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Posted 12/23/2009 10:37 PM (GMT 0)
The tabs are working to an extent, hardly anything when i wake up, I have noticed that my throat hurts a little when i wake up....

I am finding that i definately reflux only at night, I have no burning taste in my mouth now, no heartburn-  could my palette (spelling) be use to the taste of the acid   ???

One thing i noticed the other day is that I had a small amount of goats cheese (feta) around 1pm - went to sleep - when i woke up i had a yellow colour to the back of my tongue, could this of been bile reflux ?

Could anyone add further to my "how bad is bad" comment - I would be interested to hear

Thanks,

wishing one and all a merry christmas...im working all over the holiday period - bad times :-(

Matt

Posted 1/4/2010 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
Guys,

Please could someone have a look over my last two posts....would appreciate some support - im not getting any information from my doctor and have yet seen a gastro doctor.

I would just like someone to tell me how bad is "bad reflux" ....my symptoms are no heartburn, no chest pain, a sore throat now and again(i.e red at the back of my throat)...but a white tongue virtually every morning(sometimes yellow towards the back) when i wake up

All im getting from my doc is that I have to fit into this form criteria, not really what i want to hear

Thanks

Matt

Posted 1/4/2010 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
Here is the list of the nasty sx, depends on how you are doing, if meds help, and also your physician as to why they won't scope you .....................perhaps a new Doctor is necessary in the near future.

Frequent heartburn, or a burning pain behind the breastbone, often accompanied by a sour taste and the sensation of food coming back into the mouth. It often gets worse when a person eats, bends over or lies down.
Chest or upper abdomen pain, especially pain that disrupts sleep.
Regurgitation (backflow of stomach fluids into the mouth)
Difficulty swallowing.
Belching, especially belching that is acidic or sour-tasting
Chronic sour or bitter taste in the mouth.
Hoarseness, especially in the morning.
Sore throat.
Coughing, wheezing or repeated need to clear the throat.
Take care,

Kitt
Posted 1/4/2010 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
Mine was "Silent GERD" I had no symptoms except a cough, loss of voice, nasty taste and bad breath. However I had acid flowing all the way up into my lungs.
Find you a new GI. You need to get aggressive with this. You may feel nothing but damage is being done.

Joy
Posted 1/7/2010 3:26 PM (GMT 0)
Well im off to a naturopath to try and see if this situation can be resolved, anyone used one ?

Matt :-)

Posted 2/2/2010 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hey all,

Just an update.....been a very stressful week and to be honest i feel like crap mad  huge rows and arguement and my reflux is feeling worse then ever.

I had a major heartburn attack last tuesday - 1st time ive ever had proper proper heartburn, so bad the pain was there for three hours and as in work i just had to stand the whole time, just couldnt sit down i was in that much pain.

Back to the docs on my rest days, see if my home doctor will finally refer me as its all going wrong again.

Just feel like giving up mad

Posted 2/2/2010 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Matt,
Don't give up. You can get help for your GERD. You may need to see another GI doc before you get the help you're looking for. My first one was no help at all, and never really took me seriously. He would sit and tell me that I wasn't feeling what I felt. I didn't appreciate his dismissive attitude, so I asked my family doc to refer me to another GI doc. I told him that it needed to be someone I could talk to and who would actually listen to me. Happily, I found a GI doc that I work with very well.

You're in the right place. We've all been there. There's no panacea...I think we will always struggle a bit, but there are ways to decrease the impact GERD has had on our lives. I struggled with asthma symptoms that were uncontrollable due to reflux. I finally gave up on the meds and went the surgical route about a year ago. Thankfully, it did improve my lungs dramatically.

Good luck finding an answer to your GERD.
This is a good place to get information and support.
Best wishes, Matt!
Denise
Posted 2/3/2010 12:15 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Denise,

Thanks for the message of support - I appreciate it :-) .... i just wish my doctor would refer me to a gastro doctor, ive yet to be referred yet and ive been suffering with this since may 09.

I've noticed that the lansoprazole(prevacid) havent been so effective the last couple of days, perhaps because ive been so stressed things have taken a turn for the worse.

Ill make another appointment for my family doctor and insist that he refers me.

Matt

Posted 2/3/2010 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Matt,
That sounds like a plan. How much Prevacid are you taking? I was on 40mg of Protonix twice a day. It seemed to work, but my asthma didn't really respond. My GI doc said that I might have been refluxing bile, which could affect my lungs as well.

Stress does definitely affect stomachs. I have a very reactive stomach which has been giving me trouble since after the holidays. It gets irritated, and it takes months to calm it down. When I'm stressed it starts to hurt more...obviously a reaction to the stress.

Don't give up hope...if you can keep a positive attitude, it can help a lot. You can find an answer...just don't give up.
Good luck with your doctor!
Denise
Posted 2/3/2010 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Does your insurance require you to have a referal?
If not go find your own like I did.

I got tired of the song and dance my GI was giving me about my Gerd and how he thought the surgery was so terrible. He would make it sound so bad and painful. The first 8 hours were painful, but I only needed pain meds a couple of times after that first day.

Joy
Posted 3/11/2010 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry guys, just checked forum and noticed i had replies.

