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Posted 11/26/2005 4:34 PM (GMT 0)
Red Lobster!?!? Oh, wow.......I can only dream of eating out! I haven't eaten at a restaurant since July!!! I can't drink ensure for breakfast......I tried that last week. It upset my tummy terribly bad!!! I can't drink it at all right now...I tried to drink it really slowly throughout the day with food and everything and it's too harsh on my IBS I guess. I could drink it just fine last year. I guess my system is just too sensitive right now.

That's awesome that you have your own business! I wish I could develop software......I don't have a clue. I am not very computer savy.....

OH, well......my tummy is not holding my breakfast very well at all.....I'm gonna go lay down for a while!

Talk to ya later on!! Let me know how lunch went!!
*hugs*
Michelle :)
Posted 11/26/2005 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
Ahhhh, had rainbow trout (flame broiled) squash and a baked potato...
It was great. Actually felt better after eating, so maybe I didn't have enough food in my stomach earlier.

I also went through a stage where I couldn't eat out, but now as long as I am careful I can. For me in the beginning it was cream of wheat and that was about all I could eat. Went on like that for quite a bit.

My sister has IBS-C and Gerd. She uses that Aciphex as she burps alot. So maybe it is the IBS that does that ( burping) she found the Aciphex to work, but doesn't take it all the time, only when the Gerd becomes active and that is normally when she is stressed out.

Talk to you later!
*HUGS*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 12:26 AM (GMT 0)
OH, you lucky!! I know the feeling of not having enough food in the belly!! My tummy has been sooo empty all day long....... I finally ate my 2nd bowl of cream of wheat and a mini bagel at 6:00. I also ate a Luna bar!!! It's sitting okay......making me feel too full, but it's going to go on through the system, I think. YEAAAAA!!!! I'm so excited. I need the nutrition......There isn't much nutrition in the cream of wheat and mini bagel. Not enough to sustain life, anyway!!

AWWWW, You give me hope.....you're the only other person that I have ever met that could only eat cream of wheat once-upon-a-time, besides me.....I thought I was all alone on this one. How long did you have to go without eating at a restaurant?? Just to give me an idea......How long

It probably is the IBS, if your sister is like that, too. I feel like the gas is so bad, sometimes, that it's pushing the acid out of my stomach. Or I will get trapped gas, too. Trapped gas makes me very nauseated. Thank God, I haven't had that problem too much lately since I have been taking my Primal Defense, again. It really helps with the bloating and gas, but I have to be on it for a long time before I start noticing the difference. I got lazy and stopped taking it about 6 months ago and that's probably why my IBS came back, too, on top of the stress of both of my jobs!! I literally can never come off of the Primal Defense ever again. I have to stay on top of it, this time. I don't ever want to feel like this again!!!!!!

How are you feeling, this evening. I'm kinda bloated......but, I think my reflux is better since I started taking the DGL. Do you just eat plain black licorice, too??? I bought some of it, today. I ate 2 pieces and it didn't seem to bother me.

*Hugs*!!

Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Michelle,
I went for about 5 months before I could eat out at a local restaurant. The gerd was so bad, I felt the acid up through my nose and in my mouth..it was that bad....then slowly day by day it started to improve some. I am better than I was 4 years ago, but I would still say I am a long way from normal.

Just very tired this evening, I have an 81 year old mother that I had to go food shopping for and I just woke up after an hour nap. For some reason even if my gerd is acting up, a good nap calms me down and relaxes my stomach.

I eat black licorice ,twizzlers. make sure it's not just anise flavored but actually has licorice extract in it. It does help calm the stomach, and the DGL is pretty much the same thing packed into a chewable tablet. Watch the sorbitol and mannitol though as sweetners as they can cause gas and D....

Later Gator!
*HUgs*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Just out of curiosity, what state do you live in? I am in Florida.
Posted 11/27/2005 3:36 AM (GMT 0)
OH, crap! I got the cheap kind......I don't think it's got any licorice in it at all. Uh oh......we'll see how that goes in the morning!! I better look harder next time, huh??!! Where do you get it from???

I love Florida!!! I lived in Miami for 2 years! But, then I joined the Navy and just got out in Sep 2003. I got sick a month later!! Can you imagine that??? Me and the hubby live in Georgia, now. 18 miles from Atlanta. So, we're only 1 state away!!! Where do you live in Fl??? My cousin and 2 of my aunts live in Winter Haven.

Tummy is churning!! :( Time to turn in. I will talk to ya tomorrow!! Thanks for the heads up on the licorice!!!

*Hugs*!!
Michelle
Posted 11/27/2005 3:38 AM (GMT 0)
Well, the package says it's got licorice extract AND anise flavor. Is that bad??? And Molasses.....that's about it.

Yea, or Nae???

