8.08.2008

GERD.

For the past week I've been having heartburn off and on. Turning slowly into a pill popper switching Alka Seltzer, Pepto Bismol and Pepcid tablets like candy. To be honest nothing helps. Wednesday my stomach hurt all day as if it were being tied in knots. So I finally decided to quit self medicating and leave it for the doctor to solve ("help") it.

This morning I had an appointment with a doctor and found out that I had GERD, or Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Say what?! Wiki explains it. He says it has a lot to do with diet and he even asked me if I was living a stressful life. HAHA! (nervous laughter.)

So anyway my doctor put me on medication for two weeks and asked me to be on a bland diet or what he calls a BRAT diet (how appropriate!). It's basically bread, rice, apple sauce and toast. I'm not allowed to have any form of dairy (hello soy!), fatty/spicy foods and also any citrus fruits. No coffee, chocolate, alcohol and fat. It sounds like an extreme vegan-diabetic diet to me... O well, I'll deal with it once I do my grocery shopping tomorrow morning. Hopefully it goes away in two weeks time otherwise I might be in trouble.

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I need to go paint and do damage to my painting then start getting ready to head out by 6:30pm to see Beautiful Losers . I'm seeing it with Claire, whom I haven't seen since I left Starbuko. So excited! It has been quite windy and much cooler outside as well... is fall coming?!

5 comments:

anton said...

whats happening to you?
better stop gulping all that iced coffee! mag tubig ka, better!

arniedelusong said...

hey that's nothing serious but you gotta chill a bit. baka sobra ka stressed hehe. see ya soon

Daydreamer said...

na nosebleed naman ako dun sa wikipedia definition ng GERD! haha! at ang ganda ng name ng diet mo. soooo you... BRAT. =))

lazydog said...

aton: i dont know... im worried. btw, send you a YM message. i got it na for you, they had it in the store when i came in today.

arnie: cross my fingers na wala lang ito...

julette: LOL! kaya nga link lang linagay ko at pati ako, di ko maintindihan eh... di kaya dispepsia ito?!

anton said...

maraming salamat paulo!! and sana gumaling ka na agad.