28th September 2007
Hi CharBerry, Pam and everyone else: The thing that makes me feel really depressed, is that I've has this LPR problem for about 10 years, and I thought it was something else. So I didn't get the right treatment until now. Only now I'm aftraid it's too late.
I had two major abdominal surgeries, and it left me with adhesions. I won't bore you all with details, but briefly, adhesions form on the outside of your intestines after surgery, and can cause, pain, gas, and the worst is bowel obstruction which I have had twice. (forces a trip to the ER.)
Anyway, every problem that I've had for the past ten years or more, I have blamed on the adhesions, not realizing that I also had this whole unrelated illness called LPR, GERD or reflux. I wish I had HAD heartburn, because then I would have had a clue that it was something that wasn't related to the adhesions. But like the rest of you, I have never had heartburn. .
Well now I'm in "deep do-do", because my LPR is way out of control. Pepcid
isn't working on me for more than about 3 hours at a time. PrilosecOTC was a disaster for me, and made me sick and headachey. I haven't tried a prescription med because I know they're all stronger than Prilosec.
Char - as I mentioned to you earlier in another thread, it's the voice problem that is the scariest. I simply cannot carry on a decent conversation anymore without my voice "breaking", getting weak and hoarse, and finally fading. I'm sure my husband is happy about it! :) He doesn't have to listen to me talking all the time. I've never been one to do much yelling or screaming, but if I wanted to, it would be nothing but a pathetic squeek!
I had two major abdominal surgeries, and it left me with adhesions. I won't bore you all with details, but briefly, adhesions form on the outside of your intestines after surgery, and can cause, pain, gas, and the worst is bowel obstruction which I have had twice. (forces a trip to the ER.)
Anyway, every problem that I've had for the past ten years or more, I have blamed on the adhesions, not realizing that I also had this whole unrelated illness called LPR, GERD or reflux. I wish I had HAD heartburn, because then I would have had a clue that it was something that wasn't related to the adhesions. But like the rest of you, I have never had heartburn. .
Well now I'm in "deep do-do", because my LPR is way out of control. Pepcid
isn't working on me for more than about 3 hours at a time. PrilosecOTC was a disaster for me, and made me sick and headachey. I haven't tried a prescription med because I know they're all stronger than Prilosec.
Char - as I mentioned to you earlier in another thread, it's the voice problem that is the scariest. I simply cannot carry on a decent conversation anymore without my voice "breaking", getting weak and hoarse, and finally fading. I'm sure my husband is happy about it! :) He doesn't have to listen to me talking all the time. I've never been one to do much yelling or screaming, but if I wanted to, it would be nothing but a pathetic squeek!