My GERD

Hi,

I'm a 27yr old, from England, I was diagnosed with gerd recently and luckily I think I caught it straight at the start. I also feel the urge to say how good the NHS is.

This time last year I started to struggle with food seemingly 'floating' in my throat. It was an odd sensation, and took a lot of heaving and burping to get rid off, took over two hours in the end. This occured a few times.

Because of the stuck food, I saw my doctor who suspected reflux and referred my to a specialist. At this time I was not suffering from heartburn or reflux. A few weeks after the appointment things got worse and I started to experience regurgitation, acid, nausea and all of a sudden my life was turned upside down.

A few months later I had an endoscopy, which showed gastritis and duodenitis, PPI's ensued, though did little to help. My barium test showed I had an abnormal top part of the stomach which he, the surgeon, described as prolapsed. It was then, in january, he diagnosed gerd. He also put me in for a ph test, which I was dreading.

The ph test, was painless, though I felt drained of energy and struggled to cheer up for days. Luckily I suffered dreadfully from regurgitation and acid the day of the test, some days are considerably better than others.

Living with acid refflux is not easy, but for now there is nothing i can do

AnotherDay,

I am sorry to read of your problems.  I was wondering if you have tried and lifestyle change to help control you symptoms. 

Here are some suggested things to help acid reflux (GERD).

http://news.healingwell.com/index.php?p=news1&id=623131

And here are some foods to avoid, as diet can play a large part in dealing with GERD.

 
http://news.healingwell.com/index.php?p=news1&id=617756

Keep on talking with us as we are all here to support you.

Kindly,

Kitt