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Originally posted by BlueCorsa
Yes the voltarol might not be helping if you have got ulceration - they definitely should be taken after food (to protect your stomach lining).

Have you had any ulcer drugs (ranitidine, omeprazole, anything like that?). It's very rare that they actually perform surgery on ulcers - usually just give drugs to help them get better on their own.

But yes, endoscopy is sometimes used for diagnosis so they can be sure that it is an ulcer and not something more serious - especially if there has already been a bleed.

Endoscopy to heart is an angiogram?

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Originally posted by Jodi_the_g
And unlike some of the others does not involve sawing your rib cage in half

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Originally posted by Paul_J

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Originally posted by Jodi_the_g
And unlike some of the others does not involve sawing your rib cage in half

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I was sitting here thinking - ahhh I'd hate that, then I read that bit about ripping rib cage open (which I guess they'd have to - to get access) and then I thought 'Oh... yes valid point, I think I would prefere this telescope thing'

Personally whenever I've had a operation I like to be well and truely out cold

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