Random Rants

[Megatron1505]

I have just been told that I have a Peptic Ulcer, which is currently bleeding. 

My doctor didn't seem overly worried, and just gave me some stomach acid inhbitors and told me to go back in three weeks  :-\

[rocket]

sorry to hear Mega, hope its getting better asap

[J-IV]

Hope everything goes well Megatron.

[Megatron1505]

I'm sure it will be fine, and thanks for your good wishes guys.

Reading the internet doesn't help me though, half the sites make it sound like I'm going to be fine, whilst the other half tell me that I should be in hospital  :-\

[Seul]

If your doctor tells ya to come back in three weeks, there's nowt wrong with ya… If you're uncertain or just suffer from hypochondria (like all men): get a second opinion.

Either way: be well!..

[Megatron1505]

My mother in law has just been over and basically questioned my manhood, as she had three gastric ulcers at once whilst raising two kids, working a full time job, running a house etc….. 

[hectic]

That omeprazole will sort you right out Mega, worry not

[hectic]

And FFS don't Google!

[Megatron1505]

I take it you are a fellow sufferer Jon? Omeprazole stops your stomach producing so much acid right?

[Seul]

@hectic:

And FFS don't Google!

If you have a common cold, and Google it, you'll end up thnking you have Superaids…

[hectic]

yup man.

PM me if you wanna hypo together

[hectic]

@Seul:

@hectic:

And FFS don't Google!

If you have a common cold, and Google it, you'll end up thnking you have Superaids…

yeah fucking internet - 4 clicks - dead! Its all layman extrapolation and hearsay, trust the doc.

[Megatron1505]

When the doctor first told me, and after what I read on the interweb, I was entering ballistic hypo mode for a while. This morning I actually couldn't understand why I wasn't taken to hospital immediately  :-\

It was the bit where the doctor said "Your tiredness is caused by your ulcer bleeding"….....fucking great, so I'm bleeding internally and you want to see me in three weeks????? I 'll be dead by then !!!!!(was my initial reaction).

[Seul]

As I stated before: it's a normal male reaction… We understand... Share your story with a woman though, and she'll laugh in your face...

After having worked with only women for 7 years straight now, I've learned one thing: they're even tougher and stronger than 25 oz Iron Heart jeans... And just as nuts...

[Megatron1505]

Yeh, my mother in law pretty much just did that.

[michaeljcr]

Be well mate!

[Megatron1505]

Thanks Michael, I'm sure I'm just being typically male about an illness.

[jacoavlu]

mega did you actually have an upper endoscopy (scope down your throat)? or at least a radiologic study (upper GI, not just a plain xray)? if not you don't really know for sure if you have an ulcer and your doctor is probably just guessing. ulcer is sometimes a trashcan diagnosis like migraine headaches or irritable bowel disease or arthritis

if you really have a bleeding ulcer you will either be vomiting blood, crapping black tar, or both. if not you're probably fine.

do you take a lot of aspirin/nsaids (ibuprofen) or have other particular risk factors?

[Finn666]

get well soon Gave !

[Finn666]

Oh and if you really use a lot of aspirin and/or ibuprofen,you definitely should be using some gastric protection pills as well!
My mum's a nurse and that's the first thing she's always asking if I use ibuprofen.