My journey to a debt free life

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

Both Mr SA and a friend of mine have been on Omeprazole for years. Good idea to be more forthright. Our last GP was brilliant but retired. Now it’s pot luck who you get, I couldn’t tell you the names of any of the doctors at our surgery now.

Is Mr SA monitored for his Omeprazole, they just seem to hand this drug out like smarties even knowing it can cause osteoporosis  

Sunshine_girl2

My parents have both been given Omeprazole in the past. Mum stopped taking it after a week when she found the link with Osteoporosis but dad still has it for reflux . The acid makes his voice very hoarse rather than a cough though. He is monitored by my mum 😀, she was a nurse for 42 years and questions all tablets and medicines much to the chagrin of the doctors at the surgery. 

Onebrokelady

Pay day today so I've checked my bank account and have moved money where it needs to go 
DDs rent has gone into the house fund
The council tax has gone into the Christmas fund,I'm actually going to rename this because it also pays for birthdays as well 😊
 I rounded down my account by £9.27 and added that to the Christmas fund as well 😊
The budget has been set for food for the month and this month I'm challenging myself to get down to £100  from £120 for the month, not a big drop but every little helps and I just want to see if it's possible 

Sun_Addict

Mr SA has an annual review of all his meds and they all just get signed off for another year. He has a lot of ongoing issues that just get written off as a consequence of strong chemo. 

That’s an extremely good amount for a monthly food budget, wish I could get mine so low. I don’t know where it all goes.

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

Mr SA has an annual review of all his meds and they all just get signed off for another year. He has a lot of ongoing issues that just get written off as a consequence of strong chemo. 

That’s an extremely good amount for a monthly food budget, wish I could get mine so low. I don’t know where it all goes.

I've never had a review of my meds,I've been on them for years 🙄 my food budget is only for me but does include toiletries and cleaning supplies, at the moment to dog food is accounted for separately  but I would like to include that into the food budget as well 

badmemory

I stopped taking omeprazole because it didn't work anywhere near as well as cimetidine used to do.  I'm fortunate enough to mostly be able to sort my problem by adjusting what I eat.  No bread, definitely no pastry & no quite a few things & minimum stress!

Willowtree222

Think you should definitely be more insistent with your doctors now you have read the leaflets and can see what should and shouldn't be taken together. 
Have a lovely weekend OBL. X

HairyHandofDartmoor

OBL I think you should change your doctor as they sound awful. DS1 has changed his doctor twice in the last few years and the one he has now seems really good, so I'm hoping he has found the right surgery for him. I think a lot of GPs are a bit rubbish, I know they are very busy, but I know you have to take care of your own health rather then expect them to do it. Try not to worry about your cough as it's probably reflux. I was convinced DH had bone cancer when his hip was very painful but it turned out to be bursitis and arthritis ☺. I'm still glad he asked for an x-ray though as you can't be too careful.

I think it's a very good idea to save all of DD's money as it will be a nice little nest egg for doing up your house, plus you don't know how long you'll be getting it for.

Onebrokelady

badmemory said:

I stopped taking omeprazole because it didn't work anywhere near as well as cimetidine used to do.  I'm fortunate enough to mostly be able to sort my problem by adjusting what I eat.  No bread, definitely no pastry & no quite a few things & minimum stress!

Omeprazole does work if I take it all the time but I wanted to try to stop taking it, everything I eat now gives me really severe heartburn, I wouldn't be able to eat if I didn't take something 😟

Onebrokelady

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

OBL I think you should change your doctor as they sound awful. DS1 has changed his doctor twice in the last few years and the one he has now seems really good, so I'm hoping he has found the right surgery for him. I think a lot of GPs are a bit rubbish, I know they are very busy, but I know you have to take care of your own health rather then expect them to do it. Try not to worry about your cough as it's probably reflux. I was convinced DH had bone cancer when his hip was very painful but it turned out to be bursitis and arthritis ☺. I'm still glad he asked for an x-ray though as you can't be too careful.

I think it's a very good idea to save all of DD's money as it will be a nice little nest egg for doing up your house, plus you don't know how long you'll be getting it for.

There is only one other doctor near enough for me and they are not supposed to be very good, my surgery is meant to be really good according to the CQC, to be honest I think it's just my doctor, she is away with the fairies half the time I see her, unfortunately she is the only one accepting patients 🙄