Alternatives to PPI's Part 3

Hello everyone, I pray all is well!!!

Glad to see that you are still posting even if it's not as much, I hope to get back to posting more regular with you guys.

@Hayley, so sorry to hear about the job and the leg problems, but just know as I know you already do, that God has the final say. I am praying for TOTAL HEALING in the name of Jesus. This too shall pass!!!

Javery you have come a long way in a year, no pepsid for a month now that's progress. I know what you mean about paying the price when we eat the things we shouldn't, I too can eat some of things I use too eat as long as I don't over do it. Yesterday I had some BBQ ribs and they were good but I'm feeling it a little bit today not real bad but I can tell I ate something I shouldn't have. So if taking the pepsid is what you have to do and like you said it's far better than 40mgs of any ppi, I would do that. I pray to get to were you are one day.

@Lily, I see you are down to the 10mgs and you have done really great on this journey. I'm so glad that with each reduction it seems to get easier or should I say better, praying for a good report when you go back to the doctor. The alka seltzer antacids, are they better than others? Well continue to do well and when you start your next step down to 5mgs you will get through that step too.

@pazshalom and angelcat, I pray that you will get to where you want to be really soon and to be free of symptoms. Pazhalom are you still on the ppi and are you reducing? Sorry I did not go back and read everything I missed. Also I want to thank you again for your prayers they mean so much and can do wonders. (hugs).

Well I'm doing good, I started reducing again, I didn't do the 10mgs packets as it's hard to find a pharmacy that has it (still looking though). I didn't try spliting the 20mgs dose, not enough patience right now. LOL!!! So I started the every other day thing again, it going on two weeks and I feel the same as I did when I was stepping down from the 40mgs to the 20mgs so, so far so good. I do have a little bit of a sore throat but no constant regurgitating that lead me to the Nexium in the first place. (Thank God) I do need to be better about what I'm eating though as I have been out of control. I had some fried fish and even put a little hot sauce on it, what was I thinking:) I have also gain 6lbs of my weight loss back as I'm not able to walk or exercise like I use to because of joint pain (nasty side effect of one of the drugs I have to take). But I know like I tell you guys, this will pass. so that's my update!!! I will be checking in more to see how you all are doing and to let you know how my new reducing is going.

Post Edited (Mouche) : 8/18/2014 8:22:17 AM (GMT-6)

Thought I might drop by and post an update on how things are going for me. I don't remember if I posted before or not about this, but I ended up stopping my juicing for a few weeks. Because of that it was like a roller coaster between good and bad days. What I ate mostly affected how I felt though. Because of this I decided to go back to juicing with just the kiwi and carrots. So far I've been back on that for 4 days now and after about 2 days I everything has been much better. I also started up probiotics again (something I have never been able to keep on as I continue to forget about them) and created a plan to help me not forget. I always set the bottle on top of my lunch container so I remember to take them in the morning and when I get home from work they are right there in the fridge where I can't miss them. So far I'm on day 4 and have taken 2 a day, 1 first thing in the morning, and 1 before dinner.

I'm not sure if it's the juicing for the probiotics or a combination of the two, but I have noticed a lot less of the acid feeling in my throat in the mornings and a lot less gas buildup after eating carb items. In either case I think I'm going to try and keep on this path for as long as possible to see how things continue to go. I also still take 1 pepsid complete tablet before bed each night. I've also come to the realization that my LES has probably undergone a lot of torment and in restoring it, I'll need to continue to eat plenty of sprouts and juice in hopes that my body will bring it back to normal working conditions. I'm thinking this could take a couple years or more as no one really knows how long it would take for the body to heal itself completely, if it is capable of doing so. I'm thinking it is, but time will only tell.

As far as my sprouting goes, I do good on the weekdays with eating them but haven't been eating them on the weekends. I've ordered another sprouter and the sample sprout kit so I can see what kinds of sprouts I want to do. I'm thinking once I start eating more of a variety then it'll help a lot more as I'll be getting more of a variety of nutrients.

I don't know how often I'll have any future updates but I still keep checking in from time to time to see if anyone else has posted. Hope everyone is still doing good and I hope things are still moving forward at a good pace.

Hello everyone, I pray all is well and wanted to check in to see if anyone is posting, all is well with me and I am still on the one 20mg every other day. Doing great and I'm planning another step down at the end of October if not sooner. I am going to take 1 20mg every two days and I plan to be completely off by 1st of Jan. Oct 23rd will be one year too long that I have been on this ppi. Take care!!!