From: Pete on
For Christophe or Vanny...Please respond to this (and keep my message
quoted) so that Howard may read your response with my quote, and hopefully
unblock me so that we can communicate once again.

For Howard...I would like to sincerely apologize for my behavior, and what
happened long ago in the sci.med ng. I would like to be friends and
communicate with you once again, since you are an invaluable benefit to this
group, and I have learned so much from you. I have some important questions
to ask you that I consider quite relevant for both me, and for the group. I
am truly sorry for what happened in the past, and hope you will accept my
apology.

Thank you...Pete


From: christophe on
On Aug 21, 12:22 pm, "Pete" <p...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
> For Christophe or Vanny...Please respond to this (and keep my message
> quoted) so that Howard may read your response with my quote, and hopefully
> unblock me so that we can communicate once again.
>
> For Howard...I would like to sincerely apologize for my behavior, and what
> happened long ago in the sci.med ng. I would like to be friends and
> communicate with you once again, since you are an invaluable benefit to this
> group, and I have learned so much from you. I have some important questions
> to ask you that I consider quite relevant for both me, and for the group. I
> am truly sorry for what happened in the past, and hope you will accept my
> apology.
>
> Thank you...Pete

Hi Pete, I hope life is a little better for you. I hope you and Howard
make friends. He seems to have a great deal of compassion for gerd
sufferers. I hope he reads your post.

From: Pete on
christophe wrote:
> On Aug 21, 12:22 pm, "Pete" <p...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
>> For Christophe or Vanny...Please respond to this (and keep my message
>> quoted) so that Howard may read your response with my quote, and
>> hopefully unblock me so that we can communicate once again.
>>
>> For Howard...I would like to sincerely apologize for my behavior,
>> and what happened long ago in the sci.med ng. I would like to be
>> friends and communicate with you once again, since you are an
>> invaluable benefit to this group, and I have learned so much from
>> you. I have some important questions to ask you that I consider
>> quite relevant for both me, and for the group. I am truly sorry for
>> what happened in the past, and hope you will accept my apology.
>>
>> Thank you...Pete
>
> Hi Pete, I hope life is a little better for you. I hope you and Howard
> make friends. He seems to have a great deal of compassion for gerd
> sufferers. I hope he reads your post.

Thanks Chris. I am having a hard time, and would like to ask Howard some
interesting questions that I am sure you would appreciate, and I believe
would be informative to all. I hope and pray that he will answer me and
accept my apology, so that we may communicate once again...Pete


From: christophe on
On Aug 22, 3:24 am, "Pete" <p...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
> christophe wrote:
> > On Aug 21, 12:22 pm, "Pete" <p...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
> >> For Christophe or Vanny...Please respond to this (and keep my message
> >> quoted) so that Howard may read your response with my quote, and
> >> hopefully unblock me so that we can communicate once again.
>
> >> For Howard...I would like to sincerely apologize for my behavior,
> >> and what happened long ago in the sci.med ng. I would like to be
> >> friends and communicate with you once again, since you are an
> >> invaluable benefit to this group, and I have learned so much from
> >> you. I have some important questions to ask you that I consider
> >> quite relevant for both me, and for the group. I am truly sorry for
> >> what happened in the past, and hope you will accept my apology.
>
> >> Thank you...Pete
>
> > Hi Pete, I hope life is a little better for you. I hope you and Howard
> > make friends. He seems to have a great deal of compassion for gerd
> > sufferers. I hope he reads your post.
>
> Thanks Chris. I am having a hard time, and would like to ask Howard some
> interesting questions that I am sure you would appreciate, and I believe
> would be informative to all. I hope and pray that he will answer me and
> accept my apology, so that we may communicate once again...Pete

That doesn't sound very good, my friend. I am back on somac (protinix)
myself, although I'm trying to take 40 mgs a day rather than 80 mgs.
The odd feature of my whole illness is that it has been characterized
by hyper salivation and gassy chest pains rather than heartburn
(although I have had a bit of that lately as well) Frustratingly, my
ph study was normal and hence the need for impedance testing.

The burning under my ribs has almost gone now that I am back on the
PPIs.

The h2 blockers controlled the acid. Unfortunately, they also started
to give me terrible headaches. I have to endure more than a few side
effects with the PPIs as well, but they are bearable up until this
point. I have been having half a small bowl of yogurt and I think that
has helped me with the gastritis and the constipation.

