Re: update on my son(debbi brant)

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that poor thing, i know pain that will not let up is the pits. i do not know if this will help, but did you try hot water bottles, i did this for (son) as a baby he had a lot of pain.i wish him the best >>> debbi brantSubject: Re: update on my sonTo: MSersLife Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 10:55 PM

Does your son take a lot of prednisone?

Kathleen

WI

update on my son

> saw the internist yesterday afternoon. When we left the doctor's

> office, Nick said that it was a waste of time and he thinks the doctor

> doesn't really care. I asked the doctor what could Nick do for his pain

> and the doctor said that he could take extra Maalox. Since Nick doesn't

> like liquid medicines, I had bought a bottle of Maalox chewables. Each

> tablet has 1000 mg calcium carbonate and 60 mg of simethicone. By the

> time he feel asleep yesterday, he had been awake for 36 hours. The pain

> is so unbearable when it flairs up. The good thing is, the pharmacy

> assistant at Community Health's Pharmacy was able to get the Protonix

> approved. Nick has been on this medication for two days. The pharmacist

> said that some people get relief right away while others will get relief

> in a few days. The internist wants Nick to take the Protonix for at least

> 3 months even if he feels fine after the first month. He also wants Nick

> to lose 10 to 15 pounds

> over the next year.

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> I don't know if it's safe to take more than 8 of these Maalox tablets in a

> 24 hour period. The bottle says not to go over that amount. Unless he is

> hiding it, Nick may be on his way to healing. So far, he's not screamed

> in pain. Yesterday, he was tired. He was also in pain. I had him take

> the Maalox. He keeps saying it doesn't help. I gave him a couple

> Benadryl tablets. It helps him sleep sometimes, but last night it didn't.

> So I gave him two Trazadone tablets. They make him dizzy, but I told him

> that he just needs to lay down. The dizziness passed and in no time he

> was asleep. He slept from about 5 yesterday evening to about 7 or 7:30

> this morning.

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> I hope he will improve. He's been in so much pain for so long. Maalox,

> Tums, Prilosec, and Zantac do not help.

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> Donna in WA

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