Hi,I am getting ready to settle with work comp. and was wondering if once my dr. releases me is that when we settle? There is nothing he can do for me as I will not have any more surgerys, and have decided to go with the pain for fear of having a blood clot like I did with my ankle surgery. They...
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Palpitations or GERD?Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:57:00 GMTHi everyone -I am new to this forum and want to tell everyone with GERD that I am sorry - it's awful. For me the worst part is feeling like I constantly have a burp stuck in my throat and then when it comes up another one comes right behind it. When it finally does come up it's acid.He...
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Reflux makes me think I have a heart problemMon, 17 Dec 2007 18:26:00 GMTMy relfux messes with my mind sometimes. I keep thinking somethings wrong with my heart with the feelings of chest discomfort. But I've had alot of test done like a ECHO, EKGs, anersyum test, ASI test. All were normal. But yet I still let my mind think somethings wrong when I have a bad day...
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Another Endroscope today again scaredMon, 17 Dec 2007 21:18:00 GMTHi everyoneI have my endroscope today at 230 and I am sitting here feeling so afraid. I had it done 2 months ago and I feel still afraid. My anxiety is horrible. I could not sleep at all last night as I was doing stress exercises and my acid reflux really kicked up.I do know why I ever agreed to...
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Helpless child of a veteran? Anyone have any info?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:26:00 GMTMy fiance has been disabled his whole life. His Dad served in Vietnam and was killed there. My fiance gets disability from the Veterans Administration under the category "helpless child of a veteran". Does anyone on here have any experience with this? If we legally marry, he loses ALL his be...
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Anyone take Protonix?Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:55:00 GMTI have been on Nexium for about 4 years and it is no longer working. My doctor gave me Protonix today and just wanted to know how it worked for any of you.Thanks!...
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Burning mouth syndromeSun, 16 Dec 2007 17:20:00 GMTanyone have BMS?...
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Voice Problems Due to LPRWed, 19 Dec 2007 02:55:00 GMTI've had LPR for almost 10 yrs and have symptoms daily as in every single day.The chronic cough, I can control sometime for the most part. The worst thing is that if I do a lot such as house cleaning, yard work (any bending & lifting) I cough constantly. I suppose this in return makes me...
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Wondering if I have GERDSun, 16 Dec 2007 17:52:00 GMTReading this board..wow..some sx sound so familiar. I get acid reflux now and again, but didnt think it was anything to think about as far as other sx go. Here are the sx I am speaking of:Sometimes get a sharp, stabbing pain right under the rib cage..usually on left side..sometimes this pain wil...
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franjoThu, 13 Dec 2007 11:49:00 GMTare u out there??...
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Need advice, throat, muscous ?Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:20:00 GMTHiI have had a barium meal that came back ok and an endoscopy that apprently was ok too. Awaiting biopsy results for absoprption? The ENT doc said I have acid reflux. I don't get heartburn very often. My main problem right now is my throat, the very bottom of my throat. I permanantly have m...
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Upper sinus infectiona & GERD-any relation?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:08:00 GMTI have just been diagnosed with an infection in the ethmoid and sphenoid (upper) sinuses. I have had acid reflux for about a year; it developed following throat surgery for sleep apnea, which was then followed by inhalation pneumonia and a panic attack. Since then I have had chronic nausea, l...
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Weird Gerd Symptom?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:37:00 GMTLately, last month, Ive been having weird symptoms that Im attributing to GERD. Its not so much 'heartburn" but a slight tingling/burning feeling. It seems to be centered around my chest/stomach and also extends to my arms at times and other parts of my body. To me it feels almost like h...
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Do PPIs cause a tongue coating?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:23:00 GMTIm always scraping off this tongue coating i constantly have now. It doesnt hurt or that its just constantly there now. The morning after a night out drinking its at its worse so im thinkn its acid related. Does anyone else have this??...
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woking on disabilityMon, 17 Dec 2007 11:25:00 GMTHelloIs there anyone who is on social security disability and is working part time. I am on disability and thinking about getting a part time job , maybe 4 hours a day doing some cleaning or some light work to help me out a little bit. But I am so afraid that social security will say if you c...
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Weird noises in my head or ears .Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:28:00 GMTI am having weird noised in my head or ears. I hear a low humming in the right side of my head, high pitched ring in the middle and it sounds like a car idleing on my left side. It is so loud and annoying that I can hardly hear. The ENT said I had lost some of my low range hearing. I told him I...
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Acid Reflux or Heart IssuesTue, 18 Dec 2007 17:08:00 GMTI know stomach problems and heart issues can have many of the same symptoms. Can anyone give any insight on how one can know the difference?Thanks...
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why are you only supposed to take Prilosec for 14 days?Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:56:00 GMTI started taking Prilosec 20mg. Just wandering why the directions say only take for 14 days and not to take it again for like 4 months. The doctor gave my husband Prilosec and he is to take one every day and not just for 14 days. I just bought mine without seeing a doctor and it seems to be help...
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Will I loose this nail permanently ?Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:37:00 GMTMay be too early to tell, but here is what happened.Smashed my finger in a door about a month ago.The finger got really swollen, and there was some bleeding under the nail (so the nail turned dark red - almost black near the cuticle)The swelling has pretty much gone downThe dark red part of the...
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Like being strangledWed, 19 Dec 2007 04:24:00 GMTI constantly feel as if someone has their hand around my throat, makes me feel very anxious. Does anyone else get like this? I hardly ever get the burning sensations, sometimes if feels as if i cannot burp but this throat thing is really bothering me. Its above my adams apple at either side un...
