Re: Life. Can't live with it, would be dead without it. XD
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:38 am
Waiting to read the next part of that book must have been hard. XD Although I really hope I never need that sort of needle work.
I've tried to steer-clear of self-diagnosis for the most part. I saw one feller in a clinic years ago and he gave me the basic GERD guidelines, when that chronic cough that's listed in the 'if left untreated' symptoms started in. Six months of continuous hacking had me taken in to see what was wrong and he kept asking if I'd had a lot of heartburn lately. Along with these guidelines on what to generally avoid he also mentioned that the reason for the cough was acid washing into my lungs, although in regards to the guidelines themselves he didn't tell me exactly what they related to, so I tried to find out more about what to use and follow and stumbled upon that - the only perfect fit. For the most part, if I follow those rules I do alright - the hard part is following them.
The ulcer was mostly my mother's idea after I hurled up blood one day and for the most part I ignored it for years. What has me thinking of it now is that the baby sis has the exact same tummy trouble as me - letter for letter, if mildly less severe (and has her whole life) - and was officially diagnosed. I can officially testify to ulcers being exacerbated by stress though, if that is the case! I know it gets a lot worse as I get tense. I'm glad it's mainly a bacterial thing, all the same, it makes it seem much less frightening.
Bonus for the night: I may have accidentally napped through a call from this clinic place I was waiting for paperwork on - all I know is it was some sort of unknown number. I may have to go back in now and see what's going on there, because from what I know of they didn't leave a voice mail (and yet, even though when I check the inbox I get a zero new messages recording, my new voice mail icon refuses to leave my phone)
I've tried to steer-clear of self-diagnosis for the most part. I saw one feller in a clinic years ago and he gave me the basic GERD guidelines, when that chronic cough that's listed in the 'if left untreated' symptoms started in. Six months of continuous hacking had me taken in to see what was wrong and he kept asking if I'd had a lot of heartburn lately. Along with these guidelines on what to generally avoid he also mentioned that the reason for the cough was acid washing into my lungs, although in regards to the guidelines themselves he didn't tell me exactly what they related to, so I tried to find out more about what to use and follow and stumbled upon that - the only perfect fit. For the most part, if I follow those rules I do alright - the hard part is following them.
The ulcer was mostly my mother's idea after I hurled up blood one day and for the most part I ignored it for years. What has me thinking of it now is that the baby sis has the exact same tummy trouble as me - letter for letter, if mildly less severe (and has her whole life) - and was officially diagnosed. I can officially testify to ulcers being exacerbated by stress though, if that is the case! I know it gets a lot worse as I get tense. I'm glad it's mainly a bacterial thing, all the same, it makes it seem much less frightening.
Bonus for the night: I may have accidentally napped through a call from this clinic place I was waiting for paperwork on - all I know is it was some sort of unknown number. I may have to go back in now and see what's going on there, because from what I know of they didn't leave a voice mail (and yet, even though when I check the inbox I get a zero new messages recording, my new voice mail icon refuses to leave my phone)