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Went to ER Wednesday a.m. I had had chest pains the nite b4 and thought it

was heartburn, but when I woke up two more times w/ the pain, I called 911.

 

Was taken to Froedtert ER, and this time I didnt have a stupid witch doing

my blood work lol. (Still have a very faint bruise from last Friday's ER

visit).

 

Was kept overnite in hosp. becuz they saw abnormal heart rhythms. They put

me on a heart monitor for awhile in the beginning, cuz of what they saw.

Well thankfully theres nothing wrong w/ my heart after all.

 

They did the endoscopy and colonoscopy AND FOUND THE PROBLEM! WooHoo!

Basically I have the beginnings of an ulcer. In it pre-stagesI would suppose

 

 

What seemed just slightly strange to me is that this time (two yrs agoI had

the endoscopy to check for the acid reflux)I woke up b4 they were finished

instead of in the recovery room. Didnt feel too good, the end of it. I wont

tell u what they were finishing up lol.

 

Had very severe heartburn still have it pretty bad. They changed my

heartburn/GERD med from Prilosec to Omeprazole. Changed the Loritab

(Hydrocodone/QPAP) to Oxycodone (Percocet). Kept all the other medstho they

did change the Cyclobenzaprene (muscle relaxer) slightly. in dosage. Kept

the other meds for now.

 

I have to start using a Bland Diet, which I will be looking that up when I

am physically able. Anyone who knows abt a Bland Diet, plz send me an email

whether thru group or personally (plz not both!) w/ that as subject line. Is

much appreciated.

 

They sent me home a few hours after that, tho I was still in paincuz there

was nothing else they could do for meand the stupid HMO won't pay for too

many nites in a row in hosp.

 

I have decided to not only change my diet (no more banana peppers: WAAH!

lol), but also try very hard to stay away from stress/aggravation. I might

ask my internist to do a stress test.

 

So I must make a few changes there. Which really wasnt too bad for me to do

cuz the one person that LOVES to push my buttons, I am not speaking to

anymore and never will again.

 

Got sick when I got home, not sure what it was from, but I got slightly

scared cuz it was clear and I threw up four times in not even ten mins. Am

still feeling nauseous. (Basically those and a few other things are signs of

shunt malfunction: I'm what they sometimes call a " water baby " . Look up

Hydrocaephalus if u dont know what it is).

 

Still have a bit of chest pain too: GRRR!

 

But thankfullyI dont need to do those tests overor anything else. Just need

to talk to the doc and maybe get stress test.

 

Heythe ONE good thing abt having difficult eating cuz of the pain/being

sick? At least a bit anyway: I'm down from 213 lbs to 204 lbs, maybe a lil

less. Not sure if I can keep it offcuz I lost the 9 lbs w/ not able to eat.

 

WellI'm signing off this msg. Big hhhuuugggsss to everyoneand I will check

replies when I am able. Thanx so much for all of your support. I know I dont

reply to everyonebut I do read the msgs. TYSM!

 

~Anna