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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Hmmm, Pain or Reflux - Which Is More Fun?
I got some new pain meds a couple of weeks ago and they help tremendously. Not for long periods of time, but long enough to get some work done. And, oh, have we been working. Anyway, it looks like no matter how much Prilosec I take (I was taking one 20mg pill a day and was fine) now, I feel like I have a big ball in my throat. I’m guessing it’s a combination of stress and the new meds. Honestly, as crappy as the pain is, I think the disgusting feeling of the reflux might be worse. I’m not going to take any more pain meds until I feel less gross. I have a followup with the surgeon tomorrow, so I’ll see if he has any ideas. Maybe Nexium? I’m sure my insurance company is loving me. I went from never using my insurance, to using it constantly over the past thirteen months. I have an appointment with Leigh-Ann’s fabulous pain management doctor on January 10th - oh, hey, I get to use up one of my 2 co-pays for the year in the first two weeks. I hope it covers the whole visit - that would be great. He’s nice, but he isn’t cheap.
An added aside - Leigh-Ann swears that the marble game, that we also have on our phone, is as good as Ativan. Since Ativan also aggravates reflux, I’m avoiding that too. I’m now attempting the Marbles fix.
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