A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. 'Is it true,' she wanted to know, 'that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?'
'Yes, I'm afraid so,' the doctor told her.
There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, I'm wondering, then,Just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'!
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Sounds like my Doctor. He gave me a Script. for was amounts to Prilosec to take everyday, with NO refills. Nice guy. Shit doesn't work anyway.
Try AcipHex. I used that for years. When I broke through that, they put me on Nexium. I have GERD and Barrett's esophagus. I assume, therefore, that he has mine.
:) When my mom was on 23 different medications, it was a full time job just keeping the scripts filled and keeping the 3 refills and expiration dates current. Not to mention learning doctor-speak, and trying to look them all up for interaction with each other and questions on side effects and contrary things to watch for....
Seniors need a health advocate. You wouldn't believe what better care they get when someone else is sitting in the doctor's office and firing questions at them.
Orb's, If I have GERD, It's a very mild case. Up chucking like that It REALLY horrible In the middle of the night, when your actually sleeping. It only happens maybe once a week. I don't know what Barrett's Is but will have to look It up. To be honest, I think I have VERY bad nervous stomach. It's either that, or the big "C" like my two sisters?
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