Anyone here have an ulcer?

by orbison11 16 Replies latest jw friends

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  BrentR

  My wife had to blackmail me into going to the hosp. My truck was in the shop and she was taking me to work and picking me up. When she picked me up she said I was not getting home unless I walked w/o going to the ER first. I got the upper GI series after drinking a hideous milkshake contrast (barium). The duodenum was three times the normal size and if it ruptured the blood loss would have been deadly.

  So it is nothing to mess around with and is very likely worse then it feels.

  (Don't even ask what line of work I was in at the time)
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  eclipse

  Ohh, good post, Brent.

  I did not mean to make light of Sweetstuff's symptoms.

  Sweet, If you are in pain, getting it checked out is a good idea....
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  BrentR

  There can be so many contributing factors that are causing them that you can't self diagnose or worse yet ignore them.
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  Snoozy

  My Mom had one. It ruptured and she had to go to the hospital. They had tubes down her throat for a few days.She also had to have transfusions.(Not a JW).

  When she got home she quit smoking..ate a lot of homemade bread pudding to put some weight back on ..and ate soft foods. She gained weight and her mental health had improved greatly.

  About two years later she started to smoke again..she lost so much weight and her mental health deteriorated quickly. My poor Dad had a rough time of it.

  She ended up being consumed with cancer. Dad didn't even know because she was always so thin. When he finally took her to the emergency room they told him she was full of cancer. She lived two weeks after that.

  I miss her terribly..

  It is up to you to take care of your health!!!!!

  The acid from an ulcer can eat away you stomach lining and leave you wide open to a bacterial infection...which if it gets bac enough..can lead to cancer!.

  Please get it checked and treated ..it can't be any fun suffering all the time!

  Big hugs..

  Snoozy
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  orbison11

  thanks friends:)

  if i am not concerned from brents post,, i sure am from the rest of yours

  yes, i guess it is something to be concerned about

  will let you all know

  wendy
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  owenfieldreams

  have dealt with several of them. In my case, diet was really all I had to change.
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  UnConfused

  Ulcers are out of style these days aren't they. I hardly ever hear of them anymore.