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From: LORI COGGIN
Date: 12/12/00
Time: 19:55:40
ON DECEMBER 12/12/00, A DOCTOR IN BIRMINGHAM,ALABAMA DIAGNOSED ME WITH A HIATAL HERNIA. ALSO, HE PRESCRIBED PRITONAX, SOME KIND OF SYRUP FOR CONSTIPATION, MILK OF MAGNESIA 8 TABLETS A DAY, THREE FIBER CON TABLETS. I STILL DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY DIAGNOSED BECAUSE HE NEVER SAID THAT ANY OF THIS WAS CONTRIBUTING TO MY SEVERE ABDOMINAL BLOATING! I SWELL OUT LIKE I AM SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT! WHEN I EAT A CRACKER, CHEW GUM OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, I AM SOMISERABLE AND IF I AM NOT WEARING SOMETHING LOOSE THEN I SWELL EVEN WORSE! ALSO, I HAVE MITRAL VALVE OF THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR VALVE, INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS OF THE BLADDER, HYPERSOMNIA, SIMPLE GOITER, DEPRESSION. ZYBETA5MGX2,ARMOUR 60MGX1, ELMIRON100MGX3, DETROL5MGX2. NOTHING SEEMS TO BE GETTING ANY BETTER AND I HAVE TRIED WEIGHT WATCHERS, NUTRI SYSTEM, PHYSICIAN'S WEIGHT LOSS CENTER DIET, DR. ATKIN'S THE ZONE BY BARRY SEARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE ON THE MARKET AND I CANNOT LOSE WEIGHT!! DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? CAN CONSTIPATION AND ACID REFLUX MAKE YOUR ABDOMEN SWELL???
THANKS,
LORI COGGIN