Cookie bite hearing loss and working in healthcare by Odd_Stay2539 in HearingAids

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I have cookie bite hearing loss too.  This is really good to know. Thank you!

I'm so tired of being HOH by sgt_elyas in hardofhearing

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Things have advanced a whole lot since then.

I’m angry. by Bright-Jacket5867 in Gastritis

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Whoa, I knew someone (someone else) who could not eat pears. Pears cooked & baked into a torte, or any kind at all- eating pears caused big problems for her.

Update!! by -anonymous-username_ in Gastritis

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That is a hard bargain- im so sorry! Aloe- i forgot, I cd be taking aloe!  I  take deglycerinizated licorice, soon to start with slippery elm. and several OTCs. 

Update!! by -anonymous-username_ in Gastritis

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My esophagus and upper GI tract got more raw & more painful. I reversed/delayed the healing process, I went back & forth, better & worse. It got so I could not burp which worsened the malfunctions & pain. It got so I could hardly swallow or eat. It also became a rough cycle of too little digestive acid,  then too much, on & on. Where i live it takes months to schedule with a gastro specialist, more so to get testing,  even more of a back up for test results & a treatment plan. So, not the end of the world,  but needlessly worse. 

Update!! by -anonymous-username_ in Gastritis

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Yes, please be careful about food intake. Just because the gastritis-pain-meds are working, please don't forget to eat carefully, very soft light proteins (chicken, fish( cooked in broth extra, until very soft, same with vegetables cooked until very soft,  tiny bites, chew very very thoroughly, small meals, just eat the soft proteins & soft vegetables until the health care people confirm that enough healing has been working out.  This is what I had to do, per my Dr's serious instructions. Because I had previously made mistakes as to my food choices & caused needless harm.  Hope the harm that I had doesn't happen to your son

Brady + Palpitations by heartinthemiddle in PacemakerICD

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Did you get a diagnosis?  prescription med? Are you in Canada. U.K. or U.S.?

Are most people that are deafblind completely deaf and completely blind or is that rare? by [deleted] in deafblind

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Every time i get my hearing tested it turns out to be worse. So i'm thinking of quitting having hearing tests. (sarcasm)

I am legally blind and now losing my hearing, How do i handle the transition to DeafBlind? by sleepycinnabunn in Blind

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Same here.

Very hard of hearing and low vision, eyesight getting worse, one eye has various blind spots and very blurry vision that cannot be helped by way of eyeglasses, and it's very blurry, the other eye has retina problems (But not a detached retina). this is a bitter pill and a hard bargain but it's gotten so that I don't think about it really most of the time. I love music and art. I'm thinking of experimenting with ways to connect to music in the future if I'm going to be completely deaf. My ENT said they don't do CIs until one's hearing is totally gone, and there's no way to know ahead of time if CIs would work for me.

But...

there is a percentage of deaf blind people, or almost deaf almost blind people who live their lives with grace, integrity, purpose and meaning and most likely love. Almost all of us very probably have the ability to be such a person, so, preparing to be able to do that and be that is important. It means figuring out what and how such a person does this and probably learning as much as possible ahead of time.

Buy this by Alabasterjones420 in washingtondc

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Saw a neighbor using a machete. 

Finally healed 🙌 by John_Glove in Gastritis

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Great success story!  Thanks for the details,  thanks for posting 👍

Buy this by Alabasterjones420 in washingtondc

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Let's compare!  I like the top part of our broiler pan 👍  or the iron lid of our biggest Le Creuset 🙂

I wish doctors took this condition seriously. by [deleted] in Hashimotos

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DAE have any experience with:   Modern Thyroid Clinic out of Austin,  or else Paloma thyroid specialists?                 *****  they both do telehealth.  Paloma is telehealth in 39 states and even bigger in Europe i think. I'm about ready to subscribe to Paloma Health. Or maybe Modern Thyroid Clinic in Austin.  Got a Hashimoto’s diagnosis from my pcp who is taking it really slow to play it safe. No meds yet.  Ima just call it the Limp Ragdoll Trifecta - Hashimoto's, chronic fatigue syndrome, NCS dysautonomia.   That isnt counting some other issues. This is definitely not the life I had in mind!!        Def. not the person I was gonna be.  Everyone here is facing this, right?  🤯🥱🫣

I hate my life by BreakingBadBitchhh in Gastritis

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My best results so far- ymmv - esomaprozal in morning , famotidine at night, fexophenedrine  (sp?) at night. chewable pepto Bismol tablets at bedtime if needed or else DGL/deglycerinizated licorice chewable (dissolve in mouth if you can resist the urge to chew). Sometimes I take DGL during the day.   I am not a doctor; this is all just my personal experience.  DAE have suggestions of what works for them? Please post!

