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Okay all, I have to down a small Protonix pill right now. I can't break it up, it needs to be time released. As you may have read, I'm very swollen still, so I'm terrified of swallowing this down.:omg:

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Houston do we have a problem? :)

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So far so good...lol

I just got off the phone with the nurse. They want me to try stronger antacids before doing an endoscopy and all that sort of thing to see why I am having these problems.

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Leener, I am sorry you are having so many problems and are slow to heal. My thoughts are with you!

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Thank you Karen. I hate to be such a baby, but I am having some problems. Whatever happens the support from you and others has been such a comfort.

Having a little pain in my band area now. Just heard it gurgle loudly. I wonder if that was the pill passing?

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Woohoo! The gurgling means it passed!

Does that mean that you just lost your post-banded pill-taking virginity?

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ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES I DID!!!! ahahahahaa!

Now let's hope this Protonix takes seed and solves my problems so I can keep my band.

*pray pray pray pray*

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Praying!!! The gurgle was excellent news.

Here's a thought, not to give medical advise and not to encourage you to do this as well...BUT. Dr Kuri told me to take Prilosec OTC for my reflux at day 8. I said "it's sustained release and it says do not crush" and he said "crush it, twice a day" and I did. Worked wonders. If you can take it without crushing it, great. But if you're scared, it wouldn't be the end of the world if you decided to crush it into some applesauce anyway. Just my opinion. A stuck pill puts you back on that swelling spiral downward. The gurgle is super encouraging though. Yay!

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Yay! Good for you leener - I'm terrified of taking a whole pill ever since one of my post-op antibiotics got stuck and hurt like hell! (I didn't let it soak in Water long enough to soften up.) Your success makes me think I'll survive it when my time comes.

Congrat's on your first NSV. lol

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