I have hiccups. And I don't mean the occasional "hicc-up." I mean loud, painful big bird "HIIIIIIICCCC-UPPPs." All. the. time. For about a year. They started when I was having the symptoms of a failing gall bladder. However, all the other symptoms went away when I had my gall bladder removed. Not the hiccups. Lucky me!
So I finally went to my regular doctor. He first kind of smirked at me when I said I was there for chronic hiccups and then I got a set of my really painful loud ones and he believed me. This was a couple weeks ago. He gave me a medication that was supposed to control them, however it doesn't reduces them very much and it makes me fall asleep, so that doesn't work. He did some blood work and everything came back normal. I went to the naval hospital to get a chest x-ray (which deserves a blog of its own) and that was normal (meaning no paralyzed diaphragm).
Today I saw my gastrointestinal specialist. He gave me an acid reducer to try for 2 weeks until my next appointment. Apparently the most common reason for hiccups is an irritated esophagus caused by acid reflux. I don't think that is the problem because I was tested for acid reflux during the testing for my gall bladder issues. He also gave me some pretty hilarious exercises to try to stop a bout of hiccups. If the medication doesn't work, them I have to do an upper endoscopy (meaning the put me to sleep and stick a camera down my throat to look around in my tummy). I am hoping they figure it out quickly. It took my doctors MONTHS to figure out what was going on with my gall bladder as I went from doctor to doctor doing a ton of test. I would prefer not to do that this time around.
And ADD... well... I don't have ADD. However, I was supposed to be studying right now and instead decided to write a blog. LOL. I am having a hard time focusing on school with only a week and a half left. My first final is tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to it, but it should be my easiest (I hope!).
Back to studying.... it better be worth all this to be a nurse :p
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