What Ferret Herder said. The OTC packaging tells you to only take it for 14 days because they don’t want you to take it long term without seeing your doctor in the event that your chronic reflux is being caused by something that should be treated another way (hiatal hernia, ulcers, esophageal erosions, h. pylori infection, etc.). If you see your doctor and s/he rules out those more serious conditions, then s/he’ll probably recommend you continue to take the omeprazole on an ongoing basis.
FWIW, I’ve been taking it for months, and I’m now waiting to see a gastroenterologist for a scope of my upper digestive system and h. pylori test after having normal results on my upper GI. My reflux started out of the blue a few months ago, and its sudden occurrence is (to me, anyway) unusual enough that I feel like there has to be a specific cause.
One other thing about seeing your doctor…if the OTC omeprazole is giving you unfortunate/unpleasant side effects (when I started taking it, the OTC 20mg dose made my stomach hurt as if I didn’t have enough acid left to actually digest anything, and also caused intestinal upset), your doctor can write you a scrip for a lower dose (I have 10mg now) that you can’t get OTC. Since the OTC pills are time-release, you can’t break them in half to get a lower dose. For me, the lower dose still totally controls my reflux but the side effects are much reduced.
If you just heard that you may have cancer and are mentally unstable out of fear and dread…
WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING A TECHNICAL SUPPORT NUMBER ABOUT ANYTHING???
Jesus lady, I’d be sitting in a corner staring at the wall for a day or two.
And seriously, I understand that you’re off your nut right now. But that doesn’t mean that I care to put up with your abusive, insulting bullshit.
Damn near hung up on this cunt.
Seriously, I sympathize with your illness and your situation, and if you asked me, I’d even pray for you even though I’m not a believer. But stop being a flaming jackass toward me, ok?
Why must grown women (always women) respond to online recipes with “it looks/tastes SOOOO YUMMY!!!” ??!! Don’t they know they sound like idiots? Are they talking to children? If I ever use that phrase, please shoot me.
And the new popular phrase that makes me crazy is “ridiculously easy” or “ridiculousy good”. Is everybody so unoriginal that they have to use the same phrase every time? Actually, this one doesn’t bother me too much yet, but it’s getting there.
Mother FUCK the asshole this morning who decided it was OK to make a left turn from the far RIGHT lane because no one* was coming and he or she couldn’t figure out where to go. That is easily the closest I’ve ever come to going down on my motorcycle, and I frankly still don’t know how I managed not to. At least OTHER motorists stopped to ask me if I was OK as I was pulled up onto the sidewalk, stunned and trying to catch my breath. But did YOU stop? No, you were long gone by the time I got my wits about me. Fuck you.
*The MSF instruction drilled into our heads repeatedly that no matter how big a bike you’re on, you’re still invisible to most people. Fuckin’ a.
What is the point of staying at the nicest hotel in LA if slinking wannabe paparazzi are snooping around hoping for a picture of that stupid media whore Kate Gosselin? And offering folks rewards for calling their cell phones if we spot her?
To every person (the few I’ve talked to) that I told I’ve been sick for a couple of days:
NO I DID NOT HAVE THE FLU! Unless, of course, the main symptom of that is (TMI) horrible liquidy diarrhea and vague nausea and a total lack of energy for about a day and a half and am now more or less back to normal. Which it isn’t. I didn’t tell you what I had because I wish I didn’t know. I did tell my mom because, well, when I get sick I still want my mom, even at my age, and I wanted any bits of advice she might have from nursing me through stuff like that as a kid. I don’t think I’ve had a bug like that in about 25 years.
But I most certainly did not have any type of flu whatsoever. There are, believe it or not, many other illnesses that people get, even this year. sigh
I enjoy the “OMG! This is the BEST recipe EVAH! I followed it to the T, but replaced the veal for quail, left out every spice and added motor oil, and rather than sauteeing it gently I deep fried the fuck out of it and it was FANTASTIC!”
Damn Wisdom tooth. It broke. But not enough to make my dentist give it priority(it was formed hollow, so now the bottom bowl of the tooth is exposed). So unless I want to pay emergency dental rates(no dental insurance) I have to wait till Monday to get it popped out and spackled up. Plus the damn dentist, while looking at it and telling me he didn’t have enough time to do anything about it managed to have enough time to find 2500 bucks of other stuff I “really should have done”
Fortunately it only hurts like hell when I eat…or drink… or Breathe!!!
God dammit, have I developed a southern accent without knowing it? If not, why the hell does Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 keep picking words that hypothetically could be what I was saying if I spoke southern belle? I’m not drawling here, stop guessing that I am! I know it’s messing with me because what I actually said is almost always the first option under corrections. Stop it!
When did the state of Maine start attracting so many bigots? I saw an ad the other night that stopped just short of stating “separate but equal” in relation to gay rights.
I don’t know, I think they did basically say seperate but equal in it. I like the we think everyone deserves rights, followed up with but those dirty homos shouldn’t expect to be able to sully the institution of marriage tone in it. I’m surprised the intro didn’t preface it with saying some of their best friends are gay…
Just checked the open benefits enrollment at work - I wasn’t going to bother because I am not making any changes. I just wondered what the price change was this year…
Health care up 22%
Dental up 115% (yep. more than doubled)
vision down $1!!! woot.
Ah, yes, annual enrollment period. The only thing worse than the price increases is getting phone calls from ticked-off employees demanding to know why their rates have changed. Sweethearts, I don’t work for Medica, and even if I did, I probably wouldn’t be the one setting your rates. I work for the company you work for, and am offered the same medical plans at the same prices.
Thank gods I don’t work in corporate HR anymore.
My mini rant: Going to buy a car from a dealership this week. Don’t have much else to say besides that. I have a headache already.
MOL, I bought my car entirely over the internet. It was really painless. Are you just now looking or are you going to pick up an actual car? If you’re just starting, I have some tips if you’d like them.
I know how to deal with car salespeople (used to be one, ha!), but I still find them annoying. If I can buy online and not have to deal with sales irritating staff, that would be tops. Here’s the catch: I’m in a hurry, and I’m looking for a used Toyota or Honda ~$10k.
Well, that might work in your favor. Send an email to the internet sales guys for the dealerships in your area (you can find their addresses on the dealership websites), and tell them you will be absolutely buying a used Toyota or Honda by (fill in the date). You will not spend over (fill in the amount). And whatever details you need. Have them submit bids to you and then use them against each other to drive down your price as far as you can.
I would not ever deal with the regular sales people. Internet sales people assume you’ve done your homework and are no bullshit. They tend to be no bullshit in dealing with you. Plus, it’s all done via email so you get to control how much time you spend “with them”.
I did all my negotiations via email and didn’t even meet the guy at the dealership until the day I went to pick up the car.
Now, since you’re buying used (as I’m sure you know) your purchase will be subject to a test drive and an inspection by your own independent mechanic. Go to the Click and Clack site to find a good mechanic in your area.
Customer, on Friday: “This article will be coming in to the system on Saturday. It is absolutely critical that I receive the article as soon as it comes in.”
Ok…I set things up so when the article comes into the system, it’ll be sent to him immediately.
Unfortunately, the article didn’t come in until today, when the customer called me back to chew me out for “screwing up his request”. This is roughly analogous to going to pick someone up at the bus station, and getting chewed out when the bus breaks down en route.
Why does every single person turh into an incapacitated OCD sufferer when they pull up to the drive-in mailbox at the post office? Why do they have to check every single envelope to make eure the stamps didn’t magically fall off and the addresses are all correct? Why do they stick their arm out of the car towards the mailbox, only to pull it back in and check everything one more time?