Oh life, you are hilarious

[ayashi]

So I went to see the doctor at 10:10 today :D I told her how I had been feeling and she decided to look and see what the nurse practitioner had done, and saw my blood tests. She started looking at one and then started talking to herself, but of course it was doctor-talk and I didn't know what she was saying. Then she was like "... I think you ARE H. pylori positive."

And I'm like... wtf D: You mean I had my blood tested like 2 months ago and I'm positive for that thing??

So anyway now I'm on the 2 week fun times of pills to try to get rid of this bacteria that I hopefully have. Problem: The pills are ENORMOUS. I asked if there was anything smaller and she said that pretty much, either it was take these pills or drink a HUGE amount of the pediatric liquid dose, so :( And it isn't like I have to take 1, nope, I have to take 4 enormous pills in the morning and 4 at night.

She also majorly got on my ass for drinking soda, and I agree with everything she said, so I guess it is just another reason to stop. (I stopped once a long time ago and it got to the point where soda started to taste bad to me, I'm not really sure why I started again.)

I'm going to try try to choke down my morning pills now so I can get started right away T_T

I also was prescribed some anti-nausea medication so hopefully that will help me too!

Damn you life. I really hope that I am indeed H. pylori positive. Unfortunately I'm not sure if the antibiotics will kick in enough by Thursday for me to enjoy Thanksgiving. Here's to hoping!

Edit: 2/4 pills down D: I am waiting on the next two for a minute because my throat feels weird.

Edit 2: All of them down. God that was really hard to do actually D: The first two went down easy, 3 was okay, 4 was almost coughing it up twice. But I did it! Now I only need to do it 27 more times :D Yay...

Comments

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure I'd hope to be H. pylori positive since accourding to the National Cancer Institute people with H. pylori are more likely to develop stomach cancer.

[kendrasue.livejournal.com]

i think it'd be better now if the bacteria is the answer, rather than finding it to be something else nastier.

and caiters, it took me a bit to get used to it but i swallow three big pills (granted its only once a day) but i did get used to it. hopefully you will too :) and if not... hey at least its just for the few weeks? i hope?

[xalolo.livejournal.com]

D:

Hopefully the pills will help!

[katejaneway.livejournal.com]

Caitlin, you should cut your pills in half! My mom used to grind mine up and mix them with a spoonful of jelly, I thought it was nasty, but you might like it.

[madidi.livejournal.com]

Ask your doctor if that's okay to do before you do something like that though! It depends on the pill. Sometimes all the extra stuff surrounding the medication to form the pill is made to time release the medication. So in that case, grinding or cutting could release too much at a time.
It does work with a lot of pills though, so it might be worth asking.

Hope you feel better soon so you can enjoy your Thanksgiving!

[ayashi.livejournal.com]

The doctor said I could do that to 1 of them, but at least 1 of the others is time-release, so I have to swallow it whole :(

[katejaneway.livejournal.com]

Poo!

But I do hope this is the thing that fixes your tummy! I always found that chugging down pills with like lots of milk or a milkshake really helped! I wish I could make you feel better :(

[fianna.livejournal.com]

I know that you have to be relieved that they seem to have figured out what is wrong with you. Sucks about the horse pills though. I know when I had pneumonia they had me on Augmentin and they were HUGE pills. I hate hate hated it.

[nfk.livejournal.com]

Look at the bright side, at least you get to take them at home, since it's morning and night.