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Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006 - 5:45 a.m. Welcome to my ulcer
Well, if I didn't have an ulcer 9 months
ago, I probably do now. I went back to my doctor yesterday to reevaluate
my acid reflux as it seems to be moving into my esophagus of late, and now I
have pain behind my sternum, not to mention that despite my daily dose of
Zantac, my stomach still hurts. 5 vials of blood and one nasty track mark
bruise in the crook of my elbow later told my doctor that I tested positive for
the bacteria that causes ulcers. Apparently this was not the case when I
went to see him last May for my original diagnosis. So now I get to go on
a REGIMEN of antibiotics and Prevacid for something like 10 days, then Pravacid
only for a month, then NO treatment for a month then I go back in for a breath
test. I guess it can detect the bacteria. He ordered an upper GI
scan but I had coffee yesterday morning with cream, and they wouldn't take me
because of that. I have to go back Monday morning for that test. Of
course it can be attributed to stress which I have in abundance of late.
But once I leave my job, I will hopefully alleviate MUCH of it. Hopefully
this little GI issue will work itself out in good time. Yea me! Also, I have been having this really
annoying tingling in my left arm which is sometimes accompanied with a little
pain and sometimes a cold feeling in my muscle right below my elbow. At
first I thought it was carpal tunnel syndrome, but the tingling and numbness is
in my pinky area and that area is not affected by carpal tunnel. I had
carpal tunnel when I was pregnant, and that caused numbness and tingling in my
three middle fingers. My middle finger in my right hand was totally
numb. It went away about a month after Travis was born. But I
digress. This tingling in my left hand is my pinky and the fleshy part of
my palm below it. Turns out it my ulnal nerve, which is the nerve that is
hit when you bang your "funny bone." I fall asleep each night
with my arm bent and underneath my pillow, on my left side, and tend to stay
that way a good chunk of the night. I am not really a tosser and
turner. And for good measure, to rule out any heart issues, as it is in my
left arm, he ordered an EKG, which turned out to be just fine. So no real
problems here, just the way I sleep. Other
thoughts.... why am I compelled to read any story I see in the news about
children who are injured or killed? I do it all the time, and each time I
do, it makes me sick to my stomach. The only reason I can think I have for
doing this is to see what happened to that child and to play a scenario over in
my mind as to what I would do if my child were ever in that situation, or think
on how to prevent that dangerous situation. Of recent note: a woman
was bathing her one year old, the door bell rang and she went to answer
it. When she returned to the tub, her baby was submerged and was life
flighted to the hospital nearly drowned. Why a mother would leave her baby
unattended in the tub is something I cannot even fathom. I don't know if
the child survived or not. I never heard anything else about it. In
the last couple of days there was a roll over accident here in Houston and a 4
month old was killed. The driver of that car, a sixteen year old without a
license, was attempting to pass another vehicle, lost control and rolled the
car. That baby and another were not wearing any seat belts, or they were
in car seats that were not secured in the vehicle. The baby died in the
accident. Then elsewhere in the state, a Jeep was rear ended by a truck,
caught fire, and a baby and a 4 year old were caught in the fire. The 4
year old died as a result of her injuries. All of these stories sicken and
sadden me, but yet, I am compelled to read them. I honestly never knew
what profound impact being a mother would have on me. And its events like
this that convinced me as well to quit my job and stay home with Travis.
He is only a baby once, but he will be my baby forever. Song
Virus du Jour: "The Can Can" written by somebody
French Useless
Trivia du Jour: From WebMD:
Most stomach ulcers are caused by infection with Helicobacter pylori
bacteria or by medication (such as aspirin) that damages the stomach lining.
Rarely, stomach ulcers are a result of stomach cancer. The role stress plays in
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