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Posted 4/28/2016 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all

Further to my other post on a different topic. Ive been going through the www on GERD treatments.

Ive read the following suggestions to help it without hard meds that block acid.

1) Cabbage juice
2) Ginger with Camomile tea
3) vitimin B12
4) Honey
6) Fish oil tablets

Anyone tried these or others and had real results in combinantion of a lifestyle change cutting out: booze, coffee, tea, bread, pasta, fatty meats, orange juice, lemons etc etc.

Any luck?
Posted 5/1/2016 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
First you might want to find out if those foods actually bother you. I had a really bad time with reflux until I found, with the help of my allergist, that the foods that are supposed to trigger it didn't bother me at all, but I did have a whole lot of foods that are my specific triggers.

The secret is keeping a food journal. It takes a month or 2 or 3, but it's easy and free. Just write down in a notebook everything you eat, drink, medicines, anything you can think of - with the date and time. A page for each day is best. A daily calendar works well. Look up many, many posts on this in the search box at the top of the page.

I still had a problem with a bad lower esophageal sphincter and needed PPIs, but I didn't have reflux episodes of heaving and misery. Years later I needed surgery after an accident, but that doesn't cure food triggers causing heaving symptoms and other symptoms. I still have to avoid my triggers.

Anyway, instead of cutting out a whole bunch of foods, try keeping a record, and find your own triggers.

Of course if eliminating trigger foods doesn't solve all the problems, please see a gastroenterologist. You may well still have something like a weak sphincter, but at least you may be able to enjoy most foods.
Posted 5/1/2016 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Alice, does reflux run in your family? Ive had no problem till last year. My mother told me yesterday that shes had it for years and her morher to.

The dr told my ersophagous is open. I was told this 6 yrs ago but had no problems. I must avoid diazapam (pills for a flying phobia) and stay off all fizy drinks inc booze and coffee.
Posted 5/1/2016 6:58 PM (GMT 0)
My grandmother had an acid problem, but that was way before there was anything but peppermint candies for treatment. Nobody went to doctors back then for a little. Discomfort.

What did your doctor mean by "open esophagus?" Is your lower esophageal sphincter always open? Or did he mean your esophagus has nothing restricting it?

How did he determine this? Scope?

It takes more than one test to fully investigate this gastro stuff.

Do keep a journal. It can help the doctor if you can determine when you have problems. There are no tests for food intolerances unless you respond to skin testing, and that only covers a few fruits and vegetables. Sulfites, MSG and other chemicals have no recognized test.
Posted 5/1/2016 7:48 PM (GMT 0)
I was told before my ersophagous as open and told again 6 yrs later by an endoscopy. I did not press either Dr for what they meant but can only understand the lES is relaxed? Id had no problem before. When you have had a camera stuffed down your throat without any meds you are not really keen to talk and just want to get home. Ive cut out booze, coffee and tea but am back on 60mg anti acids 4 weeks then stopped 2 weeks then back on them. I think i burnt my ersophagous with Pepsi and diazapam for my flying fear...wont take either again....hope to stabaliize it then hopfully keep it in check with natural methods or with 1 20mg pill a day.

Post Edited (Milford) : 5/1/2016 1:51:29 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/2/2016 1:31 PM (GMT 0)
If the scope wasn't too long ago you could call the doctor and ask what he meant.

Yes, scope without meds isn't fun. I've done both kinds.
Posted 5/2/2016 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
He spoke little english other than to say "you have inflammation of stomach and ersophagous". Ill go back and and see the dr who i saw after the endoscopy who does speak english. Its hard for non english speaking drs to explain terms and medical issues in english. I think i irritated the lining with acid by stupidly drinking Pepsi over a few weeks then taking diazapam. Ive found out on the www that diazapm should be avoided as it relaxes the LES. Of couse Pepsi is awaful stuff and very fizzy.
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