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Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well, howdy there internet peeps and those with coffee
It's Troy again.
Happy Birthday to Dave's Dawn. Keep that pretty lady happy today, sir. Looks like you found a keeper.
Went to lunch with the wife yesterday, and hit City BBQ (a mostly Eastern US chain). BBQ, especially greasy meat or heavilly peppered meat had been causing me issues with my digestive system, mostly in my esophagus. So I had to lay off BBQ from the place. Brisket was really bothering me.
I started experimenting with "what is causing it" and one thing I did was cut out the Flonase nasal gel I'd been taking to help with post nasal drip. My doc when we were in Calif recommended it back in 2018? I also switched back to a PPI (acid blocker) Omeprazole instead of an acid reducer (famotidine).
I gave it three weeks without that gel and switching meds and started eating food that had been triggers. And I feel fine! The nasal gel evidently had been irritating my throat where it oversprayed and ran down. Greasy or spicy foods would irritate that part, and I'd have trouble getting the food to go past the inflammation once it hit. But, those problems seem to have disappeared.
I see the doc (in Indiana, not the one in Calif) in Sept. So I'll report in then, and ask for a script for the Omeprazole. But, just to get their money, my mail order pharmacy auto sent me another 3 month supply of the Famotidine. I supposedly moved the refill date one day too late to stop the most recent shipment. So I now have a nine month supply of a cheap med I'm not taking. Fortunately, both it and Omeprazole are OTC. Speaking of, I need to get to Costco and get a couple of boxes of Omeprazole to tide me over until I see my doc.
In other news, the Cat's Pooping Palace has been cleaned for the spring. The Humidifiers have been bleached and stored for the season. One week+ until the trip to Gettysburg PA. Need to get the wife to watch the movie, since she knows almost nothing about the battle. I'll see if I can figure out which shell explosion was the one where Ron Maxwell blew up exec producer Ted Turner. Ted supposedly wanted a cameo, and was on set when they were were filming Picket's charge.
It's Troy again.
Happy Birthday to Dave's Dawn. Keep that pretty lady happy today, sir. Looks like you found a keeper.
Went to lunch with the wife yesterday, and hit City BBQ (a mostly Eastern US chain). BBQ, especially greasy meat or heavilly peppered meat had been causing me issues with my digestive system, mostly in my esophagus. So I had to lay off BBQ from the place. Brisket was really bothering me.
I started experimenting with "what is causing it" and one thing I did was cut out the Flonase nasal gel I'd been taking to help with post nasal drip. My doc when we were in Calif recommended it back in 2018? I also switched back to a PPI (acid blocker) Omeprazole instead of an acid reducer (famotidine).
I gave it three weeks without that gel and switching meds and started eating food that had been triggers. And I feel fine! The nasal gel evidently had been irritating my throat where it oversprayed and ran down. Greasy or spicy foods would irritate that part, and I'd have trouble getting the food to go past the inflammation once it hit. But, those problems seem to have disappeared.
I see the doc (in Indiana, not the one in Calif) in Sept. So I'll report in then, and ask for a script for the Omeprazole. But, just to get their money, my mail order pharmacy auto sent me another 3 month supply of the Famotidine. I supposedly moved the refill date one day too late to stop the most recent shipment. So I now have a nine month supply of a cheap med I'm not taking. Fortunately, both it and Omeprazole are OTC. Speaking of, I need to get to Costco and get a couple of boxes of Omeprazole to tide me over until I see my doc.
In other news, the Cat's Pooping Palace has been cleaned for the spring. The Humidifiers have been bleached and stored for the season. One week+ until the trip to Gettysburg PA. Need to get the wife to watch the movie, since she knows almost nothing about the battle. I'll see if I can figure out which shell explosion was the one where Ron Maxwell blew up exec producer Ted Turner. Ted supposedly wanted a cameo, and was on set when they were were filming Picket's charge.