Have a good night!!

*Hugs!*
Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 11:36 AM (GMT 0)
Morning Michelle!
Georgia....I was in Atlanta a few years back, checked out the Alpharetta area and we had thought about moving there. But it was just too congested and expensive at the time so we reconsidered. We went to Asheville NC in September on our vacation and loved it there. So beautiful up in the mountains, we are thinking about moving there.

I know where Winter Haven is, I am in New Port Richey which is about 40 min north of Tampa. It used to be a retirement area here, but is changing rapidy. It's getting very congested here too, and the prices of homes in Florida in general have gone through the roof!

So you were in the Navy..I guess I should thank you for your service in that case, since I am very proud of all those who served our country in any way. Just sorry you got sick not long after you left the service. It should have been a time for you to enjoy and have fun after your tour was over. Even if you stayed stateside.

Anyway, back to the licorice candy. Make sure it has real licorice in it. Often they flavor it with Anise, but then it doesn't have the healing properties that you need. It's very anti-inflamatory. If you want to order from a place online there is a store that sells real licorice...it's called sweetenergy.com
The black licorice is the one that has medicinal qualities. Search under the old fashioned candies and it will be there.
I would stay away from Anise flavored as most likely the anise flavored has very little licorice extract in it. Probably won't hurt you, but most likely won't help either. Molasses is loaded with iron, which isn't bad, and gives it some color, but make sure it has Licorice in it.

Talk to you later!
*HUGS*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 1:40 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Jamie!

I didn't get a lick of sleep last night with my reflux! I ate crackers before I laid down.....I couldn't help it! I was dying!!! Couldn't sleep anyway because of the hunger pains so I got up and ate crackers.....took a pepcid and everything.....pepto, gaviscon.......didn't help! I was up all night long choking to death. OH, I won't ever do that again!!

I'm so tired!!! Thank you for the website for the licorice!!

Me and my hubby are moving to NC by the springtime because I cannot handle the humidity down here. It hurts my IBS, bad!!! I'm from NC.....I lived in Biscoe, NC from age 10 and went to college at UNCW in Wilmington, NC. I moved down to Miami when I was about 22 and went into the Navy at 24. I haven't lived in NC ever since. I miss it sooo much. All my family is up there. I can't wait to move back. Well, hubby is getting a transfer within his company, so we will actually be moving more north to Oxford. It's almost at the VA border. But, that's fine with me.....even less humidity!! I wanna be waaaaaay north!!! I love the south but I can't handle the heat anymore...We'll be 1 1/2 hours from my parents, in Oxford. So much better than 7 hours, now.

Did you get sleep last night??? I sure do hope so!!

*Hugs*
Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 2:10 PM (GMT 0)
Morning Michelle!
Sorry you didn't sleep last night. I do remember when my Gerd was so bad in the beginning that I felt sick to my stomach and it woke me up and kept me up most nights.
Hard to live like that. But you have to believe that it will get better. It will.
I also know it's hard not to stress over it, as it affects the quality of our lives, but as you know the stressing over it doesn't help at all with the IBS or Gerd. Easier said than done. Have you tried any meditation at all? There are some healing meditations out there that might help you relax enough so that you can get some sleep.

I tried the crackers too, but found that lying down after eating them only made it worse for me. Not sure if the salt on the crackers helped either. What does your Dr say about the terrible hunger pangs? Does he offer you any advise on what you can do about it? Obviously you have been examined well and had all the tests so you do not have an ulcer of the stomach or inflamation in the esophagus.

I wonder if your diet is exacerbating the problem. Cream of wheat is good for you, but you can't live on that and bagles indefinitely. What about buying a vitamix? even a used one.. I found that because I had a hard time digesting some foods, that the vitamix broke it all down before I ate it and that did help quite a bit. Check out vitamix.com and read up on it. It's a bit expensive, but you need to be healthy and it might be worth the investment. I make smoothies and add veggies to it. It's an incredible machine, and breaks it all down so it's one less step your stomach has to do. I guess I should have tried adding liver to my smoothies, but now think that's exactly what I might do now come to think of it. Wonder how it will taste...

I also hate the heat in Florida...no, not the heat, the humidity...it's just horrible in the summers. Not to mention having to run from hurricanes , and the cost of my homeowners insurance DOUBLED from last year...and is expected to go up even more this year. We have considered moving before this summer comes around. I loved NC, especially Asheville and the mountains. People were so friendly and warm to us while we were there. With my business it's easy for me to move since I do everything from the internet. Hubby sells cars, which he has been doing for 25 years but it's time to move on to a different thing, on his own now. Not sure of what, but we are thinking of what he can do on his own. I got into computers very late. I was 42 when I bought my first PC. I just got hooked on it and then started to teach myself programming. Just got my degree in computer information management this year at the ripe old age of 50. Just something I felt I wanted to do for myself. Before computers I worked on and off in Salons as a nail tech and briefly owned my own salon. Sold real estate years ago in Rochester NY when we lived there. Been in Florida since 1985 now. Originally I am from Long Island. But don't miss it there, and no family there anymore either.

