I have bacteria!!

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I have bacteria!!
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Tue, 02-07-2006 - 11:26pm

The doctor's office called today and said my biopsy was positive for H. pylori bacteria in my stomach, which means I just have to take two antibiotics and prevacid for a week and it should be gone!

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Wed, 02-08-2006 - 10:24pm

I'm sorry to hear about your aunt, Jules.

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Wed, 02-08-2006 - 10:31pm

I actually was complaining of a gnawing pain- it felt like hunger to me- which is why I was surprised that I didn't have ulcers.

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Wed, 02-08-2006 - 11:43pm

Come to think of it, there has been an absence of that poster, hasn't there? I can't recall the little names he made up for people either, I just remember it was annoying and, dare I say, stupid.

I've also noticed the absence of a certain poster that used "men only want women for sex, get over it" as her mantra. Someone started to sound like that the other day and began to scare me, but I can't remember who it was and they seemed to go away just as fast as they came.

That's sort of the interesting thing about message boards... people come around, vent, stir the pot, feel like they're heard and then go away leaving the rest of us to our regular conversation.

Can't say I miss them when they go...

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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 8:59am
Gastritis is a bit of a catch all - it means inflammation of the lining of your stomach and can be cause by a number of things. Anything with -itis at the end is an inflammation (arthritis for joints, bursitis for the bursae, etc.). Gastritis can be caused by being a boozer or by taking too much of some medications like aspirin or it can be caused by bacteria such as H. pylori. The belching would certainly come from that. At any rate, hope you feel better soon.
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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 9:04am

***I've also noticed the absence of a certain poster that used "men only want women for sex, get over it" as her mantra. Someone started to sound like that the other day and began to scare me, but I can't remember who it was and they seemed to go away just as fast as they came.***

There was a woman on another board here who kept getting kicked off and banned from the website by the CMs but she would just get a new email and a new user account and everyone knew when she came back because her posts had a very distinct feel to them. Personally, I thought it was pathetic that she had nothing better to do and went through such lengths to be a pain in everyone's backside. If I ever get kicked off of the iVil boards (I have been slapped on the hand more than once), I will miss "talking" with certain people but I sure as heck won't go out of my way to try to come back.

It does make things interesting, that's for sure. It cracks me up to see 75 responses in a thread. Hehe. But, that being said, I don't miss them either.

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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 9:33am

No, I can't imagine you getting reprimanded!?!

If that's the case, I'd better watch myself. I'm probably going to get it for hijacking this thread, too!

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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 11:45am

I just caught up on this thread and I wanted to say "yea! and feel better" to Shy. I hope the doctors can continue to help you.

I also want to send out my good thoughts and prayers for Jules' aunt. I am really sorry your family is going through that right now and I wish you all the best!

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 12:11pm
Thanks, tallgirl!
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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 12:49pm
I'm a little late piping in on this one, but I, too, am sorry to hear about your aunt.
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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:39pm
Thanks, Stacey.