Re: Uh-oh...Ulcers or something else?

August 28, 2004

Has anyone checked out his heart or the arteries leading to and from

it?

My moms ex experienced simiars stuff and he swore it was acid

reflux. He checked himself into the hospital and ended up having a

quadruple bipass. The weird thing is he recently had a stress test

and everything came back normal. So the cayenne is good in this

regard to thin the blood.

Pam

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> Hi Group...Normally I wouldn't ask for diagnostic help on the 'Net

when

> I know a visit to some type of doctor is probably in order, but

> unfortunately that's not an option in this case, and I'm getting

pretty

> worried!

>

> My friend does have a history of ulcers, so that's what we assumed

the

> stomach discomfort that's been plaguing him for almost three weeks

now

> was. He just quit smoking (this happened almost exactly when he

quit,

> to within a couple days) after 21 years, and we thought maybe it

had

> triggered the constant belching and tenderness in his stomach.

He's

> started eating smaller, more frequent meals, better food, _much_

less

> coffee and been taking cayenne (1/2 tsp. 3x day) for 2 days now,

and he

> does feel a little better, but not much...and here's the strange

thing.

> Rather than constant pain as if from acid reflux, he's

experiencing a

> feeling of " swelling " or fullness, concentrated in one spot on the

left

> side of his stomach, about an inch below the ribs, and 2 inches or

so

> left of the sternum--you can feel the swollen spot, though it

isn't very

> big. He also gets a " weird hollow feeling " right in the center

below

> his breastbone occasionally (solar plexus area) that really

bothers him.

>

> We're trying to scrape together at least the $60 or so to get him

to see

> a doctor, but not having much luck and in the meantime, I'm really

> worried. I've used cayenne on ulcers before, albeit mild ones,

and it

> always relieved the pain very quickly, and I've never seen this

> swollen-spot thing. IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, please *please*

fill me

> in through the list or private email. I'll appreciate it too much

for

> words.

>

> Thanks,

> ST

August 28, 2004

Sara Thustra wrote:

> Hi Group...Normally I wouldn't ask for diagnostic help on the 'Net when

> I know a visit to some type of doctor is probably in order, but

> unfortunately that's not an option in this case, and I'm getting pretty

> worried!

>

> My friend does have a history of ulcers, so that's what we assumed the

> stomach discomfort that's been plaguing him for almost three weeks now

> was. He just quit smoking (this happened almost exactly when he quit,

> to within a couple days) after 21 years, and we thought maybe it had

> triggered the constant belching and tenderness in his stomach. He's

> started eating smaller, more frequent meals, better food, _much_ less

> coffee and been taking cayenne (1/2 tsp. 3x day) for 2 days now, and he

> does feel a little better, but not much...and here's the strange thing.

> Rather than constant pain as if from acid reflux, he's experiencing a

> feeling of " swelling " or fullness, concentrated in one spot on the left

> side of his stomach, about an inch below the ribs, and 2 inches or so

> left of the sternum--you can feel the swollen spot, though it isn't very

> big. He also gets a " weird hollow feeling " right in the center below

> his breastbone occasionally (solar plexus area) that really bothers him.

>

> We're trying to scrape together at least the $60 or so to get him to see

> a doctor, but not having much luck and in the meantime, I'm really

> worried. I've used cayenne on ulcers before, albeit mild ones, and it

> always relieved the pain very quickly, and I've never seen this

> swollen-spot thing. IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, please *please* fill me

> in through the list or private email. I'll appreciate it too much for

> words.

>

> Thanks,

> ST

============================

Hi Sara,

Well I could recommend hot/cold on the area or a warm castor oil pack

*BUT* I really think that it would be in his best interest to get it

checked out by the medicos. They have all the diagnostic devices. I do

realize that it is expensive going to see doctors now days. Consider the

emergency room or a free or reduced cost clinic. That would be my

recommendation. It might be nothing and then again..........

--

Peace, love and light,

Don Quai

" Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal

and wakes in man. "

August 28, 2004

Sara, you are describing an enlarged spleen. There are so many reasons this

can occur. Going to the doc to at least find out what the reason is would be

my personal choice here and ASAP. Now after they have found the cause we

could probably come up with a plan here if he still wishes a natural

treatment. Let us know how he is.

Janet

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From: " Sara Thustra " <sara.thustra@...>

Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 8:43 PM

Subject: Uh-oh...Ulcers or something else?