So it's been a little while since I've posted an update about my health; I finally have *some* news, though it's a mix of not-good not-bad.

Had a colonoscopy last week to check for the aforementioned suspected Crohn's disease; the GE could find no signs of such (though he is running a biopsy as well and I'll learn the results of that in two weeks), but he did find multiple diverticula, little "pockets" in the colon where stuff likes to collect, cause infections, irritate the tissue, sometimes puncture, etc. In other words, we've confirmed I *do* have a diverticular disease. (Diverticulosis when it's not infected, Diverticulitis when it is.)

This is a good thing because, as far as we can tell, it's almost certainly not Crohn's disease (or any other form of IBS), and we also ruled out any colorectal cancers.

This is a very, very bad thing because, in terms of the symptoms actually seriously affecting my health, we're right back at square one. Diverticular diseases, after discussion with many individuals on the subject, cannot cause an individual muscular weakness (as a matter of fact, diverticulas are thought to occur as a *result* of muscular weakness), fainting spells, dizziness, light-headed-ness, or heart murmurs, all of which I've been experiencing and have been confirmed by the doctor, in various tests, and confirmed to not be standard fare (epilepsy, anemia, diabetes, etc.) in many multitudes of tests.

Once the biopsy results are in, I schedule another meeting with my primary care physician to discuss where to go from here. The probability of ALS continues to grow.