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[Machair]

Sparkle how are you getting on did you get your test results? Thinking of you.xx

[Elizabethrose]

Me too Sparkle. x

[Elizabethrose]

Good girl - well done you! 

It's always such a good idea to get a full MOT done, it's so easy to worry when the aches and pains start mounting up, now you know where you are.

Hopefully the ranitidine will knock the pesky acid reflux on the head so fingers crossed!!

My breasts have always been lumpy too, I've learnt not to finger inspect, I'd be at the docs every month! Another little treat for us from the hormones!

I'm delighted for you Sparkle, enjoy your weekend!! xxx

[Hurdity]

Good to hear you womb lining is thin sparkle - at least that's one thing you don't have to worry about at the moment

Hurdity x

[Machair]

So pleased all was well Sparkle. I am delighted that you can now relax and not worry.x

[Machair]

Thank you Sparkle for asking- yes I am fine - just very hot at night- throwing off the covers! No idea what is going to happen next. Do you think you will have another period?

[Machair]

Maybe this is the final few months now then Sparkle. How are you doing Elizabethrose?

[Elizabethrose]

Hi Machair, thanks for asking.

Bit bleugh actually. Fourteen days since start of last bleed but absolutely no signs of any hormone change. No cervical mucus, no flushes (just occasional warm spells). Sitting in a bit of a plateau I think but the migraines have been a constant for over two weeks in fact it may well be the last month and a half. Same thing happened in Dec and went on until late Feb before the flushes started. I've had specialist appointments, all checked and it's just a case of riding the storm. It's these wretched surges and plummets that really cause me the problems.

Constant migraines are just so wearing, feel really pooped! It doesn't help that the house is in total chaos and disarray with very talkative decorators running around everywhere. There are no calm spots! Actually took off to my mother's for some calm one day!

Off to France on Thursday to see daughter and take all of her worldly goods out. I'm praying that the migs will calm. I've saved enough med days should I need them so I won't panic.

It sounds as if both you and Sparkle are in a calm place, long may it continue! I'm strangely ever the optimist, and hoping that this latest short cycle will be my last. Hah, here's hoping!

I wish you well xx

[Elizabethrose]

Thanks Sparkle,

I'll be fine thank you, but you're right it would help if I could curl up somewhere! (and die!!) Haha, only joking!

I'm not sure when they'll be finishing, rather than doing one room at a time, they are spreading themselves out so the whole house is affected. Oh how I hate having work done, it's lovely to have it finished of course but chaos while it's happening. They are lovely but the head man does not even come up for air, he simply doesn't stop talking, I've never come across anything like it! If he's not talking to somebody else he's talking to himself!

It doesn't help that we have a huge mound of stuff being shifted out to France, but I'll be mightily glad to see the back of it.

It will be lovely to see my daughter, we Skype and whatsapp regularly but it's not the same is it? And of course Paris is always an absolute delight!

Hope you stay well Sparkle xx

[Elizabethrose]

Oh I wish you well, hope it works. My husband and his brother suffer the same as you and the endoscopy is never looked forward to. Hopefully it won't be necessary though. Fingers crossed for you xx

[Elizabethrose]

It's controlled. My BIL has Barrett's oesophagus and takes daily meds. It hasn't deteriorated in many years so they just do regular checks. My husband has the same symptoms but they ruled out BO at the last endoscopy. He was prescribed omeprazole in the beginning but then told he doesn't have to keep using it after the last endoscopy. However, he feels he needs something in the evening and either uses Rennie or will take  an omeprazole. We eat late in the evenings which is obviously not recommended and he doesn't restrict any food types which can also sometimes cause upset. He sleeps with three full pillows which helps but is a little tricky.

My husband also suffers from irritable bowel like you, but has found the Vit D3 which he takes in the form of Osteocare plus glucosamine and chondroitin (he pinches mine!) have helped settle it down dramatically.

It's all such a pain, I feel really sorry for you! Hopefully the new meds will help you. xx

[Elizabethrose]

Oh thanks Sparkle, is that the v shaped thing or something else? I'm a bit of an anorak re pillows mainly because I've always got a sore head. We only have down pillows but I've bought him a medium down and feather number that he uses at the bottom of the three but it's still like sleeping upright.

He has this really scary thing that happens in the night sometimes, though not for ages thank goodness. There is a vomit type surge from his stomach that gets trapped in his airways and slams shut his epiglottis and he is unable to breath, choking and gasping for air. Ooooh it's really awful! It happened in a hotel once, I think the other guests though I was trying to kill him in the middle of the night!! I truly don't know which of us finds it more shocking!!

Since seeing the docs and taking the meds and sitting upright, it has helped and he hasn't had an attack in ages. I've tried to persuade him to give up the red wine with dinner but he is having none of it! I'm sure it would help if we ate earlier. Do you eat early? x

[Elizabethrose]

Haha, it has to be said I'm sorely tempted on occasions! We are totally incompatible sleep wise: he goes to sleep listening to Radio 4 comedies on his iPhone and laughs out loud frequently, just as I'm dozing!! He also twitches his feet like a dog when sleeping and kicks out at dreamed assassins! Whereas, when in migraine, I snore like a trucker. The noise infiltrates into my dreams and even wakes me up!

I can't get my brain around this pillow you're describing. Do you sleep with the fat bit of the wedge under your neck or the thin bit? Is 6cm high enough to make a difference? He has a tower of very plump pillows, the bottom one being firmer than the top two. What is the thing called and where did you buy it? Has it made a difference for you? x

[Machair]

Oestrogen surge yesterday ladies- mucus and feeling bloated. What next - I'll let you know. It's been quiet for a while now- thought hormones might be falling to a new low but obviously not!

[Machair]

A bit like I have got PMT but maybe nothing will come of it. How are you Sparkle - still nothing happening in the peri department?