Thanks
February 6, 2009 10:40pm
I am thankful for the people on daily strength who help keep me grounded and keep my problems in adequate perspective. I am going through …
KristineB
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About Me
KristineB
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About Me
I am an artist, married to a UC professor. I show my pieces regionally. I believe in nature, art, kindness and common sense.
I am an artist, married to a UC professor. I show my pieces regionally. I believe in nature, art, kindness and common sense.
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Hormones Yuck
November 17, 2008 9:59am
I am having more hot flashes and insomnia despite everything I am doing (exercise, deep breathing, freshly ground flax seed, no alcohol nor other …
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PERIMENOPAUSE
November 13, 2008 12:17am
THREE days without much sleep. I am having hot flashes combined with skin "hallucinations" and itching, flash headaches and irregular …
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Still Doing Well
November 3, 2008 11:06am
I am still doing well with bed elevated, on Prilosec, and not doing any weight-lifting or bending exercises. Anything that folds me in half …
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Trying something I learned on dailystrength
October 29, 2008 11:57am
Someone posted an entry about advice she had received from her osteopath. The advice was in the form of an exercise. She was told to lie …
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Hugbook
Ray of Sunshine
Some days one feels you have got this demon beat, you can even go a few days with no P.P.I drugs and then wham, without having changed a single, solitary thing, the pain hits you in the gut and crawls its way up your throat and you wonder -" WHY" I can't help wondering if a lot of this not related to our crazy, stress filled lives. Not sure about you but if I get tense, the first place I feel it is in my stomach which tighten up so who knows.......it's just that I already have enough to deal with, GERD is the *last* thing I need right now! Argh
Ray of Sunshine
Hello Kris....I cant find you on FB.....dont quite know why....but would love to be a friend there, I am Judith Earnshaw on FB, from the U.K.....really looking forward to seeing your work - I take a lot of photos, am passionate about photography....take care...Cathrynn...
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would love to know what type of art you do? xx
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Little Love
thanks so much for your kind words Kristine....intriguing about the chemicals released by even faking a smile...lol...*smiling now*...;) ... love Cathrynn x
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Rainbow
thanks sooo much Kirstine - your reply has really put my mind at rest! because in many ways I thought perhaps I had something worse, though in other ways I was certain it was this. At least if I know what I am dealing with I can start to be more aware....thanks..:) Cathrynn
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Close Anemia
Type: Iron Deficiency AnemiaI have been fighting iron and B12 deficiency anemia since i've been taking proton pump inhibitors (4 years now.)
Treatments
- Dietary Modification Somewhat Helpful
- meat at every meal combined with beans, and leafy greens. I cannot take any iron supplements, as they make me sick as a dog.
- Prilosec Working / Worked
- As long as I stay on the Prilosec and limit my diet and be careful about how I exercise, my GERD/hernia/ulcer problems are fine. But I continue to turn up anemic.
Close GERD & Heartburn
I have had GERD for 5 years. It started with ulcers, then GERD. Endoscopy showed hiatal hernia as well. Didn't do the Ph implant test (there were scheduling problems.) I have been on Proton Pump Inhibitors for 5 years.
Treatments
- Antacids Not Working
- Did not work well enough.
- Nexium Working / Worked
- worked, but constipation
- Prilosec Working / Worked
- It works, but I turned up anemic and B12 deficient (my doctor says it's my periods, not the meds, but I wonder)
- Protonix Working / Worked
- Caused Constipation, though
- Raising Bed Position Working / Worked
- Raising the head of my bed was the smartest choice I made with GERD, and my husband likes it because his sinuses don't bother him as much. (He has allergies.)