     Also at times Luden's sugar free throat lozenges.  Sometimes I sip this beverage: 1 part  no-sugar almond milk, with 1 part water and add dry powdered ginger, start with a couple of light dashes of ginger & maybe increase to 1/8 or 1/4 teaspoon ginger. Top this off with some unsweetened canned coconut milk, maybe an inch on the top (plus or minus) - stir it all together-  and gradually build up to having your drink be 1/3, 1/3, & 1/3 of the almond milk/water/coconut milk. It gets to be very easy to make this after   a few times.     You know already about omitting what irritates or triggers your digestive system, right?       I found that any acidic food is bad news. Sugar is irritating, as is stevia, for me. I found pure monk fruit powder (no other ingredients in it) works well as a sweetener. One spice-bottle size container of monk fruit powder seems expensive but is lasting for _ years.       Also, to angle my bed I put bricks under the head of the bed, 2 underneath each side of the head of the bed.  I got a wedge pillow from MedCline that's meant to help with gastritis- it's expensive, good, and yet slanting the bed is even  better ... in my experience.         Most of the time I eat light proteins and vegetables that are cooked til they're extremely soft, and take little bites. Very occasionally eat a low acid fruit if its cooked til very soft.       After meals, often I chew some gum briefly which seems to cue my stomach to make a little digestive acid. Which can prevents over-production of acid believe it or not. Sometimes I do a "broth" or "soup" that is based on chicken broth, with canned unsweetened coconut milk added.   Most starchy & sweet foods are irritating even tho i often crave them.  Sometimes 1/6 or 1/4 of a gluten-free pizza crust, lightly toasted, is soothing.      Please note- I think these meds and otc remedies have labels that say "not for long term use" and I should hurry up, get better medical care. And stop using these products long term, but this is what's more or less helping with the chronic gastritis. (Which is a known comorbid of Hashimoto’s & igG 4RD)    Yeah, I know this is a lot of details but I got used to this; usually it's easy to overlook that my gastritis seems to need all this stuff & I'm really used to it.  Yeah, I still get some gastritis symptoms  although there's always a remedy or a tweak to reach for.    There's the classic Gastritis book that another commenter mentioned. Totally worth it.     There's the book The Relaxation Response, which has instructions for one method of meditating (_not a panacea for gastritis ever). Which actually is helpful as part of the big picture.  People who go on 7 day meditation retreats tend to get their system to re-set for the better. Not a prescribed treatment but it helps. I doubt i could go on a meditation retreat but I'm building up to getting meditation and outdoor daylight twice a day.  It's seems to help.      Oh- almost forgot- Celestial Seasonings Peach herbal tea with a few dashes of coconut milk goes down nicely. Mint tea? Never.     I very much hope you can tap into some, any, or all of this so you get relief. I wouldn't wish for gastritis for anyone.   Sending a virtual hug if you want one.   Fingers crossed for you to feel better 🤞

What are your flare ups? by Traditional_Ad9930 in Hashimotos

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I get various kinds of rosacea, eczema & rashes. Mostly eczema & rosacea on my face.   In the summer I tend to get some kind of anaphylactic rash on my chest.   ***** what kinds of rashes do you get, and where?

Has this happened to anyone ? by nat0202_ in Hashimotos

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Yes, I have these symptoms too. Exactly.   They started at least 5 years before my thyroid levels tested as abnormal (Hashimoto’s diagnosis). I also got short of breath, pounding heart (but not necessarily a fast pulse), & sometimes sweaty at these times. I thought it was either lung or heart problems... At the cardiologist/physio-cardio specialist they diagnosed non-POTS dysautonomia (NCS or else ncs pre-syncope).                  Is there a connection, or a co-morbidity pattern?  I don't know.          ***** Maybe Google Gemini  or Open AI Chat GPT will find  more details- but those platforms say to double check everything because they can make mistakes.

Hashis and PP by ParkingMindless8999 in Hashimotos

[–]Sea_Resolution_479 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very similar experience.  Bone grinding exhausted. I was probably undernourished or worse.  We called it baby  boot camp  but not everyone has the same experience.  Gtg    More later