Not the Spring Break You’re Looking For

If this is the shape of things, I want to go back to work.

You might know that I have GERD, or acid reflux disease. Occasionally this causes me trouble. It caused me the mother of all trouble I've had with it thus far Friday night, and although I guessed I was dealing with gastritis, I was off to the emergency room because of the wickedness of the symptoms, and, because when you've started Wellbutrin, you're supposed to watch that sort of thing.

I figured I'd get a GI cocktail and that it would be over with. I also figured this would come after all the heart tests that showed my heart was okay.

Steps one and two went according to plan. However, the chest didn't stop hurting after the GI cocktail, so they decided to keep me in overnight for observation, and they gave me three healthy doses of nitroglycerin.

Let me say for the record: I am fine. I have a gastroscopy scheduled for next week just to check out my GI tract. That's pretty regular, and we'll take a closer look at what last night's doc thinks might be a jumpy esophagus (for which I have another new, delicious medicine!). But I'm not in any danger. No caffeine for a while (that'll kill me!) and bland foods, but I'm okay.

What I am having trouble with is losing the migraine that the nitroglycerin pills and paste gave me. The one that had me throwing up almost all day yesterday, and makes it impossible for me to move around without getting more of a headache today. I've been sleeping to hide from that pain, and will rejoin that effort shortly.

Here's hoping you are all well.

Catherine

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