gerd 27 year old

helloo everyone my name is imtiyaz ahmed and i m 27 year old from new delhi,india.i was diagnosed with gerd on 15 feb and since it has taken troll on my life.My endoscopy showed everything normal it is that only my with my les valve that was seen open no other complication ,my gi put me on ppi's for 6 weeks and they helped me some extent but after that i started having chronic gas i was passing every 15 minutes , i thought i was having side effects from the medicine and eventually will fade out after 6 weeks i was in so much pain that i had to leave my job ,my doc i should get fine and put me on strong meds ppi's again for 3 weeks .for first week it helped but still had flatulence not that much but yes was there .Does gerd creates flatulence as well?i m seriously thinking to going for the endoscopic surgery (stretta procedure as it is available in india) then if it doesnt works always have the option for nissen fundoplication.is it too early to think for the surgery coz i cant take the medicine for such longer time and if anyone can tell me about the stretta procedure's succes a bit
my gerd symptoms are less heartburn but i feel like my food has got stuck behind my breastbone and it drives me crazy.
any suggestions will be highly appreciated

hi ericapeace2000 and thanks for replying and yes i have treid the diet as well cut out everything which includes acidic fruits and vegetables ,i was given all the guidelines by the doctor although i havent treid food combining ,i drink a lot of water but this food stuck problem is driving me crazy and so is this flatulence ,the reason i said of surgery coz i had to leave my job coz of this and i just want to get well nothing else so thought of surgery came in my mind but i want to go with the stretta procedure first which is done without any incision because i feel i m a perfect candidate for it although medically i m not sure .I just want to get well and i dunt want to loose my career because of this problem .

that is the main reason i guess even though i went to the one of the best hospitals in india(Apollo hospitals) and even gi is a very experienced but all my hardwork is in vain my i think i should i look for a different doctor ,however i m still considering stretta procedure as it is invasive and its results so far i have read are very effective havent u thought about it ? or how long have u been suffering from it ???

Ahmed,

Welcome to the forum.

So sorry you are suffering so much.

GERD is a difficult disease.

However, before you try surgery, I would urge you to try read what helped me, and I had a VERY bad case of it:

For years I suffered terrible GERD, and I was on Nexium for a good 2 + years, without much help.

Then when I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, and the meds didn't work for me, I had to come up with some alternatives to help myself, which worked great in putting my UC in remission.

BUT as a side effect of a few of the steps I did, my GERD went away.

So I thought I would share these with you:

1) After every meal, I would use organic slippery elm powder, about 1 1/2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon in 1-2 oz. of room temp filtered water, wait for it to gel just a little and then drink it down. What the slippery elm powder does is: it coates the whole alimentary canal.

2) I started a food combining diet, and that made a huge difference, because if you mis-combine the wrong foods it will create havoc, gas, distension, and the acid will back up....painfully so. Here's a link that explains about the food combining: http://cureforulcerativecolitis.com/step-1-methodology-to-eating

Since doing these steps, I have ZERO GERD! What a relief! I even get to sleep through the night without that aweful chlorox-like burn that used to wake me up by choking me.

You can rest assured your doctor won't tell you about these 2 steps because he/she probably doesn't know about them, and it doesn't put money in his/her pocket (or big pharma's pocket) if you are cured and never come back for this complaint.

Let me know how you do.