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[freyakitten]

Speaking of medical problems, I got the final results back from the specialist who did the endoscopy a short while ago. Me=healthy in that respect. No Barrett's Oesophagus, no evidence of other damage, so apparently I've managed to control the reflux well enough that the stomach acids have done no visible damage to anything that they could have.

Then the doctor gave me a prescription for the drugs with side-effects that are working for the reflux, and mentioned that he does re-scripts with phonecalls - which my GP doesn't, policy where she works is that they don't give out scripts without the GP seeing you to make sure that there isn't anything wrong - laughed at my jokes, answered all my questions, made sure I had his card to contact him if I had any more questions, then sent me on my way.

Anyway, most of the side-effects are slowly either becoming less, or I'm adapting to life with them. The only ones that aren't are the increased sensitivity to allergens (meaning perfumes and other artificial fragrances on anything, cigarettes, and some things that we're not quite sure which substance is what I'm actually reacting to) and the dry mouth, which is encouraging me to drink enough water and now I no longer drool in my sleep or when talking or singing.

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[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Mum and I wander through (OK walk really fast) through the stinky department with fingers pinching nostrils and held breath. Occasionally, the perfume people still try to stop us to tell us how great this thing that will give us migraines and teh ITCH really is...