I wonder if your time on the h2 blockers contributed to your burning
under the ribs? I read your theory on the removal of the polyps and
that also sounded reasonable. I didn't want to say anything before,
but I am not a big fan of Nexium. It is supposed to be one of the
strongest PPIs, but it didn't agree with me at all. Protinix has been
far better, but (hopefully) it is only a stop gap measure before
surgery.








From: Vanny on
I have had the same reaction - Nexium one year bad side-effects, Protonix
(aka Pantoprazole) 3.5 years. Now my doctor wants me to try Omeprazole
because it is cheaper. I have told him that I will give it a go, but if I
have any side-effects then I will insist on being prescribed Protonix again.

I am now battling with salivary gland stones (probably the parotid gland)
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23069166/ - just when I thought that there
was nothing else that could go wrong with me. The stone(s) is(are) probably
only a millimetre or two big http://www.entusa.com/oral_photos.htm Every
time I ate yesterday my RHS face would balloon up and I had to take pain
killers with my evening meal yesterday evening and could hardly get the fork
inbetween my teeth as my cheek swelled up and became virtually immobilised.
It is the first time that salivary gland stones have been an issue for me -
to be truthful I wasn't even aware that this could happen to a person.

On the up side, I am not having such a bad reaction today with the saliva
not bunging up the gland and my cheek not ballooning out on eating like
yesterday so the inflammation is minimal, but has spread down the RHS neck
and stops at the centre of the neck. I don't feel too hot and I might have
an infection in the gland and environs. The last thing I need at the moment
is blood poisoning.

I am turning into one big medical science experiment. It reminds me of the
film 'The Fly' with Jeff Goldblum and his 'museum'. He started his own
collection as bits started falling off him in the process of turning into a
fly.

Well, as they say 'Life is a beach and then you dive'.

Vanny


"christophe" <chris_pham(a)optusnet.com.au> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1187767878.975408.198330(a)q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 22, 3:24 am, "Pete" <p...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
>> christophe wrote:
>> > On Aug 21, 12:22 pm, "Pete" <p...(a)nospam.net> wrote:
>> >> For Christophe or Vanny...Please respond to this (and keep my message
>> >> quoted) so that Howard may read your response with my quote, and
>> >> hopefully unblock me so that we can communicate once again.
>>
>> >> For Howard...I would like to sincerely apologize for my behavior,
>> >> and what happened long ago in the sci.med ng. I would like to be
>> >> friends and communicate with you once again, since you are an
>> >> invaluable benefit to this group, and I have learned so much from
>> >> you. I have some important questions to ask you that I consider
>> >> quite relevant for both me, and for the group. I am truly sorry for
>> >> what happened in the past, and hope you will accept my apology.
>>
>> >> Thank you...Pete
>>
>> > Hi Pete, I hope life is a little better for you. I hope you and Howard
>> > make friends. He seems to have a great deal of compassion for gerd
>> > sufferers. I hope he reads your post.
>>
>> Thanks Chris. I am having a hard time, and would like to ask Howard
>> some
>> interesting questions that I am sure you would appreciate, and I believe
>> would be informative to all. I hope and pray that he will answer me and
>> accept my apology, so that we may communicate once again...Pete
>
> That doesn't sound very good, my friend. I am back on somac (protinix)
> myself, although I'm trying to take 40 mgs a day rather than 80 mgs.
> The odd feature of my whole illness is that it has been characterized
> by hyper salivation and gassy chest pains rather than heartburn
> (although I have had a bit of that lately as well) Frustratingly, my
> ph study was normal and hence the need for impedance testing.
>
> The burning under my ribs has almost gone now that I am back on the
> PPIs.
>
> The h2 blockers controlled the acid. Unfortunately, they also started
> to give me terrible headaches. I have to endure more than a few side
> effects with the PPIs as well, but they are bearable up until this
> point. I have been having half a small bowl of yogurt and I think that
> has helped me with the gastritis and the constipation.
>
> I wonder if your time on the h2 blockers contributed to your burning
> under the ribs? I read your theory on the removal of the polyps and
> that also sounded reasonable. I didn't want to say anything before,
> but I am not a big fan of Nexium. It is supposed to be one of the
> strongest PPIs, but it didn't agree with me at all. Protinix has been
> far better, but (hopefully) it is only a stop gap measure before
> surgery.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>