10 month sore throat...not caused by stomach acid. What else could it be?

Lostsub, your reply is exactly why I'm so glad this forum exists. Even after one year it's still possible to learn how someone is doing and if he has found a cure against this exhausting LPR / PVN condition or what he has tried!
What you write is not only of help because of the information you give on the things you have tried that worked or did not work (I could write something similar to that, but with a lower success rate :), but also because it makes me feel less alone with my very similar health problems.
Maybe one day there will be more and better understanding of this disease,
considering how many people are suffering from exactly the same condition merely in this forum! I hope one day ENTs, GIs, neurologists, psychologists... will be so annoyed by all of us who keep coming back at them, that they will put all their energy into looking for a cure
Until then: good luck to all of you, let's hang in there and keep eachother updated...!

@orchid2010
Hi and sorry to hear that you're also suffering from such a peculiar illness. Feel free to share what has worked and not worked for you. And you are correct: this is such a unique condition that is often mis-, under- or over-diagnosed, that it is essential that ENTs, GIs, GPs, psychologists, etc. work together to solve it. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a "one-size-fits-all" answer.

@blahfoo101
Sorry to hear that you, too, are suffering but glad to know that my information is helpful. I want likewise to wish you the best of luck. Additionally, thanks so much for the compliments. "House of Cards" is quite dark, isn't it? I gotta admit: When you're feeling down, it's probably not the best thing to watch. But perhaps Roger Ebert was right when he said, "No good movie is depressing--all bad movies are depressing."


Finally, I'm reminded of an old story:

There's a guy who falls into a hole and can't get out. He sees a doctor walking by. He shouts to the doctor, "Hey, doc! Can you help me out?" The doctor writes a proscription and throws it down to him.

Soon, he sees a priest walking by, and he cries up, "Father, can you help me out." The priest says a prayer and keeps walking.

Finally, the man's friend walks by. He yells, "Hey, buddy! Can you help me get out of here?" But the friend jumps into the hole with him.

"What the hell did you do that for?" he asks. "Now we're both down here."

"That's true," his friend replies. "But I know the way out, and I'm going to help you."

I haven't met either of you or anyone on this forum, but in a way, we're all sort of friends, right? (Or at least fellow-sufferers.) I haven't figured the way out yet, but I continue to look. If you find it, please let me know.

Thanks

ENT's should all be checking vocal cords, on all of us, they are a good indicator of what is going on....