Hi all! Well, as you may or may not know, I had a gastroscopy last Friday – i.e. a doctor shoved a tube down my throat and into my stomach then used a camera to look at my insides. I was sedated during the procedure, so the last thing I remember is being asked to bite on a plastic thing with a hole in the middle. The next thing I knew I was waking up, still feeling a bit groggy and slightly sick, but that soon wore off. In fact, the worst part of the ordeal was having the needles put in for the sedation – the first assistant couldn’t get them in, so she tried once on each arm before going and fetching her older colleague. I ended up with matching bruises on both arms!Thanks for that, assistant woman. So if you’re ever told you need a gastroscopy,don’t worry – it’s not so bad! As for findings. Well, my stomach is (or was) slightly irritated but everything else looked normal and I didn’t have any of the usual signs of refulx. However, I’ve been given some tablets (blue and white ones which I’m referring to as Smurf tablets!) and either they’re helping or it’s coincidence and I would have got better by myself anyway. Hmm. Either way, I seem to be able to eat most foods again now. I even had some American-style cheesecake yesterday (made by a colleague) and it was delicious!
And now on to Friday letters… I know that’s what you came here for 😉
Dear weather. On Sunday, I went out without a jacket, this morning it was 6°C and foggy. What is going on?!
Dear work. You have been incredibly busy again this week, which is admittedly better than having nothing to do, but I’m glad I have next Friday off!
Dear Paris. I shall be seeing you next Friday! I hope you’re kinder to me than last time I went.
Dear “Welcome to Night Vale”. You are the reason we’re coming to Paris. I hope you live up to our expectations!
Dear winter reading challenge. I can’t wait for you to start! I already have a few of my books and it’s taking all my willpower to resist reading them before 1st November!
Dear #Take12Trips. I haven’t forgotten about you, honest! My final Taiwan post will be up very soon…
That’s all from me for today. Have a great weekend everyone!
~ Linking up with Kate (formerly of The Lotus Creative, now blogging at Relokate) for Daily Diaries. ~
Confuzzledom 
Glad to hear you’re feeling better!
Thanks! It’s nice to be able to eat again.
I am happy that you are feeling better and that they could not find anything bad (except the irritation). And I hope you will have a wonderful time in Paris!
Thank you. It’s good to know it isn’t anything serious.
Oh, I am so sorry you had to go through something so awful! I’ve always kept my fingers crossed that I never have to have the tube down throat situation, it sounds awful! My Dad had to do it recently and said it wasn’t a good experience.
Glad to hear you are feeling better, I guess the Smurf tablets are working? 😉
I guess so 😉 I really didn’t find it that bad – they literally knocked me out before it started and I woke up when they took the tube out. Then I had to stay lying down for a bit, but I was fine pretty quickly.
Oh this sounds unpleasant but it’s good that you were knocked out.
Hope you have so much fun in Paris!
Gastroscopies are no fun, that’s for sure. I got mine done the same time they were doing the colonoscopy, so I was literally being probed in both ends. Not something I’d like to repeat anytime soon.
OMG, colonoscopy sounds awful! I’mglad I don’t need one of them! I imagine the gastroscopy would have been much worse if I hadn’t asked to be put to sleep.
Being put to sleep is a must. There is no chance I would have been concious for either of those procedures!
I know you said it wasn’t too bad but it still didn’t sound like fun! But I am glad that the Smurf tablets (LOVE the name!!) have made you feel better.
I can’t imagine it would have been any fun without being sedated. They asked if I wanted to be asleep for it and I was like “YES PLEASE!”.
It’s good news that there’s nothing serious wrong with you and I hope the tablets do the trick and you are completely better soon. How exciting to be going to Paris – I love Paris – and I hope the trip is wonderful. 🙂
Glad you’re feeling better! And yay for yummy cake 🙂
I want to eat that cake again now. Mmmm! Was so good!
And I totally agree about the weather! This sucks!
Sunny again here today… I can’t keep up!
It’s pretty overcast and cold here but toasty in my flat in my Primark pjs 😉
Happy to hear your feeling much better, smurf tablets that made me laugh 🙂 I hope you have a lovely time in Paris 🙂
They are totally Smurf tablets… they’re white and bright blue! 😉
I’m glad you’re feeling better already!! And that the gastroscopy wasn’t too terrible.
How is that even possible??
Also, the weather here is AWFUL too :p wind so powerful it gives me earaches
I’m a gastro secretary! You poor love! Hope you are feeling better! xx
I’m much better now thank you. I had no idea what your job was 🙂
Ahhhh that sounds terrible! I hope your tummy starts being nicer to you now.
I love Nightvale!!! I’ve only just started recently so I’m not up to date – but hopefully I can be up-to-date enough to go to an event soon! I do hope you’ll be blogging about it!
Yes, I will blog about Night Vale. How far are you?
No far at all. Maybe 10 or 12! I have a looooong way to go!