Oh, well, another lifetime regimen to adopt...

[elfs]

The girls are old enough now that I feel safe leaving them alone in the house for short periods-- while I walk up the street to get the mail, or two blocks to get milk from the corner grocery. I trust Kouryou-chan to be more knowledgeable and reactive to crises than Yamaraashi-chan, which is an odd thing to say; then again, I also expect Kouryou-chan to get into more crises than Yamaraashi-chan. Still, if they're stunned with Guitar Hero for a few minutes, they're fine on their own.

Last night, though, I ran out of Prilosec. I had forgotten to buy more and had lost track of how much I had left. I proposed to Kouryou-chan that I go get some, and she said she didn't want to be all alone in the house after dark. Thinking about it, I decided she was right, that the nighttime was different somehow from daytime, and it wouldn't be fair. So I skipped a dose.

Bad move. Although I slept well, in the morning my throat burned again. I may have to be on this stuff for the rest of my life. After getting Kouryou-chan out the door to school, I went down to the grocery and bought more, so I'll be okay.

Oh, and file under stupid warnings for stupid people: "Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to it." Well, uh... "Duh!"

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[latheos.livejournal.com]

Elf, I take omeprazole every day. There are worse things to be taking. On that note, please contact me. I think I can help you out with that. :)

latheos (at) gmail (dot) com will get to me relatively quickly.

[(Anonymous)]

Years late but...
Should you ever decide to go off of it, it'll take about a month for the reflux to go away. Ginger and tumeric in the diet seems to ease it back some. Keeping the simple carbs and caffeine and alcohol and NSAIDs in check does as well. Pickle juice sometimes kills the burn of the reflux.

I'll still take a proton pump inhibitor when I know I'll have to take NSAIDs for a while, or I have a run in with bronchitis.