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Thanks everyone for your concern. I’m happy to report very good news.
I got the results from the Barium swallow. The x-rays showed that my stomach and esophagus are not damaged and that there are no tumors - malignant or otherwise - in there. That’s a big relief for me since I was still having a horrible constricted, lumpy feeling in my throat and my imagination was running away with me. The doctor says the sensations I’ve been having are due to my esophagus tightening up when the acid from my stomach hits it.
The solution is a prescription for a more powerful proton pump inhibitor medication. On it, Doc says I will get rid of this problem. I can’t tell you how much I hope she’s right, and that the medication works SOON since I often feel like I am being strangled. Sometimes it’s so bad I feel like blood flow is being restricted to my head. That might explain some other things (let the jokes fly).
I’ve also made some astounding discoveries and progress with my neck and shoulder pain. I’ll share about that in my next post because I think what I’ve learned might just help other people suffering from this kind of pain.
Comment by Brian
Thursday November 08, 2007 @
I obviously don’t know the whole story behind your stomach problem, however seeing a chiropractor regularly has helped with reflux I used to deal with, or maybe it was cut out the sota pop. Well it will at least help with shoulder.