omeprazole seems to be working
Just wanted to update everyone. I know I just started taking it four days ago, but my stomach was bothering me probably 75% of the time after I ate, and since starting the omeprazole my stomach has not hurt once. I am very, very happy.
I still gotta see my PCP sometime in the not-too-distant future for that annual womanly exam we are supposed to get (which I have not had in well over a year), and to get an order for a bone density scan and I think a mammogram (you're supposed to start those at 40, right? Man, I am getting old), so I will talk to her about my stomach then, but I'm glad I don't have to go right now to do it.
Thanks to all who suggested omeprazole!
I still gotta see my PCP sometime in the not-too-distant future for that annual womanly exam we are supposed to get (which I have not had in well over a year), and to get an order for a bone density scan and I think a mammogram (you're supposed to start those at 40, right? Man, I am getting old), so I will talk to her about my stomach then, but I'm glad I don't have to go right now to do it.
Thanks to all who suggested omeprazole!
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
ready_2_live
on 3/6/12 1:20 pm - Niceville, FL
on 3/6/12 1:20 pm - Niceville, FL
I'm glad that it's working for you. I remember years ago we went to Vegas with my sister and her husband (this was pre-WLS) . He was suffering daily from very bad heartburn, and while on the trip he would eat handfuls of Tums or whatever antacids he could get his hands on and nothing worked. I gave him a couple of my Prilosec (prescription only back then) and you'd have thought I hung the moon! He is on it to this day and still swears by it.
As for your mammogram...may I take this opportunity to voice my humble opinion about not starting mammograms until age 40? I say this because I am an advocate of starting much earlier, mainly because my 28-year-old niece is going through chemo hell right now after being diagnosed last October with a very invasive, aggressive form of breast cancer. Just sayin...
As for your mammogram...may I take this opportunity to voice my humble opinion about not starting mammograms until age 40? I say this because I am an advocate of starting much earlier, mainly because my 28-year-old niece is going through chemo hell right now after being diagnosed last October with a very invasive, aggressive form of breast cancer. Just sayin...
I am so glad it has helped!
Yes, you are supposed to start mammograms at age 40. I did not have my first one until i was 46... until after I had my surgery and my breasts were much smaller (well, relative to the size they starte out!). I had heard lots of extremely large busted women complain about how much it hurt.
Lora
Yes, you are supposed to start mammograms at age 40. I did not have my first one until i was 46... until after I had my surgery and my breasts were much smaller (well, relative to the size they starte out!). I had heard lots of extremely large busted women complain about how much it hurt.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I did my first mammogram a few years ago, for the baseline. But I thought it was time to start doing them yearly now.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
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