I'm glad your hair appt. went well, Steph. My doctor appt. went well, too. I was able to calm down somewhat and got really calm once I got in the exam room. Strange. The doc seems to think that I have an irritable esophagus(sp?) to go along with my irritable bowel. He said he sees this a lot in IBS patients. And sees it alot where it is worse (like mine) around the menstral cycle because of those darn hormones. He said that where the Nexium and Protonix didn't really help...it probably isn't the acid, but the soft lining in the esophagus that is going spastic like my colon. He is doing some bloodwork to rule out some things like H-pilori (ulcers) and something else that had a long name. I asked him about Equalactin and told him I wasn't able to find it....so he gave me seven boxes of it as samples!!! He also said that Pepcid AC and Zantac 75 are different medications than Nexium and he is going to try me on that, too. He also wants me to be more regular (no pun intended) with taking my fiber on a daily basis because when I had my colonoscopy done a few years ago it showed diverticulitus. So he his going to start this way and see me in two weeks to see how I am doing and if it's not better then he will do the scope down the throat. So there we have it.....I'm so glad my stressful week is about over. I feel better knowing that I won't have to do the scope next week or maybe not at all. Thank you friends for all your support!
Now I must go feed my dogs and play with them before Survivor comes on. Hubby is working late tonight so I'll get to watch it twice.
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