for now. At least I get to right back on disability pension without reapplying. Scott and Jamie are truly gutted to let me and Josh go, but we all strongly believe it will just take some time and plannig to take another crack at this project. In the meantime, I have told them that they can call me any time if they need help or want to consult on anything, and I will happily take whatever work they can throw my way. I am certain this is not the end. I am just looking at this as a summer holiday of sorts. Gilly and I are already talking about places to go hiking and exploring, people we might visit, and so on. There is lots to do on the cheap, and this is the best time of year for it. Her tutoring is slowing down and will pretty well stop after exams begin, so she'll be looking for something to do too.

    Going to Wasaga to camp this weekend. Relay For Life in Newmarket next Friday, and seeing Andre Rieu at the ACC with mom and Gilly on Saturday. Yaaay, going to the ACC in the middle of the G20 summit! Not looking forward to that. but oh well, Mom bought these tickets, so I've convinced her we should take the subway down and hopefully there won't be any serious riots or anything going on. I guess we'll find out earlier in the day if bad things happen and can abort plans if necessary. News this week is that 15 Toronto police uniforms have been stolen from dry cleaners recently, so anything could happen!