Category: Blog
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Love Yourself
I really enjoy coming across street art with a message. It reminds me of when I found “You can be anything on the playground”, written on a playground. What a great message. So fun. And little does the person who made it realize how often that pops into my head. It’s been years, and I…
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I Am So Lucky
It’s been a while since I thought about The Luck Factor. And it’s not every day we score big wins. And in my case, before I read this book, I almost never turned my bad luck into good. I was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis. The first stroke of luck came when I saw a doc…
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Pulling the Plug on Omeprazole
I’m two weeks in on 20mg omeprazole, down from 40mg. It’s pretty rough right now with coughing and irritation. And I’m considering quitting from here rather than transitioning every other day or so. Mainly because I just discovered Dr Jamie Koufman’s blog and searched it for rebound hyperacidity. It seems like her and Dr Jonathan…
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Proton Pumps Are On Overdrive
Wowzers. It’s Day 8 of reducing from 40mg of omeprazole to 20mg. The night before I had some coughing and I knew my proton pumps were coming back to life. But last night they were full of rage. My esophagus was on fire. And there was no stopping them. Sitting upright, Tums, and all that.…
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Proton Pumps Are Back Online After 6 Years
Today is Day 7 of me transitioning off of omeprazole after six years of a high dose. Currently at 20mg daily, down from 40mg. And last night I woke up in a fit of coughing. This is the first sign that my proton pumps are back online. This is also probably Rebound Acid Hypersecretion. Apparently,…
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I’ve Been Taking Vitamins Wrong
You read that right, I’ve been taking my vitamins incorrectly. TLDR: preferably with a meal. For years now I’ve been waking up first thing in the morning and taking a multivitamin, an omeprazole, and a cup of coffee. I made that a routine so I wouldn’t forget. Years. I’ve been doing this many years. Well,…
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Quitting Omeprazole Day 3
Today is day 3 of tapering off omeprazole. I’ve cut my dose in half and am at 20mg. And so far, I have not detected any rebound acid. Apparently when you quit a PPI, your stomach begins to make double plus extra acid. My doc prescribed me an H2 blocker to treat the rebound acid.…
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The Healing Starts Today
I’ve been on 40mg of omeprazole for six years now. I did not realize this is considered a high dose. And there is strong evidence that long term use of strong doses are a risk factor with calcium absorption. And I’ve just been diagnosed with osteoporosis. And the more I think about this, the madder…
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Checking My Smart Watch Sleep Stats After Quitting Coffee
So here we are, on my second day of no coffee. I worked my consumption downward slowly over the course of six weeks. And I just had a thought: hey I wonder if anything interesting can be seen on my smart watch? Here’s the last three months of sleep plotted by weekly average: At first…
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Last Coffee Again
This is it. I have been tapering off my coffee consumption over the last six weeks and today is my last cup of coffee. Again. I mean, I’ve done this before. I’ve quit before. A couple of times. Ok… a whole bunch of times. Why do I keep coming back to this? I dunno, other…