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Question for my husband about gastric issues

Digestive Health | Last Active: Nov 8, 2023 | Replies (10)

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Have you considered something outside the "normal" avenues of treatment? Something acupuncture, maybe?

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Yes we’re talking about it now, but most acupuncture/ naturopathic/ homeopathic clinics DONT take Medicare with Humana, insurance, which is what we’re stuck with, cuz he’s 70, I’m 76, and we both lost our full time jobs in 2020, when Covid hit… so lost our good insurance. We might be able to get a Senior discount, but we’re limited on how much out of pocket. We talked about acupuncture & herbs/supplements, so if the gastric Dr. doesn’t call us by Monday at 5, we’ll look into it. He has an actual PCP appt. this coming Monday, but even they haven’t seen his test results from the 3 tests, from the Gastric clinic, from a week ago, and they did the referral. It’s like NO ONE talks to anyone anymore. We want to hear a consensus as to what could have caused this, and then we’ll find a way to treat it… most likely NOT with just a prescription, chemical pill! But with a combination of things, herbal/ supplements/ acupuncture, diet, all for his stomach….. we mainly also want to know if ANYONE else has experienced this type of ongoing symptoms, when they recovered from Covid… or after Covid with Paxlovid treatment…. And now we’re going into week 12, with no help so far, and like I said, even with eating every day, he’s 30 lbs. down!