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Posted 4/8/2013 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
I am beginning to wonder if I have a  ulcer that is causing all this trouble?

When I read about DGL, it said that it really helps with ulcerative conditions, so hopefully it will help me get rid of this sore stomach all the time.  I hate waking up and feeling crappy, knowing I will feel this way the whole day grrrrrrrrrrr.

No wonder I have dropped weight!.....this stuff could turn a person off eating all together!

The article I read said to get 400mg DGL chewables, is that what you guys take??

Posted 4/8/2013 4:57 PM (GMT 0)
I take 380 mg 2 sometimes before a meal or 1 before a meal depending on how catious I am on that day. But wow I am having heartburn already cause I didn't chew my gum therapy seriously I think I am allergic to food that is in inorganic I swear.

I am going to buy an organic food here goes my wallet ugh! but yeah I do hope you feel better.
Posted 4/8/2013 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
Tummy: I am taking the chewable DGL 3 times a day before meals, I like them. I also take Probiotic. I can't remember if you had the endoscopy? How long do you have the GERD symptoms? Sorry, I don't remember anything today.

Pink: whatever you do, try to stick with one for at least a week to see if it works then you know. I was doing 3 different digestive enzymes at different times. For now DGL seems to work.
Posted 4/8/2013 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
 

viv,

 have had this crap since December.    No, I have not had a scope. I am sure when I go back on the 16th, he will want me to do a ultrasound for sure.  Just praying I don't have to have a scan done.

My symptoms don't seem to be heartburn, but just gas pains caught up in my stomach.

Years ago when I was in my 30's, I had some stomach problems,, the dr. back then treated me for a peptic ulcer with a little pill I took everyday....Don't remember what it is, but I think it was called Combid???  anyway it did the trick, nausea, everything was gone.  I am sure that drug is long gone??

Since DGL is supposed to help with ulcers also, I want to try it and just see if I feel better.

Thanks for the info!  

Posted 4/8/2013 7:58 PM (GMT 0)
You guys I made an appointment with my ent, this redness has got me concerned afraid if its allergic reaction or LPR or infection. Also I gave up on all the remedies for now because I decided to do the induction diet from the book I read and see if my symptoms will subside and slowly reintroduce the bad food in two weeks.

Viv: I think the combination of all these remedies have given my body some type of sinus infection and I think you can get that from an allergic reaction from herbs
I was doing aloe Vera, and manuka honey and so on...... but after these two weeks are up and my doctor visit I will see if I can do them again, for now healthy eating practice, thank you for always listening to my rants and call me Roah since we are buds :)

Gail: please feel better I am really concerned. I think the dgl might help. :)

Had nice day it WAS FINALLY SPRING YOU GUYS AND I FEEL OPTIMISTIC about THE FUTURE TODAY. I think because I have you guys and I know even though we are not close, we are all going through something in some way its a journey for all of us. Plus I am summer baby so I do well in warm weather haha.

Happy healthy shopping today, so happy!
Posted 4/9/2013 3:21 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck with your ent appointment, roah.
Gail, feel better. Let me know when those cookies arrive.
My ct scan is tomorrow. I will get the result either late tomorrow night or early wednesday.
Right after the ct scan, my family and I will be going to a safari in santa rosa, ca for an overnight stay. During this time, it may be possible for me to be cut off for all electronic communication. I had mixed feelings about going away while such big news could be hanging in the balance but I am doing it for my kids who have been looking forward to it for several months now. Good or bad news, I think I can put my anxiety on hold for my kids.
Wish me luck and keep me in your prayers, ladies. I hope to be back with good news.
Posted 4/9/2013 9:48 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck Chris with the scan and have fun with your family at the safari. I will be thinking and praying for you. I have a feeling you will be back with good news.

Roah: when is your ENT appointment? I think one of our biggest hurdle is anxiety since we think about this condition constantly maybe you should mention this to your ENT.

Gail: I hope last night was better for you.

I am a bit better the last few days. No Zantac again last night. :-)
Posted 4/9/2013 12:32 PM (GMT 0)
 

Chris, good luck today!.....we will all be anxious to hear what happened and of course the results.

I will be holding you in my prayers today.  ;)

Viv, I ordered the DGL, should get it today.  I had a horrible night again last night.  I took zantac around 5pm before I ate, and it seemed to make it worse?  is that possible???  this time I ended up in the bathroom sink with the dry heaves, I never do that???  So this am, I am afraid to take another one.....I am   so sick of feeling this way!..............I thought of calling the Dr. today, but they will just want me to take that darn Protronic stuff.........so really don't know what to try???

Maybe I will just wait for the DGL and eat Tums until they get here?

Do you ever get the feeling that you are going to heave?  It was terrible!

Posted 4/9/2013 2:49 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, Gail sorry to hear you had a rough night. Was you sleeping OK? I normally take Zantac before bedtime. I only get the gas feeling on and off. Maybe you should go see the doctor. DGL works kind of slowly. Have you eaten this morning?
Posted 4/9/2013 3:18 PM (GMT 0)
 

I have not eaten yet, it is 8 am here, so I will have some cereal soon.

