It's Gone!

[calliopes_pen]

I'm back from the hospital, and they say my ulcer is 100% gone. YES! While he was in there, he took a scraping again, just to be sure it wasn't caused by any bacteria--he did the same last time, but wanted to double check. Still nothing, so it was what everyone thought it was caused by--the Aleve and Ibuprofen.

This time, the stuff hasn't knocked me out for the rest of the day, but I'm just taking it easy. My appointment was to be there by 9:30, I got there at 9:05.

Then waited a long time, and after everything I finally got wheeled to the endoscopy area around 11. They were done, and I was awake and sent home around 12:30 PM. (It took a while before someone removed the IV, because things were busy)

Comments

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

...how much Aleve/Ibuprofen were you taking??

[calliopes_pen]

Not that much. The problem was that what I did take, I took on an empty stomach.

At least 15 other people in this area around here have had it happen to them before--I found out after I mentioned what happened to me. The ulcer wasn't 50% of their stomach, though.

[alejandradd.livejournal.com]

I'm also interested in knowing! How much is "not that much"?

[calliopes_pen]

If I had a migraine, I took 2 Ibuprofen. If I had cramps, then I took one Ibuprofen, and that was all. Never more than two or three, and not every day. If I had a back ache, I took one Aleve, and that was it. One every few weeks, if at all.

I've always told people I had an extremely sensitive stomach, and it seems I was right. I'm glad I always refused to take Excedrin, since that's on the list of things I shouldn't go near.