update after today's doctor appt.

Cira, Tia, Heather, thank you for your well wishes as well. 

I went and saw the NP at Bayview and she said that it sounds like I need a stronger protein pump inhibitor so she prescribed Nexium (which I've renamed the EXPENSIVE purple pill) and Carafate.  She said to take the Nexium for a few days and see  how I feel....if I don't get relief from the Nexium then I should get the Rx for the Carafate filled and take that 4 times a day along with the Nexium once a day. 

As I described my strange abdominal discomfort and diarrhea she said that she thinks I have 2 different things working on me and that she doesn't feel the 2 issues are related.  I had a  low grade temp of 99.7 and I DO work in a nursing home (germs and other nasty stuff galore) so she said that its likely that I've got a bit of an intestinal bug as well.

I was able to tough it out at wor****il about 3:00 today......the facility dog farted next to me and the smell made me nearly lose my cookies and I gave up for the day.  I came home and fell asleep until about 6 and had Jay go pick up my Nexium.  I got up before he came home and started gagging like crazy accompanied by diarrhea.  FUN.  I took the Nexium and I'm just waiting for relief. 

I hate feeling sick....and I'm swamped at work which makes it just THAT much more inconvenient.  I hate that I worry about work when I don't feel well.

Anyways,  thank you all for your care and concern.....hopefully I'm on the mend!

Hi Lauren. Im sorry you have to work when you dont feel well honey. That SUCKS!!!! Im glad your on the right path back to feeling better though. Working in an enviroment that you do you are bound to get germs....I do daycare so trust me I AM WITH YA but we have to try and keep our protein up so we are stronger to fight stuff like that. (((((Hugs)))))))) I hope your on the mend too!!! ~Jilly~

Sorry to hear about your troubles but I am glad it turned out to be nothing more serious!

I have been taking Carafate ever since I had the stricture back in Novemeber and while it is gross and gags me I can tell it really helps!

((( LAUREN )))

As I said before, I'm glad you're being proactive and staying on top of this.  None of it sounds like fun, but hopefully, the Nexium and/or Carafate will help and you'll be feeling better soon.

It won't help for me to say don't worry about work - in today's economy, you can't help it - but you DO need to be feeling better before you can really be productive, so TRY to concentrate on that.

Let us know if you need anything!!  You're not far away from me at all!!!

Hugs,

I'm glad to hear that this is all that she thinks is the main problem.   Hopefully the second is just a bug you picked up, especially since you had a slight fever. 

I hear ya on the dog farts!  I have four boxers, a breed which is notorious for farting.  Even though I feel them a natural food which produces little gas in comparison to most, there are times when they've eaten something outside or had a tasty treat, that they can gas me right out of the room!  LOL!

Feel better!

 

Hi sweetie,

I am sorry I am just reading your post I missed it.  I am so sorry you are dealing with with that damn bug. We all have it here and it has been a tough few days.  I hope you get to feeling better really soon.  Glad you got the carafate and the Nexium. Hopefully soon you will get that resolved and you will get to feeling better in no time.

Please take very good care of yourself. Drink tea to help your tummy settle from the nausea. I am just getting over mine and the only thing that helped me was tea. I could eat anything.

Take care,