i 'm just praying my gall bladder...or anything else that needs surgery holds off...this covid mess ....the hospital is nowhere to be
I had some bad stomach issues a few years ago and now they're flaring up again. I got a doctor's appointment in a few hours, and hope it's not CT Scan/MRI time again.
oh...my...i will be waiting to hear back about this...I was having some trouble for years...i started drinking aloe vera juice...very helpful....increased fiber..and take extract from marigold seeds...(calendula).. please be well
Thanks, Teresa. I saw my doctor yesterday. He did blood work, everything is fine (meaning it's not liver, kidneys or pancreas.) He put me on Pantoprazole (an acid reducer) and referred me to a gastroenterologist. I had these stomach issues 3-4 years ago, and after drinking barium contrast for a CT scan and then immediately doing the colonoscopy prep just 3 days later, the problem literally went away overnight. I swear those two cleansings flushed out some bad bacteria (the gastroenterologist and I had a somewhat heated conversation about this, and about probiotics in general.) A week or two later I had an endoscopy, which found nothing, but I gotta believe at that time the bad bacteria was either completely gone or it hadn't had a chance to recolonize. Whatever the stomach issue was, although I had it bad for nearly a year, it left no visible damage or residual symptoms...at least I was fine for 3 years. The current thought is I might have an ulcer, but that's a range of things (if it's bacteria-caused, then antibiotics will cure it.) I might ask for a glass of barium and some GoLytley before they do anything radical.
If you do a colon cleanse followed by a liver flush, you can cancel the barbaric surgery. Personally, I've done many colon cleanses, and three liver flushes, with each one removing fewer and smaller gallstones to the point that I haven't felt the need to do any more of them, but will eventually do another one to keep my system in top shape. These are easy to do and keep your organs intact. By the way, gallstones are made by and come from the liver.
I've noticed that the last few times I've been in to see doctors, no one has said anything to me about my vax status. My Message Inbox on The University of Virginia Health Systems patient portal (MyChart) has a pegged message (cannot be deleted) reminding me that I've not Gawt the Shawt, but none of the doctors in or out of the UVA system have said a word to me. It's the ones in the UVA system that I'm most surprised at, as I would have expected them to have their marching orders, and my status is right there in the records they access. Now I'm getting paranoid.
today my wife's opthamologist who's been treating her Macular Degeneration sent a letter saying that if not vaccinated he could no longer treat her.
Smart move on the hip replacement Mary. What would your course of action be if you had severe chest pain?
I think I have brought up my wife's gut issues before here. She had had "acid" issues and heartburn for years. Our doctor put her on PPIs (acid reducers) for years in different forms. It would temporarily resolve, then return. I found her one morning on the couch in the den with a heating pad on her abdomen to relieve the pain. I finally stepped in and got her to go to an Integrative Medicine doc who had a good reputation. He put her on an elimination diet and gave her some anti-fungal medicine, since he was convinced she had food issues and a yeast overgrowth in her digestive tract. From the diet, she discovered that she had a grain intolerance and some issues with dairy and crucifers in large amounts. I don't know if the yeast were a problem or not, but the diet improved her health within a few days. Some problems persisted, however, and, after some research, I suspected she suffered from SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) which is a common problem with people who have been on PPIs for long periods. Colon bacteria slowly invade the small intestine due to an upset in the acid-base balance in the digestive system. There is an expensive antibiotic to address this, but Oil of Oregano does the same job, just more slowly and cheaply. L-Glutamine supplementation is used to help heal the damage to the stomach and intestinal walls. The problem exhibits as heartburn and abdominal pain and is often treated with acid reducers, which only make the problem worse. If you have faith in your docs, and don't mind going the drug route, do so. If not, go on an elimination diet or try a SIBO diet if you think that might be what it is and see if it gets better.
And soon they will refuse to treat lung cancer or heart disease or cancer if you smoke, or treat diabetes if you are obese, or the flu if you aren't current with that shot.... This is only the beginning of the ethics failure and the imposition of others opinions on ones own medical decisions.
I have had severe chest pain a while back. I rode it out. Then I started on serrapeptase to slowly start digesting debris in my body and changed diet. My husband has had triple by-pass surgery. I figure we will eventually wind down. I want quality of life, not necessarily quantity. I would prefer a heart attack as a way to go as opposed to a stroke.
The prescribed PPIs are just to halt any damage until I get in to see the G.I. This whole thing is perplexing. A few years ago I noticed that my stomach started getting upset if I ate homemade yeast-based goods (breads and rolls) that were fast-rise, as though the yeast had not fully developed during the cooking process and was acting inside of me. I have no problem with store-bought whole wheat breads or cheap burger buns or cereals, crackers, etc. I have no problem with the Italian bread I make that rises for 4 hours before being baked. And I have no issues with other foods one might think would aggravate a classic ulcer (spicy foods, high-fat foods, etc.) I will say that when I had my problems 3 years ago I was fat-intolerant for a while, but that passed. The one thing that absolutely kills me lately are those Apple bars I make. Flour + white sugar + brown sugar + baking powder + cinnamon-sugar topping. They are the only thing that really set my stomach on fire. But I've been making them since the middle of July and they only just started giving me problems (batch #6 is when it started.) The nurse mentioned an apple peel intolerance (I don't peel my fruits and veggies), but there's only 1/2 an apple in the bars and I eat the other half apple without any ill effect. The doctor thought it might be because there are walnuts in them because I have diverticula, but I eat other nuts (almonds and pistachios) with no problem. I have had acid reflux issues for a while, taking Gaviscon (and more recently Pepsid on some evenings) so I can sleep. It's partly my fault for habitually eating dinner past 9PM, and sometimes after 11PM. Even at that, I've not had stomach issues at all during the day no matter what I eat (excepting the recent Apple bar issue), until the flare-up of the past couple of weeks. Now my stomach is perpetually upset...not in pain, just "upset." Of course (I guess because of my poor communication skills with medical professionals) I have a G.I. that I cannot really converse with. Last time (3 years ago) I was asking about the instant next-day relief I got from the barium drink and/or GoLytley cleansing, and he told me there was no connection. When I pressed and pointed out that he wanted me to take probiotics (which I don't believe in) to replace what the cleansing had removed, and that the cleansing would have also removed bad bacteria and whatever else was in there, he just pushed back with his "No connection" stance. I firmly believe otherwise. I suspect the G.I. will do another endoscopy and to run tests on samples he takes. I'll ask it he tests for all bacteria or just specifically for H-pylori. For all the distress I was in before for such a long period of time, at least whatever this is (if it's the same thing) apparently did no damage, per the endoscopy and a CT scan.
I've often wondered about that, but because everything these days seems to set up non-Democrats as The Enemy of The State, I think such policies will be more politically-driven than cost-driven. If it gets votes (or elevates The State) to set up such people universally as "They are causing your perfect government-run system to fall apart!", then that is how it will be presented. All the media has to do is to beat the drum, and the idiots start dancing around the fire.
You might check out apple cider vinegar for this as well. Reducing acid is the wrong thing to do especially for the older folks. We are already producing less. Milder acid lets the bad bacteria flourish when they are meant to be killed by stomach acid. Ulcers, it was found, are caused by bacteria not too much acid. Although taking aspirin and other medications incorrectly can cause them too. Like your recommendation of oregano oil which helps lots of digestive problems.