New pressure doesn't seem to help
Re: New pressure doesn't seem to help
Hi - I've got a question that might seem irrelevant, but what position do you sleep in?
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Re: New pressure doesn't seem to help
If you have had chronic reflux, you should consider a screening endoscopy to check the lower esophagus for a pre-cancerous condition called Barrett's Esophagus. It is treatable if caught in an early stage, while frank cancer of the esophagus has a high mortality rate.
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Re: New pressure doesn't seem to help
I found that supplementing with vitamins helped me a lot. Especially the D3 suppositories. God they taste awful.
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Re: New pressure doesn't seem to help
You aren't supposed to take D3 suppositories out and taste them, I ask because I may be using mine wrong. JimtorontoCPAPguy wrote:I found that supplementing with vitamins helped me a lot. Especially the D3 suppositories. God they taste awful.
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Diagnosing thyroid problems isn't always easy. My GP gave me Synthroid because I was hypothyroid. He ignored the thyroid nodule he felt. About a year later, I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer.They removed my throid gland and about 20 cancerous lymph nodes. If the cancer had been treated the year before it wouldn't have spread so far.avi123 wrote:Diagnosing Thyroid problems is easy. It's either Hyper (Grave's Disease) or Hypo (Hashimoto's Disease) while skipping on Goiter.
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