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[roily_rogue]

I've been having these heartburn problems. Or acid reflux or whatever it should be defined as. For months. I went to the doctor and she prescribed me Omeprazol (these big capsules that rattle and will leave a salty-chalky taste in your mouth no matter how quick you swallow them) for two months and said she would call after one month and if it didn't get better, she would scope me to see what's going on. (She never did call, but whatever). So I took the pills for two months and I was getting better! Until just the other week when we ran out of money and had to subside on hotdogs. Naturally, it all flared up again and here I am, running out of Omeprazol. Pretty crestfallen.

And the point is that I DON'T WANT TO BE SCOPED.
But I'm really tired of this. It's affecting my sleep and I would like to be able to eat tomatoes and onions and drink something besides apple juice again. I've recently had to succumb to ingesting Pepto-Bismol in liquid form and it's even viler than I thought it would be. 
A heartburn-prone workmate of mine says her doctor wants to remove her gallbladder. OH GOD.

They're driving a huge digging machine (I know there's another word for it, but I'm afraid I'm still kind of Swedish) on our front lawn, a mere couple feet from our window. The cats watch with disinterest. My spoiled little brats.<3

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[mumblemutter]

Eep, scoping. But also eep, acid reflux. Look at it this way, being scoped is a couple mins of suck, and you might actually get better as a result and eat onions again, yay! (Yay onions?) Also, gallbladder removal is easy-peasy! ...I've, um, been to both these things as an interpreter. Among other things! Do you need to know anything about the colon? Anyway, my point. Get help! And I hope you'll feel better soon, dear. <3 <3

[roily_rogue]

I do miss onions. And yeah, I'm going back if it gets worse, although this morning I actually woke up without heartburn, so I'm kind of hopeful, though perhaps too much so. And maybe, just maybe, she'll take into account that the Omeprazol worked before I went and screwed it up and simply prescribe me some more? Maybe? Gah.

I just don't go to the doctor very often, so it's a big deal to me. Financially, too. We're so low on money, I won't be able to properly celebrate my birthday until the week afterwards! *depressed*

Is gallbladder removal super cheap, too? Because it would have to be.
I've never had surgery! God!

Anyway, hopefully it won't come to that. Hopefully.

Also, you need to write a book about your career as an interpreter! It always sounds so interesting.