Pottery Chatroom Board

Katie, this business about Mike must seem like living through a nightmare. I hope you get it resolved.

Shelly, I was put on Pantaprazole 40, but I stopped of my own accord because of the side effect, which was continual belching. It could go on for five or ten minutes. It was not hiccups, which come from the diaphragm, and are to do with breathing, but actual belches, which come from the bile duct, and are to do with digestion.
When I told the doctor I'd had to stop he put me on Pantaprazole 20 - half the strength, and then, like you, I only take it when I eat foods that my experience tells me could trigger acid reflux.

Susan, I first met Sylvia online, when she was a member of one of my photography groups. Then her husband died of a heart attack, and she stopped posting in the group.
After maybe three months I messaged her to see how she was doing, and she was in a real mess. Not a soul had come to the house to visit since her husband died, and she was left alone. Her sons didn't come - it looked to her like she'd been abandoned.
Then she fell ill, and that's where Queensland Health found out about her, and started taking a - to her - unwelcome interest.

I immediately hopped in my car and drove the 200 miles to see her, and was frankly horrified.
She had given up. No housework done, and the property was like 5-acres of jungle.
She was terrified of being dragged off by the authorities.
So I drove the car back the 200 miles back to where I was living in the van, and drove the van to her place and parked it there while we sorted-out her problems.
Then I had to get another friend to bring my car from the Gold Coast to Sylvia's place, then I drove my friend the 200 miles home: Let's just say it was a good thousand miles my two vehicles did that weekend.

Max, it's not wildlife, but here's a photo of a rain forest I visited recently.
https://www.picfair.com/pics/013525183-the-cascades-track-new-england-np