Irene- Thank you for your sharing your experiences and your time that you gave in writing your reply. I understand about the number 10 child....my sister, the baby of the family, is 13 years younger than I and I can say that my parents would have said the same thing...a challenge. My major was Kindergarten Primary Ed. I only taught for a short time. Loved the children and our classroom but beyond our classroom doors....not so much. One of the words I had 'plastered' on a section of our classroom walls was the word PERSEVERNCE. Hopefully the children internalized the meaning of it. Perseverence is what it takes for most everything in life. Thank you for sharing your experience at the time of your confirmation of BE and then with the antibiotics. Us humans have many emotions and it is good to share such moments with others to show we are not alone in our ways of dealing with the news of...'You have BE."
Yes, I tell myself often how fortunate I am for many reasons..... with one being my having been diagnosed by my PCP (8/2022) before the BE was way out of control. I also knew something was wrong a few years before my BE diagnosis and kept making appointments with my PCP to the point that I thought he might start thinking I was a hypochondriac. As of this moment in time I feel well, sleeping well and good appetite in spite of the LPR/Hiatal Hernia /Eczema and BE that all were diagnosed about the same time. Probably, possibly, all related back to one thing....acid. With having this wonderful site to go to I have learned much and, as a matter of fact, in one of your previous replies to me you helped me realize how the LPR/Hiatal Hernia and the BE all could be related to my need to constantly clear my throat of mucus and especially after I eat. I have since read that the hiatal hernia can/does cause overproduction of mucus. Yes, if I do hear those words... 'time to consider the big 3' I, myself, will consider all that one should take into account and consideration in formulating the decison to begin taking the antibiotics. P.S. Yes I 'grew up' to 82, hopefully I've grown up. HA!
Barbara