LPRD

any one here have lpr reflux? if so, how do you manage it or will surgery help it? i was diagnosed about a year and a half ago after i woke up with an extreme sore throat. I doubled my prevacid and it worked for a while but i was never 100% and now it seems i am having issues again. i have a lot of congestion, throat feels weird, coughing, at times shortness of breath and a wheezing type of feeling thru my throat, liquid type of sensation in throat although i dont bring up liquid and i always notice my throat!!!!! i cant be around strong smells and i lose my voice or my voice cracks and breaks a lot. i also sometimes choke on my own spit at times. i dont have trouble swallowing and i did lose some weight but gained about 10 back and i do have a hiatal hernia but it is not big. my endoscopy last year showed no damage at all. ive had lots of tests including: endoscopy, video strobe, mirror laryngoscopy, breathing tests, etc etc. no one can give me a straight answer! i used to have laryngospasms at times too but that is better for the time being and ive learned to control them by breathing techniques. i do not want to continue to take meds that dont help and i dont want to live this way as i am miserable all the time. i have only tried nexium before the prevacid but it made me too dizzy so i went back to the prevacid and have been on it for about 3 years and 2 x a day since last year. im wondering if maybe people build up tolerances to tummy meds like with other meds? maybe i should try another med? i also wonder if maybe i should look into the surgery since this is horrible. my docs seems to have left me hung out to fry and i am upset about that. i go to a new ent tomorrow and i will see what he says.

thank you! lpr to me is much more miserable than regular reflux as you have to use your throat to do everything! so being 8 days out are you glad you had the surgery then? im considering it but maybe not til the spring time............i need to lose weight first. good luck to you and if you can let me know how the surgery was and the details etc. did you have to have any pre-testing before the surgery?

lady jane ive spoken to you on regular email and ive been to a gastro but he didnt see any damage and said i needed no follow up???!!! anyone know a good surgeon in atlanta? i may try to go to emory but i think i need a referral and my gastro doc may not do that. i am very frustrated with feeling like this all the time and i dont know what else to do.

Sorry Neo, my mistake; do you have a family Dr. who would give you a referral, how about your ENT? It certainly sounds like you need someone on your side down there and for whatever reason, your GI Dr. doesn't sound like he/she is the one. I had a pulmonary spl who was the same way; I finally found someone new..had to! I think when someone presents who is outside of their comfort zone they either step up and admit that you need someone else or shut down and say nothing's wrong!