Kalshane - my DH was in a similar place -- he had a halo ablation( I may be using the wrong word. - but basically they used a laser to remove the scar tissue in the esophagus. over all it has reduced the basic pain from a naturally high acid stomach and - by removing the scar tissue the cancer risk is diminished. it is not always covered by insurance ( yes it was expensive) however - despite a minor complication - it seems to have been well worth it.
feel free to email me - I'll have DH talk to you directly - but a good GI - will figure out if now is the time and how to work thee system
I am jealous of Shrift.
Also it is too damn early and I am on my way to the airport.
Kalshane, my mom had the same problem. The pain was so intense she went to the hospital thinking it was a heart attack. This was in her 40s. She lived to 78 with minor diet changes and prescription strength antacids, and she died from something completely unrelated. I hope things turn out to be easily manageable for you, too.
Things I should do today: get the motorcycle registered, vote, write 2-3 blog posts, create the handout for the workshop on Friday, clean the litter box.
Things I want to do today: nap. Play Witcher 3.
Things I am going to do today: sit with a professor who smells of cigarettes and try to get him to do what he said he would.
Kalshane, I hope this is the start of a good treatment plan for you.
This I actually have seen—more than one minor pro hockey player delaying their return home to Canada so they could get medical care under their US doctors. May have been something about familiarity with the team's doctors though.
It probably has more to do with continuity of care, especially if the reason for the doctor's visits is the result of playing the game. Many organizations will not clear a player to play unless they are/were under treatment by team physicians.
JFC this kid is gonna kill me. Was late getting ready so I left him this morning. Did he go catch the bus? No! He went back to bed. Fuck!
Hopefully, his brain will start making the connection between cause and effect before he has to hold down a job.
The Final Jeopardy answer last night was "echidna" and I got it right by knowing it's one of only two mammals that lay eggs (and Platypus was not a Greek goddess). So thanks, billytea, for the echidna knowledge I've gathered over the years.
Coffee and a chocolate bar, breakfast of... not champions, really, more the guy who cleans up after champions.
Volans, I share your exasperation with jerkface academics this morning.
I don't wanna work at all today. I just want to snuggle the puppy.
