Alternatives to PPI's Part 2

angelcat said...
Thank you pazshalom! The test will be held tomorrow and I am deeply praying that the result will come out fine and clear! I strongly feel that it really is not about my lungs.

I have read the articles you posted and I am convinced that everything will be ok. I will really try to follow it. And that I should get back my positive outlook! For what I have experienced, my worrying and anxiety has made me suffer more, physically and mentally. Before when I feel sick, I don't mind it and they all went away without me noticing it. But now because of thinking too much, my social life had changed. Not that confident anymore. Not that fully happy even if everybody around is. I don't feel severe pain but the anxiety made me go crazy. And i want to get my life back.

So if anyone's feeling how i feel, you are not alone. It's a battle against our negative mind. We need to keep praying and believing that we are OK. From all the tests that came out to be normal, we should be convinced that we are not sick. But instead, we think of some other negative things. And it's really tough.

Gladly, We have each other to talk to! I'm sorry for being so dramatic though. This makes me feel somewhat at ease.

 

I have a twin! hahaha. You sound almost like me! hahahaha

Well, you are not alone, you have your twin now.

On top of that , I can not sleep well  hahahaha. I have a friend and when we go thru hard things, we say: We better laugh! hahaha.

I have a thread about stress and relux. Maybe we can try some relaxing techniques and share  our results with the Forum.

Definitely you will be in my prayers. 

 we are not going to give up. You and I hand on hand trusting that we will be able to control this, making it a new habit to be CALM ALWAYS.

 

Do not worry about anything, Pray about everything.

 Thank you for sharing I will be always be there to hear you.

Blessings, peace  to you R E L A XXXXXXXX, me too!

Post Edited (pazshalom) : 5/12/2014 2:23:19 PM (GMT-6)

angelcat said...
Thank you pazshalom! The test will be held tomorrow and I am deeply praying that the result will come out fine and clear! I strongly feel that it really is not about my lungs.

I have read the articles you posted and I am convinced that everything will be ok. I will really try to follow it. And that I should get back my positive outlook! For what I have experienced, my worrying and anxiety has made me suffer more, physically and mentally. Before when I feel sick, I don't mind it and they all went away without me noticing it. But now because of thinking too much, my social life had changed. Not that confident anymore. Not that fully happy even if everybody around is. I don't feel severe pain but the anxiety made me go crazy. And i want to get my life back.

So if anyone's feeling how i feel, you are not alone. It's a battle against our negative mind. We need to keep praying and believing that we are OK. From all the tests that came out to be normal, we should be convinced that we are not sick. But instead, we think of some other negative things. And it's really tough.

Gladly, We have each other to talk to! I'm sorry for being so dramatic though. This makes me feel somewhat at ease.

 

Dear Angel,

I will be praying for your test. Everything will be fine. We have to keep trusting, and Let Go, Let God. He can do it better! I  need to do this also, more and more.

We are all here to support each other, I need all of you also.

We will wait for GOOD NEWS!

We have to team up to learn to RELAX more often during the day. I always have my stomach tight, always. Also my neck muscles, sore and tensed! You see? I need a lot of work! I will try to relax them more. If I remember to do so! hahaha  You will be alright my friend. Together in this.

 

Big hug.

Lily,

The steps I take to make the smoothies is that I defrost some of the fruit (because I know from experience the blender doesn't work properly when adding all frozen fruit) and then add in some frozen fruit. I'll then add in a bit of water if it stops mixing. I don't like milk so I'm not sure if it would alter the taste at all but I'd rather not give it a try as milk has given me problems in the past. I don't want to experiment with almond milk as I'd be the only one using it and it'd increase the grocery bill. I would think that as long as it tastes good to you then it'd possibly be beneficial. I know some people cannot tolerate cold items so I probably wouldn't recommend this to them as it may cause some symptoms.

Mouche said...
Good morning everyone,

I pray everyone had a great Mother's Day, I got back from the beach last night and was going to post but I had so much to do. How is everyone?

@Haley I am so glad you got through all your test and all is well, you should give yourself a hand on getting through it, (whew) I'm not so sure I would have. :) praying nothing serious going on at your beach house and that all is well when your husband gets there.

@Lily, so glad you are having some better days.

@Angie, praying all goes well with your test today.

The last few days have been okay for me, I have been dealing with a little rebound, headache, off balance, queasy stomach. Also after going down to 20mg of ppi approx 3 weeks ago, my orginal symptoms are back. I can tell the difference between my GERD and rebound, so I am going to keep pushing and continue with weening I just pray some of the things I am doing will help my GERD once I'm off the Nexium. I'm back to chewing gum because it really helps with keeping my throat from burning but it causes me to burp a lot because of all the air I swallow and the burping causes a little regurgitation which is one if my biggest symptoms. Ugh!!!

I'm trying so hard to not let the anxiety take over, then on my way to the beach last week my BS called to say he found another BS to do my excision biopsy. So my surgery is back on for tomorrow, I have been on a roller coaster of emotions lately, but I'm managing and staying in prayer helps a lot. I'm just ready for things to settle down.:)

Dear Mouche,

I feel what you are going thru, I have gone thru something similar.

Everything is going tobe OK. The Lord will take care of you.

I will be prayiing for you my dear. 

I also do the gum thing. I have the same reactions as you do.

Keep us informed.  You will be alright!

 

Imilly, I am glad that you are doing better! What a hope for us!

 

Hayley, I hope that all your bikes are there.  Dont worry.

 

We are all in this together!   I hope and pray that the Lord heals us all.

Have you tried to sigh deeply many times a day, and mainly at meals between bites? 

