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fluffygal
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I'm a newby and not sure if in the right forum, but here it goes. I take care of a 70 year old woman, my mother. She has had 3 blood transfusions since Jan. of 09. She also had a severe stroke in Jan.09, which is why in my full time care now. She had a scope done 3 weeks ago, right after her 3rd transfusion. They scoped her upper and lower. The surgeon said her colon looked very good, but her stomach was very red and irritated, full of acid, and sure that is where her blood is going. So she was perscribed Protonix. Since her insurance company are refusing to pay for it, she has only taken 5 total, but has been without it. She also gets her blood level checked every week. I give her chamomile tea to help with the acid since we dont have the medicine. On superbowl sunday I took her to the ER because she was acting very listless, hadnt eaten much in 2 days, and continual sleeping all day, and I finally saw evidence of coffee ground like substance in toilet. They checked her blood level and it was better than the weeks before, so she isnt losing that much blood right now but her doc wants her to have another scope. I'm not liking this because of 2 reasons, 1, the cleaning out process required her to take a full bottle of Miralax, which raised her BP to over 200, and 2, it might not be necessary. I have read many threaRAB about stomach problems, but not seen any about blood. Does anyone out there know of a natural way I can ease her problems? I am considering licorice root. Any help would be appreciated.