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YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS...
- By SillySally · New reply 5:37 am
- Journal · 26 replies
- So, I was in so much pain (chest) couldn't breathe! cough was ridiculous, finally, when the pain felt like pleuricy, we rang an ambulance! In hospital I was really pleased that I would finally get sorted ...
Feeling so down...i think I have SOD
- By kam1851 · New reply 4:20 am
- Discussion in Open discussion · 3 replies
- I'm feeling so down today.Sometimes I just want to give up but I can't, I have two beautiful boys that need me. Almost everyday I wake up in the middle of the night with pain on the right side of my abdomen ...
No one knows what's wrong..
- By cwolv6 · New reply 2:57 am
- Discussion in Inability to eat · 9 replies
- I'll try to make this as brief as possible.. I was diagnosed with acid reflux a few years ago and was put on nexium, then had my gallbladder removed. I was doing ok besides episodes of nausea and gastritis ...
Colostrum
- By horsecrazygal · New reply 12:31 am
- Discussion in Inability to eat · 2 replies
- Has anyone tried it and did it help? According to the research I am doing one would have to take anywhere between 10 and 30 grams a day to see a beneficial effect. That gets VERY expensive! Most of the ...
Stupid things
- By Littlemamma · New reply 12:22 am
- Journal · 6 replies
- I strive to make a list of 10 things to be grateful for and it spreads like a flowering vine throughout my heart. But there are somethings that drive me nutty. What are 10 things that make you nutty ...
Carafate
- By ng1031 · Posted yesterday at 10:56 pm
- Discussion in Pain issues · 0 replies
- Is anyone else on this for upper gi issues? chest pains ...
just venting!
- By horsecrazygal · New reply yesterday at 10:12 pm
- Discussion in Inability to eat · 6 replies
- Why is it that insurance won't cover any expensive medications? If the medication is expensive, my insurance is not going to cover it! I'm supposed to be on one course of antibiotics every month. The ...
PFD Clinical Trial
- By cactusun · New reply yesterday at 9:37 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 1 reply
- My husband was researching information on Botox for PFD and came across information on a clinical trial for non relaxing puborectalis syndrome from the University of California Irvine. All enrolled patients ...
Chiropractics
Six weeks post Botox
- By candacepoet · New reply yesterday at 6:56 pm
- Journal · 12 replies
- Good morning, all. I hope you all have a good weekend. I'm getting a little discouraged, as I dropped two of the four pounds I had gained, even after starting the marinol, which doesn't seem to impact ...
CT abdomen enterogram with contrast
- By wnderwo · New reply yesterday at 6:27 pm
- Discussion in Open discussion · 7 replies
- I wondered about how this test was for anyone who has experienced it. I am very nervous re: IV and contrast materials and wonder about it ...
Sixty Two -- a birthday poem
- By candacepoet · New reply yesterday at 6:23 pm
- Journal · 14 replies
- You knew it had to be coming -- how could I resist writing a poem for my birthday? I hope you can relate and enjoy. Love and Light, Candace Sixty Two Sixty two years now I’ve lived on this earth; Forty ...
JULY 11th..Ileostomy Surgery!!!
- By survived2000 · New reply yesterday at 6:19 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- Its happening!! Total pelvic reconstruction. Female organs looking like endo cancer, another test tomorrow. Just got the call from Cleveland Clinic, who will be doing the surgery. I am so happy this is ...
Pacing one's self
- By Littlemamma · New reply yesterday at 4:02 pm
- Journal · 6 replies
- I hear often how I need to pace myself. With a family of 5 & 2 dogs, I don't see how that is possible at times. There were years were I couldn't do anything. Now my kids want to go places and that is ...
Silly things
- By Littlemamma · New reply yesterday at 3:47 pm
- Journal · 18 replies
- Some of you know I will post lists of 10 things to be grateful for. For humor's sake, what is your list of 10 silly things you that put a grin on your face? 1. clean sheets 2. my dogs playing 3. matching ...
Getting off PPIs
- By Buggyboo · New reply yesterday at 3:42 pm
- Journal · 32 replies
- I have been on PPIs for 15 years and in spite of all my doctors denying that they could possibly be the cause of all the pain and GI issues I've had the past 4 1/2 years, I think they are. I went to a ...
help please does anyone know, fluids or not
- By debellie · New reply yesterday at 3:37 pm
- Discussion in Understanding · 9 replies
- I am waiting for a date for a Jtube. It is going to be done through a alarge surgical opening as my small intestine has to be disected, Just had a thought today, I dont eat anything but i do enjoy the ...
Irritable Bowel Syndrfome-A, -D, -C
Coming up on 2 months post-op
- By Rosenemo · New reply yesterday at 1:22 pm
- Journal · 3 replies
- It's been a while since on this site, but thought I should update you all. It's been almost 2 months since total gastrectomy. I just had labs drawn and blood work isn't good. My iron, b12, H&H, WBC's ...
Chiropractor in Washington DC
- By djholine · New reply yesterday at 11:25 am
- Discussion in Alternative therapies · 5 replies
- Can someone recommend a chiropractor in DC that is good with GP patients ...
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