Post Edited (pazshalom) : 5/13/2014 3:51:43 AM (GMT-6)

Dear Imilly,

I am sorry that you are not feeling well. Dont despair my dear friend. Maybe you started to think about the symptoms and they came back? Or you had a panic attack just thinking about it?

The mind is powerful over our bodies. I will pray for you my dear one. Please tell us how you feel tomorrow. Take deep breaths. I hope you have a good restful night.
Send you a big hug.

Lily, I'm so sorry you are in distress. I wish I knew what you could do to feel better. I agree with pazshalom that if maybe you could try taking your mind off the pain (easier said than done I know) it would be help. How about listening to some good music while you have your tea? (((Hugs))) to you and I know tomorrow will be better.

Don't remember exactly what I was searching for but I was browsing the internet in hopes of finding something different, which I do from time to time, and I stumbled across this site At first I was thinking that it is just another one of those sites that made by someone who thinks they have all the answers and want to charge you for the cure which leads to nowhere. I decided to give it a chance and read some information around the site and did find a downloadable pdf. It is 100% free and you can make a donation if you want. I don't want to provide a link to download the pdf directly as author of the site may not like that but if you click on the link it takes you to the page that you can download the pdf with instructions on how to. The pdf is 80 pages long and I have made it through the first 10 pages or so and so far it is an interesting read. If the information can be believed then it does make sense and tells me that it may take a little while for my body to be able to heal itself.

Basically here is what I have read so far. Our bodies tend to regrow from the inside out over time. According to the pdf this is done every 7 years. If you think about this, that means what you have been eating over the past decade is what you are giving your body to grow new cells to replace the old ones. This could explain why it takes awhile to start having problems when eating a certain way. If this is true then it means that it will also take time to allow your body to heal as it needs to replace old cells with new ones that were created with the proper nutrients. Of course there are other things that can cause problems but if you are experiencing chronic illnesses, then it probably is most likely due to the way you have eating for a long period of time, not just how you have eaten in the past year.

If this information is true (I plan on doing some additional research to see if I can find anything else), then a good thing to think about is that in order to get off the medication, you may need to think more long term as to when you can be completely healthy again. Don't set the expectations at 6 months to a year, but more like 5-10 years down the road of having to keep eating a healthy lifestyle in order to allow the body to recover from many years of bad eating habits. It has changed my outlook and expectations. I hope the information will help and I plan on reading the rest of the pdf as time permits.

I hope everyone is doing good!

Hi everyone, I have been out all day today and thankfully I have felt well enough to do that. Javery you have been very busy with your research and what you say really makes sense. I do think we have to go slowly especially after taking this PPi for so many years and stopping the acid as we have done. I think my body is really in shock not having so much of the PPI as it was used to. I do get discouraged when I have a bad day wondering why it is taking so long to stop all these weird feelings. I get burning in my throat as well as the throbbing/quiver in my chest. I think taking a lot of 'help' is not always good either. I have been drinking a little aloe Vera juice but I don't think it does very much good. I have digestive enzymes as well but not sure they really do anything as I haven't noticed much difference. The kefir helps if you can take the taste of it.
A long time ago I knew a woman that drank a lot of carrot juice as it was said to be very good for a body. She actually turned yellow. funny but true.
I hope it isn't going to take my body another 10 years to fully recover as I might not live that long - lol.
I sometimes wish I was happily back on the nexium not knowing anything and feeling well all the time and eating what I wanted to eat. This has taken it's toll on me so far and I feel like I have aged and changed in the process and I am only half way there so far.
I hope everyone has had a decent day. Hayley was everything OK at your beach house?
Mouche - thinking of you today.

Hayley,

It is true that with juicing you don't get all the fiber like you do just eating them. There are benefits to juicing though. You get more nutrients and your body doesn't have to work so hard to digest them which helps it heal faster. When I was juicing every day I was doing much better than I'm doing now. I got tired of washing everything in the morning when I juiced so I've been trying to find another way of doing things but now I'm going back to juicing. If you've never watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, it has some good information in it. It explains about how juicing works and helps heal your body from the inside. That documentary is what got me started. You just want to be careful though because if you juice more fruits you can cause insulin spikes as you'll be getting a lot of sugars that will digest quickly. In my opinion, juicing is better for vegetables and smoothies are better for fruits. To be honest, I didn't think my juicer would run for more than a couple of weeks when i bought it. I used it for a little over 6 months straight. I've not used it for a little more than a week now, but will be starting it up again tomorrow. I think along with changing the way I eat, juicing helps me quite a bit.

Hayley,

I think it is ok to mix veggies and fruits. If you are watching your sugar intake I would go with lower sugar fruits though. Typically a juice is supposed to be more veggies than fruits.

angelcat, well these symptoms all about me too.
But i have daily pain and different symptoms (manifestations of GERD) so i think that it is normal to have anxiety...

angelcat, me too exactly! I also think that "it might be serious".
But in given сircumstance i beleive that it is normal though it is needed ti try to focus on good things in life.
You know sometime ago i started to feel always gilty for my "bad thoughts". But then i realize that to have anxiety all the time and to feel gilty for that is even worse! :)

So i relax about it. I am sure that everyone are the same: when the health condition is serious, all people become pessimistic at some degree...

Does your mind feel better when you feel better phisically? Mine does.

Hi guys, Yes angelcat you listed a whole lot of things that affect me too. I am my own worst enemy. I talk myself into being so scared and nervous all the time when I really shouldn't but I don't know how to stop. I suffer from anxiety and cannot relax about many things. I am a worrier all the time. I hate change and yes I am very scared of death. Lily