If your GERD flares up and you experience heartburn, take an antacid like Rolaids, Tums, or Mylanta. Follow the instructions on the label for the right dosage. Take the medication with a glass of cold water. Stay upright while the heartburn passes. If you feel panicked or upset, try taking deep breaths to relax. Your doctor will typically prescribe a high dose antacid medication for you to take to slow down the progression of Barrett's esophagus and ease the symptoms of GERD. Take this medication exactly as it is prescribed to you. If necessary, set an alarm on your phone to avoiding missing doses of the medication. Depending on the severity of your Barrett's esophagus, your doctor may ask you to return for screenings every few months, or yearly. They may  perform an endoscopy to examine the condition of your esophageal tissue and assess the condition. Severe cases of Barrett's esophagus may be a precursor to esophageal cancer, so it is important to keep up with these screenings as recommended. Micro-frequency ablation is a procedure where an electrode is used to deliver heat energy to diseased esophageal tissue to destroy it. Over 2 or 3 sessions, this treatment may remove Barrett's esophagus entirely. Ask your doctor if this procedure, which requires anesthesia or sedation, is the right choice for you.  This procedure is performed on an outpatient basis. Each session lasts between 25-35 minutes. Cryotherapy is a procedure similar to micro-frequency ablation, except it uses cold to freeze off disease esophageal tissue. Patients need between 1 and 5 treatments, each lasting between 25-35 minutes. Ask your doctor about this treatment option. Cryotherapy is typically an outpatient procedure. Surgery may be an option for dealing with the symptoms of GERD and Barrett's esophagus. While medications can treat reducing acid reflux, surgical intervention can prevent reflux of pancreatic and biliary secretions. Ask your doctor is surgery is the right option for you. Ask about recovery time and risk factors when considering surgery.
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One-sentence summary -- Take an over-the-counter antacid if you experience heart burn. Take any medications prescribed by your doctor to treat GERD. Monitor the disease with regular doctor's appointments. Discuss the option of micro-frequency ablation with your doctor. Inquire about cryotherapy to treat Barrett's esophagus. Ask your doctor about the possibility of surgery.


Shake the box containing the numbers, and choose 1 without looking at it. Read the number loudly and clearly to everyone playing, so that they can strike it off their ticket if necessary.  Some experienced callers like to use nicknames for the numbers that they read out to make the game more fun. However, they will always say the actual name for the number too.  Some nicknames for the numbers include “Lone ranger” for the number 1, “Colors of the rainbow” for the number 7, and “Valentine’s Day” for the number 14.  If you play tambola regularly with family or friends, come up with your own nickname for each number to make the game more interesting. As the caller reads out each number, check the appropriate column to see if you can strike a number off. If you don’t have the number that has been called out on your ticket, wait for the next number to be called. Be ready to stand up and shout if you think that you have won the game! Often you can only win the game if you announce that you have won immediately, rather than waiting until after the next number has been called.  If you miss your chance to announce that you have won, you will usually miss out on your entitlement to the prize. More than 1 person may realize that they have the winning point after a number is called. In this case, the first person to announce it goes to the caller to have their ticket verified. Check the tambola ticket to see if the winning point has been awarded by the last number called. Announce to the group playing if that particular player has won or not.  If the player has won, this often ends the game. However you can decide to keep playing if you want to draw for second and third prizes. If the player doesn’t have a winning point, keep calling numbers and playing the game until someone wins. If there are prizes for the winning ticket or tickets, give these out to the players. The prizes are usually cash. For an informal game with family or friends, you can be more creative with the prizes. Try a voucher to a local restaurant, a delicious treat, a flower bouquet, or a certificate with the winners name on it.
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One-sentence summary -- Draw a number and call it out to the audience if you are the caller. Strike the numbers off as they are called if you are playing the game. Claim for the winning point if you think you have one. Verify the winning point if you are the caller. Award the prize to the winner.


Some poetry uses rhyming words at the end of each line or every other line to create a flow. If you’d like to use rhyming in your poetry, try to insert them as you write, instead of thinking of them before you start writing. For example, a poem could use words that rhyme with the last syllable of “seen,” like “clean,” “mean,” and “glean.”  Try to think of these words yourself rather than looking them up in a dictionary or online so that your poem flows better. Stressed and unstressed syllables also create rhythm in a poem. In the sentence “He’d like some pumpkin pie,” “like,” “pump-,” and “pie” are all emphasized based on how you say them. Use language that doesn’t exactly describe what you want to convey, but instead uses metaphors and similes to portray emotions, settings, and people. Similes use the words “like” and “as” to compare something, while metaphors don’t. There is no limit as to how long a poem is. Some are a mere sentence long, while others are paragraphs long or even the length of a tale. It all depends on when you are satisfied with your work. Your first poem can be short. You can work your way up to longer poetry over time. When you first write something, it might not be the quality or the length that you would like. Come back to your poem after a few hours or days and take a second glance. Check for spelling mistakes, areas where writing could be tightened up, or places that need more information. Remember that you are the poet, expressing your feelings through your poems so intuition, above anything else, is key. Once you have revised your poem and you are satisfied with it, make a final draft by copying your finished poem to a clean sheet of paper. You can write it out, type it on the computer, or keep it in your notebook. If you will be submitting your poem anywhere, it is very important to make sure your final copy looks exactly how you want it to.
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Use rhyming words if you’d like your poem to have a rhythm. Write your poem using metaphors and similes. Don’t feel like your poem has to be a certain length. Revise your first draft of your poem. Create a final draft of your poem.