hospital stay-worried

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> One and All!! I would really like to thank you guys for the wonderful

and

> encouraging replys to my hospital trauma post. After a week of being of

> home I have come to my senses a little more (probably as close as I ever

get

> anyway.) The weight did come back off......I did have to restart my BP

meds

> and that probably helped it come off I also wanted to share my " view "

of

> what happened.....it seems rather timely. I had been taking Vioxx for a

few

> months...sometimes continuously, sometimes just for a week. A couple of

> months ago I switched to Excedrin....mostly because it seemed to do the

same

> thing pain relief wise, except that it gave me a nice little energy

> boost........BIG MISTAKE......I kept thinking that if it was doing any

> damage surely I would feel it........SECOND BIG MISTAKE. I didn't

realized

> that you do not " feel " ulcers in the jejunum (sp).....there are not enough

> nerve endings there. This is where I ended up having the 3

> ulcers........the biggest of which some believe is what was bleeding. And

I

> need to add that I was also taking Zantac (150mg) daily or sometimes twice

> daily thinking that it was protecting me. Do I know for a fact that it

was

> the Vioxx/Excedrin.....nope, but the docs seemed to think so without

> question.......I know I will never take either one again.........it was

REAL

> scary sitting there wondering if I will ever see my kids again.....and it

> was EXTRA sad thinking that I could have done it to myself I knew

> better......and did it anyways......oh well.....I am still 368 messages

> behind...just wanted to say " THANKS " to you all......... P.