So, in preparation for my ultrasound at 11, I have to drink 32 ounces of water before 10 AM and not pee until after the ultrasound. I've done 16 so far and my stomach is not happy. (I wasn't allowed to take my stomach medicine this morning and it has a tendency to protest if anything other than liquid Carafate hits it first thing in the morning... ( Read more... )

I voted earlier, for Obama. To be frank, I don't really enjoy participating in political debates online. In a lot of ways, I don't really enjoy debating as a form of conversation as much as I used to. All I'll say is that I felt sad that I wasn't able to vote for Edwards; but I feel pretty strongly that Obama would be better for this country than ( Read more... )

Doctor doesn't know what's wrong. Thought maybe it was kidney stones because I have blood in my urine; reminded him that I have my period (which I'd told him in the beginning of the visit). Wants me to get an ultrasound of my stomach, left side, half an hour away on Wednesday morning. Am in so much pain that I can't imagine driving half an hour. ( Read more... )

Going to just show up at my PCP's office, because I'm in an enormous amount of pain and need to be seen right away. If there was an ER closer than half an hour away, I would just be going to that. But since I can't drive myself half an hour (if my PCP's office weren't 5 minutes away, I would be finding a ride there) when I'm in this much pain and ( Read more... )

I'm having a colonoscopy and endoscopy on Wednesday, and a cystocopy this Friday. I'm a little bit anxious about the prep for the colonoscopy tomorrow; I've heard so many horror stories about the prep... but hopefully I'll be getting some answers on Wednesday ( Read more... )

This is going to be a lot shorter than it should be because I am very sick.

( Last weekend )

Does anyone know if I can take Nexium 40 mg twice a day safely, or if I can take Nexium 40 mg once a day and Pepcid AC 10 mg once a day together? I've been having some pretty serious acid issues and my PCP isn't open on Fridays. (By pretty serious, I mean I can taste the acid in my mouth right now and I've been waking up to this for several days ( Read more... )