about Prilosec

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Hello, Fellow Achalasians,

 

     I've been away from posts while taking care of the sale of my late mother's

and

step-father's house.  Three escrows later, it is now sold. Phew!  And I had to

get my

stepfather into Assisted Living; he has dementia and some serious health issues

which require skilled nursing. It's been more work than I could have guessed but

it

has all worked out well.  So far, anyway.

 

       Meanwhile,  I would like to ask a question.

 

       I had my Heller's in late January of 2006.  I've had pretty good

swallowing

ever since.  I do have saliva pooling as an on-going problem, especially at

night,

and several nights ago I aspirated a lot of it and was coughing hard through the

early a.m. hours.  Nasty.  But, I'm better now.  But my question is this, that

I was diagnosed with possible Barrett's, had an endoscopy at Cedars, Beverly

Hills, and my gastro. doctor put me on Prilosec DAILY.  I've been on it ever

since and I can tell you that the days I try going without it are really bad.  I

think the only thing between me and having full-fledged Barretts is the

Prilosec.

 

I read that Prilosec is to be used only for a few weeks at a time and then to

stop it.  Repeat weeks later.  So, am I doing damage to myself by taking it

every single day?  And do I need to do anything about Barretts?

 

       The pain I get when I'm not on Prilosec is really bad.  I mean it.  And I

saw an exray of my esophagus right before I began the Prilosec and there were

three large semi-vertical  areas of angry-looking tissue inside my throat down

towards the stomach.

 

       Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

 

        Thanks!

 

            Deborah, still at the beach but trying to get my place on the

market......