Posted 9/12/2016 3:58 AM (GMT 0)
Hi! So great to see you here again! I have a question for your since you seem so knowledgeable. I am now off the PPI for just over 3 months (thank you for your great advise with that!). I am weaning off Pepcid -- currently on 15 mg three times daily, down from 20mg three times daily. However, I am experiencing a chronic, non stop pain in my sternum area -- the lower breast bone between the breasts. Sometimes it hurts a little more to the left or right side. Sometimes I also get burning in the chest area after meals. Will this go away in time? I absolutely will not go on PPIs ever again. I see my GI next week but am afraid to get an endoscopy because I fear it will just irritate the lining of the esophagus. Maybe it's a hernia (I have small one)? Would love your advice. Thank you QiDoc!