All I ate last night was a baked potatoe with sour cream, thinking that was bland enough.

I don't feel that bad this morning, but of course I am afraid to take another zantac?? 

Posted 4/9/2013 3:39 PM (GMT 0)
Do you take the 75 or the 150 zantac? I have been using the 75.

Does it mean I have gurd because of the dry heaves? sure would be nice to know what I do have????
Posted 4/9/2013 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
guys,

I have been taking zantac 75/150 for 3 days now.

I have drunk aloe three times between meals without any real relief or bad side effect but i don't know, when i took one small cup last night i felt heartburn. i was just fine a few minutes before and then heartburn. T.T.
Maybe because the juice was cold. Maybe because it was about time to take zantac anyway.
I drank one cup this morning and it didn't cause heartburn but nor any real relief. I will continue at least until this bottle runs out and see. According to my friend who recommended this, you have to drink it for a long time to see the effect.

I chewed dgl only twice yesterday, also without any real relief or any side effect.
IT promises immediate relief so i am disappointed. :(

I haven't taken slippery elm yesterday because they say it coats the lining of stomach so might prevent the absorption of any other drug. I need my zantac works first right now since i have acute heartburn.

I eat ok, just porridge but I don't feel nauseated or anything. it's just this burning pain in the esophagus. I feel like if I open my mouth I would fume sulfur fire like a dragon.

My upper back pain got better though. Maybe it's my pillow i lowered, maybe it's the exercise i have been doing, maybe it's magnesium i took. who knows? Only thing that's sure is it is NOT related to my stomach pain. See? They always go separately.

My dry cough subsided, as well. I really hope it's a sign that my esophagus is being healed.

I would have to take zantac for a while, I feel. I hoped just couple of days would do the job but...

I am sorry. I hoped to bring good news but well, what can i say? Hate me. I hate myself, too.
Posted 4/9/2013 7:50 PM (GMT 0)
Ej, so sorry to see you struggle like this. It will get better. I hate to suggest this but perhaps you can try another kind of ppi along with magnesium supplement?

My ct scan is 15 min. Away. I'll be talking about you.
Posted 4/9/2013 8:04 PM (GMT 0)
EJ,

As you can see by my posts above, I too am so disappointed in my progress!

I was surviving for about 3 weeks without any antacids, zantac, etc.  But still have the lower back pain, which in my case seems to be from not being regular.  Yesterday, I went 2 times, fairly normal, then another visit to the bathroom with loose stools.  Gad, so I did not take any prune juice yesterday at all because of it, .and today I have not gone at all........go figure? 

The past 2 nights have been bad, with stomach pains, gas, and generally feeling awful.  Up during the night on Sunday, took a zantac and finally went back to sleep.  Then I took a zantac before dinner last   night,

evidently not early enough?  ate about 40 minutes later and was up again in the dark, but this time feeling like throwing up, had the dry heaves, and finally went back to sleep after a couple Tums.  I never do that, so now I am wondering if the zantac made me worse?   So today, I have taken nothing, and my appetite sucks as usual.  All of this gets so old doesn't it?

about the aloe, I didn't know you were supposed to take a whole cup?  Thought it was more like a couple tablespoons??.......I ordered DGL chocolate and it should be here tomorrow or next.  I hope it helps, we may have to take it for a few days to see any results??  Everything on the net claims it is very good and safe too.

Do you take 75mg zantac or 150?  I wonder if I took 2 of the 75mg it would help me better???

 will never gain any weight at this rate!

 

Chris, I will be there with you !!  let us know when you can how it went, how long it took, etc.

Good luck Buddy!

Posted 4/9/2013 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
Oh my goodness all of you guys are having crappy day,
so am I, I tried to follow this diet thing but still getting heartburn, mildly of course but you know like ej said. I just wonder why it's an everyday struggle good days and bad days I guess.

Chris: I hope to hear some good news. praying for you and the sweet potato fries were awesome. thanks for the recipe. thanks for the luck i need it. I do not need another problem so I hope to have some good news.

Viv: I really think I will mention because I read somewhere the chest tightness and tight throat can be anxiety or LPR. I am scared of having LPR when I already have GERD but sometimes you can have both I guess. and my appointment is this Friday so nervous.

Gail: please feel better the dgl should help with healing but I do not know about the cramping and gas.
My gas has gotten better cause I chew gum and eat less, honestly for me its one day this another day that. so I can relate.

EJ: don't even worry about it because I also came with some bad news as well, I think its something you are eating maybe? try to keep diary sometimes even when we eat small, there are still triggers that just don't sit with our stomach.

You know once we know if our stomach makes too much acid or less acid then you know what to do and that's what I want to know if I make less than I would need enzymes and probiotics or more fermented foods, if you make a lot you want to stay away from the acidic aggravating foods, but we can't know that because you would need an 24 hr test nd I can't think I of tube in my stomach for the whole day. The back thng for me is def from the pillow.

I wish I could just find some type of solution to all of our problems.

