Sudden onset, stomach distress, and inability to eat.

I hope your appointment tomorrow goes well. Please do report back.

Thank you so much! OK, I will report back.

Hi,
Very strange to react to an intro size of medication after the 2nd doses. The onslaught was so strong and rapid it caught me on the hop, or in this case on the run, fast! I have decided not to seek treatment for diabetes or blood pressure anymore, yes it will shorten the life expectancy and I am experiencing the ravages of these two diseases already, but a comfortable life trumps ( is that PC any more) putting up with nasty side effects any day, for me. I found after the first dose my hunger pains had gone and my glucose was dropping but they didn't out weight the nasty effects for me. Blood pressure is still higher than my normal high but it should start to fall back soon.
Cheers.

I think in your place I would do the same. Medication side effects are no joke!
Funny, I used the word “trumps” the other day and wondered the same thing. 😊
Stay strong - I know you will. 🫷That’s supposed to be a strong arm. Looks like I’m giving someone the finger. Take that, ill health! 😁

Hi,
I'm well on the way to "recovery", more like my normal state is returning. The hunger has returned and the brain is starting to refocus, still a little unsteady on me feet but expect that to go soon as well. My blood pressure is starting to edge down to a normal high for me. If my wife hadn't seen the rapid effects I'd be still trying to believe what transpired over 3 days. I'm now starting to think I might retry the med again just to be sure it was the cause, as with most symmptoms there can be a multitude of causes and I'm never one to come to a final conclusion on a single trial. I'll need to deal with some reluctance after such a devasting effect but looking at restart it again after the weekend.
Cheers

It’s brave of you to be willing to try again! I hope you can figure it out one way or another for sure. It’s so frustrating when we’re not sure what’s going on. I talked to a new doctor today who takes a natural approach, and he said exactly what I was thinking - that I need more digestive help rather than people trying to give me ant acids. So I’m going to give his medications a try, although one of them contains ox bile, and I don’t use animal products normally. But, since it’s an emergency, I will. Sounds kind of gross. 🤢

Well, I had my zoom appointment today with an alternative physician, and I have to say that he made sense. Instead of offering me antacids, which my PCP did, he said that I need something to help digest my food since I no longer have a gallbladder. That is exactly what I have always thought. He wants me to try some digestive enzymes plus ox bile and something else to soothe my digestive tract and I don’t remember exactly what’s in it, but he’s going to send me a list of ingredients. That sounds good to me! I’m hoping and praying that they work and that I’m not allergic to anything in them. He also told me I should go ahead and get a colonoscopy/endoscopy just in case and that I may have a hiatal hernia. I think he’s right. So I will do that. He was a nice person, and he seemed very intelligent. He told me that he thought I was very sharp mentally for someone who is 70 years old, but I never thought of 70 as being that old! Is it really? Am I there yet? 😊

I am encouraged right along there with you. Hey, I didn’t hear him say you are old. Go with “70-years young”. What is your next move?

Hello. It’s 6:30 AM here almost and I’m still up with a horrible stomachache. Apparently I got cocky and ate too much. Anyway, my next move is to call the office on Monday and schedule a colonoscopy/endoscopy at the G.I. clinic and also call this doctor’s office and let them know they did not send me an email with the ingredients of the supplements that he recommended for me because I want to order them as long as I’m not allergic to anything in them. He will probably have to mail them to me because he’s quite a distance away. So I suppose it will be a week before I get them. I hope I don’t perish in the meantime! I’m being overly dramatic. I never thought that I would say that I’m actually anxious to have a colonoscopy, but I really am because I’m so tired of feeling this way. I almost hope they find something wrong so they can fix it! I’m not talking about cancer, of course, but if I have a hernia I want to know. And I must also learn to listen to my stomach and when it’s telling me not to eat, I need to honor that. I feel rather stupid tonight. And I guess the doctor wasn’t calling me old exactly, but I was just surprised when he was surprised that I still have a sharp mind. Is it that uncommon? I have lots of friends my age and they’re all very sharp. But then, all my friends are on the West Coast, so perhaps it’s something about living in the Midwest. 😁 I’m just teasing; I don’t mean to offend anyone. My late husband was born here in Kansas City, and he was the most brilliant person I have ever met in my entire life. I hope you are doing well. And thank you for asking about me.

Would you believe that the supplements this doctor recommended for me contain things that I told him I’m allergic to, like dairy? Every time I get my hopes up, they’re dashed. I’m so disappointed. Why don’t doctors listen to you anymore? 😩