Prilosec mainly works gastric reflux. For some time, I had to take two pills a day to get rid of the "there's a soldering iron in my chest" feeling and the cramping when I lay down. It only took 15 years of doctors and tests for my oncologist(!) to figure that out.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Sep 14, 2011 3:55:46 pm PDT #26266 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
smonster - Sep 14, 2011 4:08:20 pm PDT #26267 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh, man, I am just not going to be able to keep up in Natter any more. Oh well.
ita !, you want I should ask StW about the port thing? He should know or be able to find out.
Allyson, oh my lord, I stand with Steph and her righteous fury. Can you get a 2nd opinion/see a GI?
Once in a while they HAVE NO PREFERENCE. You don't care if you are called David or Dave? WTF? WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
I think I told this story in Bitches... my first date off OKC here in NOLA was with a guy who refused to tell me how to pronounce his name. I rattled off six options and he was like, "Yeah, I get called all of those." So you can amuse yourselves imaginging options, it is spelled "Jeme."
Steph L. - Sep 14, 2011 4:09:08 pm PDT #26268 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
it is spelled "Jeme."
Cheh-MAY. With the "ch" like in "challah."
Jesse - Sep 14, 2011 4:12:45 pm PDT #26269 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have slightly weird name things, I guess -- people call me Jess all the time, but I don't like if they say it like it's my name. Basically, friends call me Jess, but I don't like it in a more formal setting.
smonster - Sep 14, 2011 4:13:16 pm PDT #26270 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I think my favorite is "gee-mee."
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 14, 2011 4:15:15 pm PDT #26271 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd go for zhu-may, in an exaggerated French accent.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 4:18:45 pm PDT #26272 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
J'aime. Totally.
I had jackfruit today. The guy with the Jamaican guy brought it in. I haven't had it in years and years. We agreed it tasted like fruit. Just like...fruit. Like a smoothie, but solid. It was the fruit of fruits.
Hil R. - Sep 14, 2011 4:24:32 pm PDT #26273 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think I told this story in Bitches... my first date off OKC here in NOLA was with a guy who refused to tell me how to pronounce his name. I rattled off six options and he was like, "Yeah, I get called all of those." So you can amuse yourselves imaginging options, it is spelled "Jeme."
I had a student who did that. The first time I hand papers back and call on students by name, I make the best effort I can at pronouncing, and I tell everyone that, if I mispronounce their name, they should please correct me. There was one student with a Chinese name that I knew I pronounced totally wrong, because I had to try three times before he even realized that it was his name I was trying to say. He didn't say anything, though, so I said, "How do you pronounce your name?" and he replied, "You won't be able to say it." I asked again, saying I'd try to get it right, and he just shook his head.
Jesse - Sep 14, 2011 4:30:41 pm PDT #26274 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My one Chinese friend's name is a totally jacked-up transliteration, and I know the American version is still not quite right, but she works with it. But I swear I heard her answering her phone with what her name looks like, not what it actually is.
Pix - Sep 14, 2011 4:30:54 pm PDT #26275 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Allyson, that is un-fucking-believable. You need a gastro who not only will give you an MRI, but who will also do an upper GI and possibly a colonoscopy. That’s what my GI did before she diagnosed IBS. Also, DRUGS THAT ACTUALLY WORK.
(My IBS is under control now, so I’m not on those particular good drugs, but even I knew about them. I assumed you were already on them. I can’t BELIEVE it.)