Post Edited (inpinkagony) : 4/9/2013 2:55:45 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/10/2013 3:46 AM (GMT 0)
So after doing extensive searching through out the internet and the forums as well, I will tell my ent if he could do a check of my larynx and pharynx, but redness is gone but I do feel I will get it back again because I read LPR can cause recuring sinus infections, and that's what I had even though the symptoms have subsided.
Things I learned about LPR.
It could be caused by either anxiety (causing that lump in throat feeling which I have either from anxiety or difficulty swallowing) or the condition alone, sometimes you can reflux during the day and not even know because it's silent.
I wonder why my heartburn comes and goes less now but I do have that trickleing feeling behind my breast bone it feels like a little puddle of water there, and a sour taste in my mouth as well as the chest pain and the weird cramping. I kind of feel a little bit at peace and will bring all these issues to my ent. I just hope he is willing to listen I know how doctors hate know it all which I tend to be for now. But I just do hope its none of these things I do not need combination of illnesses worrying about my esophagus is enough but larynx and pharynx is another thing.

But anyways from reading all this, I can now say I did have gerd before all the ppi stuff, because i remember having soar throat or mouth pain, and sinus infections but very mild in symptoms, and I think the ppi just made things worse than they already were. glad I am off these things, now its time to combat these naturally but I wont know that until my visit this Friday.


I wonder where Chris is?
Posted 4/10/2013 4:27 AM (GMT 0)
Yo, gail,
It's a small cup, like 1/3 cup cup. :) i had two more cups today and no heartburn from it yet. Hope it will be the same at night.

Roah,
Thank you for understanding. :) my jaw hurts for chewing so vigorously every meal. Lol
Knowing whether it's too much acid or too little helps little because like myself, if your stomach is not moving very well, even if you have lower acid, acid is bound to come up whenever you eat even just a little too much. And I would hate that test too. Sounds horrible for not much gain.

Chris, my boy
I would be praying for the good result, too. Have a great time with your family and come back shinning. Will be here. Not going any where.

Had a chamomile tea. Can't say i am a big fan for the taste... But well it shouldn't hurt to maintain my sanity. :)

Ok, I shouldn't forget the reason i named my id willovercome.
One day at a time.
Thank you all for reminding me that.
Posted 4/10/2013 4:54 AM (GMT 0)
EJ: I am so happy its helping you out, usually people take like 2oz of it in day but I think up to 8 oz in day can be taken and people usually take them before the meals, but I do hope you keep at it, are you on zantac right now?

I need my rest tonight as well. hehe. chamomile is awesome with honey and milk and cinnamon I used to love cinnamon but for me its trigger so I stay away LOL

sleep well my friend. :)
Posted 4/10/2013 11:42 AM (GMT 0)
 

EJ,  you haven't given up on the DGL have you?

Man I hope it helps me!  Should be here today via UPS.  I had cherrios for dinner last night, made it through ok this time.

 

Posted 4/10/2013 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone woke with better mood today, this lump in my throat is really bothering me, its always there when I wake up and I wonder when its going to go away.

Gail: glad you are doing better :)
Posted 4/10/2013 2:05 PM (GMT 0)
Pink,

I wonder if that could be an allergy or something?  It is allergy season now.

Or it could be something during your sleep.  Do you snoar?  I know if we sleep with our mouths open, it can cause sore throats, etc.

I wish Chris would post soon.

Posted 4/10/2013 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Good morning,
Gail: was that all you eat last night? How about some soft rice and steam vegetable (carrots, cabbage, etc.)

Roah: that lump in your throat could be there because you are so anxious. I had that on and off. Lately mine is almost gone. I try to read at least 1 hour a day now so my mind is completely off the GERD thing. Do you exercise?

EJ: it takes time for you to feel the real relief if you choose to go with herbal remedies. Are you taking probiotic?

Chris: please update us.

I am slowly weaning myself off Zantac 150mg. I think I am 50% way there. Hope everyone will have a better day today.
Posted 4/10/2013 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
Viv,

my stomach was not good last night, so thus the cereal and strawberries.  At least I slept finally.

Only have had hot tea for far this am, but have had a BM (which is good).

I cannot have cabbage, as it causes me gas!......but the carrots sound good.  Thought about baking some shells and ricotta cheese for tonight.  Sam can have sauce on his, I can eat it plain.(olive oil)

Very anxious to get the DGL today.  I have heard by the reviews that some people have relief right away and others it takes awhile, so we will see. 

Posted 4/10/2013 3:16 PM (GMT 0)
Viv: yeah maybe because mine is like you it comes and goes, funny thing is I started having this problem after the ppi I never used to get this but than again maybe My symptoms were getting worse during the ppi but I was going to ask what were your symptoms before and mu sore throat is almost gone, I been Torturing myself by reading all these things thinking I have lpr and how some people get surgery and I really don't want to get to that point, I don't know about having anymore tests but I do want to know what kind of gerd do I have and how much I reflux, some interesting stuff I came across


Gail: hahaha cabbage makes me gassy too broccoli kale and cabbage does that to your stomach and lentils sometimes and that sounds like yummy dinner I wish I was over enjoy
Posted 4/10/2013 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
Oh I never had sore throat pain but just like discomfort in my throat the lump feeling and mucus in my throat could be cause of the sinus infection
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