Re: Ulcers?

Totally hearsay information, Molly, and very sketchy at that...

...Isn't that the condition medical people have found is actually caused by a virus, or something, that breaks through the protective lining of the stomach?

...Is there any history of taking antacids?

...A friend developed an ulcerated esophagus from drinking far too much pop. He has been told he must take a certain medication for life. Is that some kind of pain-killer...or something that coats the esophagus FOR him, instead of his body doing it?

...A nurse was kicked in the leg by a patient, inadvertantly. (It didn't help that nursing is a hustle job...stressful. Stresses at home, too.) She tried to continue working but was spotted limping by her supervisor, and sent to a doctor.

The injury was suspected of a 'deep vein thrombosis' (blood clots?), and she was sent to a small hospital near her home...for observation.

Alone, in the night, a clot went to her lungs and they nearly lost her.

Apparently the meds they gave her to dissolve any clots affected her stomach for she developed some kind of a bleeding ulcer. Eventually it bled well enough to lower her blood count dramatically.

She had to avoid many foods, and anything alcohlic was a no-no. Still she tried a little wine, once, socially.

At a sporting event where we traveled as a group, she got up from her seat in the bleachers, and went to stand above, against the concrete block wall.

I had recently had difficulties with a low blood count, from another cause, and she had shown us that her lower eyelids were white inside, and that her fingernails did not return pink, quickly, when pressed.

Since I knew she was in trouble, I went and stood in front of her, more or less, so she wouldn't fall, or I could help. I did the same walking down the concrete steps.

Later that day she had her blood count measured...it was 4, out of an optimum of 14.

Here, there is a law against operations on someone with a red corpuscle count of less than 11.

She was some sick puppy!

I don't know what they did for her from then on...I would guess blood transfusions, and more.

(If anyone plans to be a nurse, or a doctor, it might be best to check the injury rates, early. This is only one of several very grave stories I've heard.)


Ulcers are nothing to fool with.


My best to your friend, Molly.

Fledgling