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Thumb Nail will not grow backWed, 19 Dec 2007 02:19:00 GMTAbout a year and a half ago, my left thumb nail split and eventually the whole nail came off. To date it has not grown back. There is a noticeable black streak on it too. Is there anything that I can buy or do to have the nail grow back again....
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Are my symptoms unusual or does this not sound like GERD?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:04:00 GMTI am new to this board and am hoping for some help. I am desperate. In October, on the basis of very little symptoms, I was diagnosed with GERD and placed on Prevacid. I stayed on for 2 months as prescribed. When I came off the meds, I now had uncontrollable heartburn, whereas previously my onl...
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Poor oxygenationSun, 16 Dec 2007 06:34:00 GMT[COLOR=Indigo]I'm just wondering if anyone has ever heard of this problem..for that matter what the problem is. My eldest daughter has tuberous sclerosis. Her case is very severe in that she is challenged verbally, physically, mentally. She also has scoliosis. I'm getting ahead of...
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Co-pay increase for my PPITue, 18 Dec 2007 10:18:00 GMTI went to refill my Prevacid yesterday and found that my co-pay has increased from $25-$50 for the new year. This increase along with two others that just went up this month brings my monthly co-pay total to $375. I can't afford this long term. I checked my insurance and with the new cha...
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Damaged Nail Now I have a GrowthTue, 18 Dec 2007 06:38:00 GMTJust over a year ago, I got my finger caught in a fixture at work and tore the nail off. Over the next couple months, the nail seemed to grow back fine. As time went by and the nail was just about completely grown back, I noticed the skin on the tip of my finger began to get hard...almost like...
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using 3 things at once to treat fungusMon, 17 Dec 2007 19:11:00 GMTHi All (and Marti!)I've been using Vinegar, Amoresse, and Reclear all everyday. Is this okay to use them all at once. I just want to get this fungus gone ASAP and want to have the highest odds that it'll work, so I'm using them all vs just one at a time. Since I've started...
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What does this mean?Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:24:00 GMTi have been suffering from heartburn since september. but f or the last month it has gotten worse. of course i am under an extreme amount of stress. i have been taking prilosec since september, and just got off it for a few days, but still havng heart burn. now everything i drink or eat (mostly)...
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Could GERD be seasonal?Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:27:00 GMTHi, I am Manos from Greece and I would like to introduce myself and my problem... maybe someone with similar symptoms has found a better way of dealing with this.First time I experienced GERD was at the age of 13, I am 44 now... It hit me one night in my sleep. At the time I was suffering from a...
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Has Bio K (probiotic) helped anyone with acid reflux?Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:21:00 GMTI heard Bio K helps with acid reflux/LPR. If anyone has had success with it, how often should I eat/drink it?KLA...
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Liquid to put on nails to prevent biting them..Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:35:00 GMTHello.. i just got throw an infection, actually i still have it but it s getting better... the pus popped out.. i looked after it at home with some special cream.. now i wanna STOP!!! i'm looking for a name of that liquid u put on nails to prevent biting them.. i'm italian and i dunno...
i have been suffering from heartburn since september. but f or the last month it has gotten worse. of course i am under an extreme amount of stress. i have been taking prilosec since september, and just got off it for a few days, but still havng heart burn. now everything i drink or eat (mostly)...
Hi, I am Manos from Greece and I would like to introduce myself and my problem... maybe someone with similar symptoms has found a better way of dealing with this.First time I experienced GERD was at the age of 13, I am 44 now... It hit me one night in my sleep. At the time I was suffering from a...
I heard Bio K helps with acid reflux/LPR. If anyone has had success with it, how often should I eat/drink it?KLA...
Hello.. i just got throw an infection, actually i still have it but it s getting better... the pus popped out.. i looked after it at home with some special cream.. now i wanna STOP!!! i'm looking for a name of that liquid u put on nails to prevent biting them.. i'm italian and i dunno...
[COLOR=Indigo]I'm just wondering if anyone has ever heard of this problem..for that matter what the problem is. My eldest daughter has tuberous sclerosis. Her case is very severe in that she is challenged verbally, physically, mentally. She also has scoliosis. I'm getting ahead of...
I went to refill my Prevacid yesterday and found that my co-pay has increased from $25-$50 for the new year. This increase along with two others that just went up this month brings my monthly co-pay total to $375. I can't afford this long term. I checked my insurance and with the new cha...
Just over a year ago, I got my finger caught in a fixture at work and tore the nail off. Over the next couple months, the nail seemed to grow back fine. As time went by and the nail was just about completely grown back, I noticed the skin on the tip of my finger began to get hard...almost like...
Hi All (and Marti!)I've been using Vinegar, Amoresse, and Reclear all everyday. Is this okay to use them all at once. I just want to get this fungus gone ASAP and want to have the highest odds that it'll work, so I'm using them all vs just one at a time. Since I've started...
I constantly feel as if someone has their hand around my throat, makes me feel very anxious. Does anyone else get like this? I hardly ever get the burning sensations, sometimes if feels as if i cannot burp but this throat thing is really bothering me. Its above my adams apple at either side un...
About a year and a half ago, my left thumb nail split and eventually the whole nail came off. To date it has not grown back. There is a noticeable black streak on it too. Is there anything that I can buy or do to have the nail grow back again....