ERCP Accomplished

If I'd taken two seconds to check the calendar, I might not have chosen to schedule this full-anaesthesia test on the first day of Hanukkah!  But now it's all done, and I was very happy to learn that the pancreatitis the doctors had feared seems not to be my problem.  We still don't know why I continue to suffer intermittent attacks of pain in my gut, but at least some of the bigger and scarier possible causes have been ruled out.  And they're still saying I may not need to have my gallbladder removed.  So, despite the mystery and not knowing when another attack might happen in the future, I'm enjoying the Hanukkah present.

Thank you to Larry U. for the ride to Beth Israel this morning, and to David G. for the ride home this afternoon.  I get by with a lot of help from my friends.