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Posted 4/9/2015 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
Ate something, thought you were all in the clear only to have that choking sensation start half hour or so later? Sometimes I eat ok and I don't feel like anything is stuck only to have the feeling of food stuck in my throat alittle later on. I guess it's being regurgitated back up, gross.
Posted 4/10/2015 4:31 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, usually with tomato sauce dishes, or if I eat an overly large meal. Tonight I ate the largest meal in recent memory (chicken sandwich and steamed spinach, and a bottle and a half of water). I feel it a little in the back my throat right now. I stick to really small meals now, and I've pretty much stopped most of my symptoms. I also started eating activia, and that seems to have helped a lot also. The side benefit has been losing weight. I'm down 8 pounds in 3 weeks, 15 overall since late February. I feel pretty good, too, and haven't needed a gas chewable or gaviscon in a few days.
Posted 4/10/2015 5:06 AM (GMT 0)
Ugh I had a chicken sandwich also and have felt it in my throat for past 8 hours! Must be something about chicken. Usually I have issues while eating but I was ok eating I didn't have throat problems till an hour after.

Congrats on the weight loss and happy to hear you have been feeling good. How do you think the activia helps?
Posted 4/11/2015 12:32 AM (GMT 0)
Often after eating a good meal a lot of my reflux symptoms seem to fade away. I think there's no better antacid than food! For about a half hour to forty five minutes after eating, it seems like my stomach acid is neutralized. But of course the stomach is just ramping up to make acid to digest that food, so it is a short lived paradise. :-) Then I feel lousy again...
Posted 4/11/2015 1:01 AM (GMT 0)
I just ate about 6 ounces of chicken, 1/3 cup spinach, and 1/3 cup of mashed potatoes, and while I don't have any perceived reflux, I have a lot of gas pressure. I took an anti-gas chewable a minute before typing this, and I started burping. Starting to feel less pressure as I type. So I'm by no means cured. Still have to focus on smaller meals.

As for activia, I wanted to see what the effect would be on my digestion. I've had a small container of activia and some granola and water the last three days in a row for breakfast. I can't say it's done much other than dampen down the bloating feeling I get with eating. I had it for breakfast this morning and then went out and did 2 hours of walking a job site in 90 degree heat. Felt great. Ate lunch (chicken sandwich), no problems. Ate dinner, and as described above, I feel bloated again. Normally I'd get the bloating at every meal. In fact today is the first day in a two weeks that I haven't had to rely on gaviscon or more than one chewable. Oooh, just had a big burp. Feel entirely normal now, though a little full from the meal.
Posted 4/11/2015 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
I just realized there is an important difference with this evening meal than the other ones I've had in the last 2 weeks. I've stayed entirely caffeine free the whole period, but with this meal tonight I had soda with caffeine instead of water or caffeine free soda. I was wondering why I had a slight caffeine buzz, and it hit me. I'll try eliminating caffeine again, and see where it gets me.
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