@windyshores My esophagitis has come and go. The first 2 times, once in my 30's, once in my late 40's I couldn't eat. I was dissolving carafate in water, taking forever getting it through a straw to calm it. Food only soups, things like that..baby food wasn't bad. Both times I lost around 30 lbs because it took so long for it to go away. The third time (with the disgusting gagging thing) I went to a specialist. Yes, they biopsied and were unsure if a little part might need to come off or they'd be able to stretch it out by putting some air instrument in while I was under anesthesia. That was about 8 years ago, nothing since but I eat slowly and did have GERD on/off. I'm on the upswing with that—nothing for a long time.

Now I've had a few hours to calm down from my ordeal today. I prefaced our dialogue by saying that I loved my Endo and was coming to her for a consult. After being shocked by her demeanor alone, the push to decide, the whole experience there and now reading about all of this—NO.

These drugs are wickedly expensive as you know, I'm not doing anything that's probably going to cause harm in another area and then possibly have the next try declined by insurance. I have Medicare A only—I have private insurance for everything else.

I remember you telling me the ability to click the pen and work up seems less scary. Do I see me giving myself injections everyday, not really. And I have a bleeding disorder—I bleed internally. I have to look another million times at these things, I forget what your side effects are just remember that night worked better for you.

Oh, I'm already there with those pj's! it's cold and rainy so I added my (2) 5 lb dogs to the mix!