stuck feeling

Hey everyone!

So finally got my biopsy results and it came back all fine and normal - the acid reflux seems to have quieted down quite a bit since i've been put on the nexium 2xs a day now but i still have symptoms from time to time. I noticed dairy seems to phlem up my throat a bit - actually i drink soy b/c it only has 15 mg of sodium in it - cant drink reg milk or skim b/c of that factor.

ANywho (getting off topic a bit) i've been reading that many of you guys still get a stuck feeling in your throat or its difficult to swallow i dont feel that persay but what i do feel is that as im swallowing i get that "stuck" feeling in my chest for a few seconds untill the food passes and i drink something then it starts again

I've cut my dinner portions down a lot b/c the pain was to much ( even tho i didn't think my portions were that big)

Have any of you gotten further with your drs with this feeling? i left a message for my dr so hopefully on monday i'll talk to him

my GI dr wants me back in her office in a month to discuss further options - right now she wants my body stable on the nexium

Oh also about other pains that you guys are feeling - my left arm gets that numbness/tingling sensation like i've slept on it for too long - this has been going on for months now -on and off - the mornings are the worst- as i type now my fingers are tingling - im going to let my dr know that was well

hope you all have a great weekend - im going to see shutter island today!

christine

according to my endoscope i have very little inflamation and no more HH- which on one hand its great but still no answers

the 1st dr (2yrs ago-didn't care for him very much) said that i had a sliding HH - but this new GI (shes wonderful) said that i dont have a HH anymore and that my esophogus has healed quite nicely since i've been on the nexium - she was given all of my previous records and photos - she said that the HH might come back depending but there is none there now

now 2yrs ago i weighed in at 230 give or take - now b/c of the vertigo i've lost weight and am now 190 - both dr's told me that by loosing weight the HH will disappear but it can come back

Oh no im still on the meds and they are working (im no nexium 2xs day now) but from time to time i still get it - my new GI dr wants me to continue on the 2xs a day for a month just to get my body stable again and then come in so we can talk further procedures -

i cannot be doing back to back procedures if anesthesia is involved b/c it effects my vertigo and im out of work for about a week (thats something else that really has no answers) and we cannot afford for me to be out of work for that long

My current GI is great in that way b/c she does both gerd and IBS and is very thorough in both just like my primary - they do research and consult with other Dr's for other options or answers ( my previous drs never did any of that )

its very fustrating on both ends b/c even tho we have gotten "answers" on both fronts (usually by trial and error ) we have ruled out things that are not causing my symptoms (serious and other wise) and the others that are i just have to watch out for until we can get a definate answer

thats what i've been told - they said that loosing the weight will decrease the sliding HH

i've been diagnosed with Gerd 2 yrs ago only on nexium 1x a day at 40mg - i was told i couldn't take anything over the counter bc it would interfere with the nexium - now i was told that i could if my symptoms were severe enough - and now my nexium is a total of 80mg since its 2xs a day now

neither i nor my drs want me on this stuff forever - my issue with trying all these other procedures is that what if they all come back stating that its not serious enough for an operation or something - where does that leave me then??