Things are starting to roll now, and as much as I try to stay objective about it all and kind of view it from a third person, it's really starting to get REAL, real quick. I feel almost on the verge of panic at times.

I had my Endoscopy on Friday. For quite some time I've been experiencing nausea and occasional dry heavie'ness. My G.I. tract tends to be a bit sensitive , and a bout bronchitis back in November and the subsequent round of antibiotics seem to have set it off, causing ulcer like symptoms.

Before I left my doctors office, I was given the report his findings. Prior to the test, my major concern was Barretts of the esophagus. My surgeon told me that if I have Barretts, they would not be able to do surgery. Now back to that report: my esophagus looked fine, no Barrett's (yay!); however, I have erosive gastritis, of which he took several biopsies; he removed a polyp, which will also be biopsied; and finally, he took a biopsy specific to check for celiac.

My concern now, is the erosive gastritis. I'm hoping that it will not prevent me from having surgery.

At least now I know what's been causing the nausea.

Has anyone else had experience with this? Might this interfere with me having surgery?