Well i was on 30mg of prevacid, docs have just switched me to 40 mg of nexium which are giving me horrendous headaches.

My family doctor has yet to refer to a gi doctor, however he has referred me to have an ultra sound on my stomach and gallstone area.

Im in the uk so very few people have private ins compared to the us.

Joy Re your lpr, did you just notice white liquid at the back of your throat when you refluxed?

One thing that worries me is the fact that when this thing first occured they (ent) saw a tiny amount of acid is my throat but no other symptoms, im starting to wonder if the ppi's have made things worse, and also if the body is tryibg to produce more acid as the ppi are blocking most of it, which in turn is why so much is coming u my throat.

Im still pretty much fed up of this and still thinking why me who want a professional career, i dont drink smoke or do drugs and think theres probably hundreds of thousands of people who abuse there bodies every week and never get ill. Lifes crap sometimes!

Night all

M :-(
Posted 3/11/2010 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Matt, newbie here, I just wanted to say, I voiced the very same question to my husband last night. Why me, I do nothing wrong, drink no alcohol, no smoking, no drugs, I eat well, low fat diet, etc...I am also in the UK, so I understand the difficulties with the system here. My GP is sick of me and makes no effort to hide it!
Posted 3/12/2010 2:53 AM (GMT 0)
Matt,
I never saw anything in the back of my throat except PND (post nasal drip).

Our president is trying to get insurance like ya'll have. I hope it doesn't pass.

Joy
Posted 3/12/2010 12:38 PM (GMT 0)
Joy, I know what you mean, free healthcare sounds wonderful, but the quality is absolutely dreadful, and our healthcare workers are all at rock bottom morale wise, and treat everyone like crap. Its a failing system.
Posted 3/14/2010 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
I know all to well a&e treating people like crap, i think one night at around 3am i went in my local a&e after having a stupendous amount of pain in my stomach, now id been there about twice in the past previous weeks with horrible anxiety attacks, when the same doctor was doing bloods think she picked a spot on purpose where id had bloods taken before then rammed the needle in as hard as possible...she was a little more sympathetic when i mentioned i worked for the police though :-)

I always wonder if i was put on the meds in hast - When i went to ENT to check my throat out they found a tiny amount of acid in my throat - since then its just got worse..ive a theory correct or incorrect, the more you block something the harder the body tries to produce the acid..it just seems strange that at the start of this horrible disorder i hard no issues with acid taste in my mouth, the longer ive stayed on ppis the more i get the taste

Thoughts ?

Posted 3/29/2010 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
Well had my ultra sound today and showed why im having abdominal and shoulder pain, 7 little gallstones in the bladder

Wonder which way the doctor will take this

Posted 3/29/2010 8:48 PM (GMT 0)
Most likely surgery.

Joy
Posted 3/29/2010 9:27 PM (GMT 0)
I hope he wont remove it completely
Posted 3/29/2010 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
Matt,
IMHO your gallbladder needs to come out as it has stones and if left in you will never know if it is your gallbladder acting up or some other condition.

From what I understand, in most situations gallbladder problems require surgical treatment. Since gallstones are often just a sign of the problem, treatment is directed towards the gallbladder rather than the gallstones. The treatment involves removing the gallbladder. This is done in most cases using laparoscopic surgery. Non-surgical treatments such as dissolution therapy and lithotripsy have a poor success rate and a high recurrence rate so are used only in very limited circumstances.

Good luck and let us know how you are doing.

Kindly,
Kitt
Posted 6/17/2010 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Guys,

Just a little update - have been looking at the forum but not posting.

With this heat - my sinus's have been playing up

Have good and bad days with the reflux - however the nexium seem to be controlling it.

one thing that is worrying me is the constant pain that I am getting under my left rib :-(

Still waiting on my referral for my gastro doctor - 8 weeks and counting now :-(

Matt

Posted 6/17/2010 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
still havent decided what to do about my gallbladder either - might ask for another scan
Posted 6/27/2010 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hey all...birthday post :-) ...

Have been taking Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice Extract the past week or so...seems to have made improvements...although the past two days have been bad with nawty food....back to boring diet tomorrow :-(

3 months and still waiting for a gastro appointment at the hospital :-(

Posted 6/27/2010 10:54 PM (GMT 0)
I hate waiting. I feel for you.
Hang in there.

Joy
Posted 10/4/2010 9:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,

Been a while since ive updated so I thought id drop a post...

Had my 1st consultation with my Gastro doctor, wasnt impressed at all to be honest, was very rush rush - and when I said that I didnt really suffer with heartburn (3 attacks in 18 months) he virtually dismissed that I had acid reflux...but still arranged for an endoscopy and a PH study. ???

I was shocked to say the least, if its not reflux why the **** am I on nexium !! The fact that the enamal has been disappearing over the past 18 months should give an indication of whats going on !!

Well thats that - waiting 7 months and was pushed out in 15 minutes...anyone advise on what happens with teh PH study - is there a probe up my nose for 24 hours or do they fit the probe in my throat then remove the wire from my nose ?

Cheers

matt
Posted 10/4/2010 9:45 PM (GMT 0)
Ph study is usually a wire from the nose down the throat to above the stomach.

Bravo is a capsule attached to the wall of the esophagus temporary.
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