i have a friend that is gonna mail me a list of providers thats under the financial help.... thank you for your help....
Good idea!!! I didnt think of that!!! Thanks!!!...
So I go to my doc appt last week and I go to the window to check in and the lady says "That will be $76 for today's visit. How would you like to pay?" I said I'm thru the MAPP program (financial aid...
ty Alice im on 4 a day too...
Anything?...
The hospital ER put me on Reglan 10 mg about 2 weeks ago. I ran out and my family doctor wrote me for more. directions as follows: take 1 tab 30 minutes before each meal (do not exceed 3) and take...
I have been on protonix 40 mg for about 8 months now. I have severe gerd, a 3 cm hiatal hernia, and 30% function of my stomach. I have been having break thru heart burn for a few day now. My...
Thanks for the positive outlook!...
the reglan was just added a week ago but it has slowed down me throwing up but not stopped it....
All of these meds ive been taking for 6+ months: Morning pills: Paxil 40 mg protonix 40 mg complete multi vitamin reglan 10 mg (before meals and at bedtime) As needed pills: valium 10 mg (for...
I take all my meds in the morning and then the ones as need thru out the day. It usually doesn't matter what time of day, what ive taken, or what ive eaten or drank. It wakes me up at night as well....
Id like to add that several times during the week mainly at night I get low grade fevers. but nothing over 100....
I hav been dx with grade 3 and 4 damage to my lower esophagus which the manometry study showed that my lower esophagus isnt working. But I am able to eat and drink with no hassle. I have a 3 cm...
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So I had my endoscopy done yesterday. The procedure itself went very well but he found more things wrong with me. He took several biopsies throughout my esophagus and found out that my esophagus...
For me it feel like someone has shoved a rod through my chest that goes thru to my back. The pain just radiates from there, sometimes all of my upper back throbs and sometimes it goes all the way up...
thanks.... i pretty much stay on a back massager and take my pills when i can but i hate feeling like this.......
the doctor bumped my Valium up to 5 mg. I hope this helps. Any other suggestions would be wonderful though....
What are some ideas I can try to help with really bad esophageal spasms? The doctor has me on 2.5 mg of valium to help relax them, but last night it was so bad I almost went to the ER. I also lay on...
At the moment i can not have the hernia and wrap surgery bc of the fact i am showing signs of scleroderma. we are working on getting me diagnosed and if i do have it the i have to get referred to a...
I cant take trazadone. I have to call the office today and I will find out if he can increase my medicines....
For the past 2 weeks Ive been getting this horrible chest pain (where my lower esophagus is which is damaged). My doc put me on 2.5 mg Valium for the esophageal spasms. Its been helping for the most...
Doc appointment went well... he said the chest pains were from my esophagus spasming and he said being on a low dose of valium would help those muscles relax. He has been consulting with other...
So after about a month of having non-stop diarrhea my doctor finally told me it was bc of all of the over the counter anti-acid meds i was taking, zantac and maalox to compensate for not having...
im in the process getting the proper testing done now to confirm whether or not i have it but i live in a small county and not very many doctors around have even heard of the word scleroderma....
So I went to my appt today and the doc told me that he has discovered a hiatal hernia. Ive had a endoscopy, manometry study, and a barium swallow and hes just now telling me I have the hiatal...
If the numbers are correct AND if I have scleroderma the low number would pretty much confirm I had scleroderma. I don't know much about scleroderma yet by it affects the connective tissues along...
No surgery yet. He wants to do a barium swallow first bc the manometry study showed that the bottom of my esophagus was not workin at all. The numbers for the top and middle of my esophagus were both...
yes those numbers were LES. I have the paperwork that shows all the numbers... but i dont know what im looking at exactly... except where he showed me the numbers and where on the esophagus it is....
thanks... thats one of the reasons my post was so long so i could explain the seriousness of this......
Finally figured out my current issue of diarrhea that wont stop. I went to my surgeon today and we talked about my meds and my bathroom issues and he said bc my GERD is so bad and I was increasing my...
!!!!!!!!I need to talk to someone who knows what the numbers and stuff mean on Manometry results!!!!!!!!! All in a nut shell the doc said: Upper and middle of my esophagus the numbers were in the...
I found a REALLY good site on Fundoplication surgery that might help answer some questions that you have, like I have had. It also has other helpful topics like: Acid Reflux Remedies The Acid Reflux...
I'm still confused......
I was told by my doctor a few years ago to take fiber for diarrhea but on this bottle of FiberCon I have it says: - relieves occasional constipation to help restore and maintain regularity - this...
Going on WEEK 3. Im bout to pull my hair out now....
So after having diarrhea for 2 solid weeks I finally went to the doctor Tuesday evening and he gave me lomotil to help with it. I took a pill as soon as I was able to get it filled the next day. It...
I finally got in to see a doctor at the normal doctors office Tuesday evening and the best he could do was lomotil. But the next day when I had it filled i stopped having a BM. And with up coming...
thanks for the extra questions... some would be an after thought......
I'm coming up on my surgery consult (FINALLY after several delays!) and I have prepared a list of questions to ask my surgeon. If you don't mind would you help me look over it to make sure I haven't...
my doctor (in the beginning) didnt want to put me on lomotil due to the fact imodium can usually stop me up for days taking just one dose. And he never suggested it for when im going thru now. Im not...
I called my doctor and they are refusing to giving me an appt any sooner than my appt NEXT week when we schedule surgery. I need suggestions on how to stop my diarrhea or at least slow it down some....
Ok this is getting very frustrating!!! The diarrhea had been going on for 11 or so days now and NOTHING is stopping it. My GI doc told me a few months ago that I could take up to 8 Imodium's a day...
I called my doctor and I think the nurse who took my call may not have took very good notes. When she talked to the doctor and called me back she told me to keep doing what I was doing. Now I'm not...
well im not going that much but it just worries me a little bc the consistency and color isn't normal for me. I hate to use this description but it looks like watered down pudding and its light...
Ok the the last few days ive have really really bad runny diarrhea that doesnt seem to wanna slow down. Im sure its because im under a lot of stress and anxiety but how do you stop it? I dont have...
Ok this is annoying... the mucus lump in my throat is getting very annoying. I woke up choking because of it. It was gone for a few days but its back again. I tried drinking lot of water and stuff...
Ive been having little pains here and there but this pain is a new one. My BMs have been touch and go here lately and usually little bits at a time. The last few days Ive been getting a severe pain...
I was given ativan for my stomach (IBS) issues a few months ago but I only take it as needed....
Thanks. I guess I will have to just continue to wait for my surgery....