: Wow. It's amazing that just speaking to you on the phone they knew it was an emergency. Do you know what led them to understand the seriousness of the situation?I don't think she expected me to be in surgery that fast, but she asked me a couple of questions and said you need to go to the emergency room. Interestingly, a friend of mine who never calls me in the morning, and who's a doctor did call, and he asked me a couple of questions and said,"You have a perforated ulcer.
But we think that if we're taking over-the-counter medicine, we're okay. And the fact of the matter is that over-the-counter medicines have side effects, too. We need to be informed consumers. I've heard many people's stories now since this happened to me in the last couple of weeks. I know someone who postponed knee surgery and was taking ibuprofen and lost a kidney because it also impacts your kidneys. And a number of drugs impact your liver.