Guess I am rambling.....:)

Well, try to take a nap if you can today and get some sleep. It's very important to rest as that helps you heal. Did you get the TV pillow yet? You might want to try that, sitting up more when sleeping will help you quite a bit. Think positive thoughts, just think of positive words while sitting up in a chair with your eyes closed, feet on the ground, hands relaxed on your legs and back and head aligned. Just breath in the white healing light and exhale the old, the used back into the cosmos to be renewed again. Force the white healing light down deep into the affected areas and feel the warmth as it heals you. Think good thoughts only.

*HUGS*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 3:35 PM (GMT 0)
Good Morning Jamie!!

When your GERD was really bad and kept you up at night, too, did the doctor give you anything to sleep???? I'm dying over here......I need sleep in order for my body to heal!!! I have some phenegran, maybe I will take one tonight so I can rest. Have you tried Dramamine??? Or Benadryl??? I read about that on the internet for sleep problems. That maybe dramamine or Benadryl would help. I haven't tried it because I'm afraid it will mess up my reflux.

I might check into one of those Vitamixes......they are ungodly expensive!!! I don't know if my husband would go for that or not. He would probably prefer that I just get the surgery to fix the hiatal hernia. :)

I feel really bad for you guys having to run from all those hurricanes!! I got really lucky while I was down there. We didn't have 1 single hurricane the whole time I lived there! Amazing!! However, when I lived in Wilmington in 1997, I ran from 5 hurricanes and Fran got me. Fran took everything I owned and spread it all over the neighborhood. I lost everything. But, it's just stuff!! I made it out of there with my life and that's all that matters, right??!!

I am doing the subliminal hypnotherapy CD's for IBS and I am on day 2! Yesterday was awesome. I didn't know my body could relax that much. I loved it. But, I listened to it again last night and didn't respond so well that time. I think I'm only supposed to listen to it 1 time a day, only. After I listened to it the second time, my body retaliated and started acting up on me. So, I will wait till tonight to listen to it. It's a 100 day program and it has about a 90% success rate. I hope they work. They are my only hope of breaking free from this IBS. Hopefully, it will help my reflux, too. I'm more concerned about my reflux right now than I am the IBS, really.

Mornings are my worst. I'm so starving by the time I take my Nexium that by the time I can actually eat, I have lost my appetite. The time period between taking the Nexium and being able to eat really screws me up!!! It's the same thing every single day. I feel like I could eat a cow when I wake up and by the time I can actually eat, I'm feel like I'm going to throw up everything I put in my mouth. Any suggestions???? I don't know how to get over this. Last time this happened to me, the same thing. Whenever my acid reflux healed ( took a year!) and I could stop taking the medicine and eat whenever I wanted, I started gaining weight back again really quickly. I could eat with no problems and didn't ever feel sick. So, until it heals again......I guess I will stay skinny. I don't do well on meds.....any meds. I have been through 9 prescriptions so far between the IBS and reflux. Lets see:
Levsin
Pamine Forte
Elavil and some other tri-cyclic (can't remember the name)
Remeron
Buspar
Protonix
Prilosec
Prevacid
And Finally Nexium!!!

When is it gonna end???? I wish they could find an IBS med that would work. The Pamine (for spasms) dried me out so bad, I thought I was going to have to go to ER. I had NO saliva in my mouth or throat!!! I couldn't hardly swallow.....I was choking to death!!! The Levsin worked really well for my spasms but it triggered my reflux because it relaxed the LES too much......what in the world am I gonna do???? Now, I have nothing for my IBS spasms......I still have the Pamine and the doctor still wants me to take that. So, maybe I could cut them in half and try 1/2 of one instead of taking 2 whole ones. ????? It helps reduce stomach acid, too......that's why the doctor wants me to stay on it. Just at 1/2 dosage. I don't know.....that episode pretty much scared the daylights out of me!!!

I am going to go get my TV pillow, today!!! I really need it. I fell asleep sitting up last night and woke up flat on my back with BAD REFLUX!!!!!!!! It never went away......

Postive thoughts!!!! No negativity today......even though I'm sooooo tired!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for your support. You're a godsend!!!

*Hugs*!!
Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Michelle,
The surgery for the hiatal hernia can be done by laproscope, but even people with hiatal hernias don't always have gerd. Did your Dr tell you the reflux is due to the hernia and did he offer surgery? There is an alternative to surgery for Hiatal hernia it is a type of massage therapy called NST. Some have had success with it.
They have also found that a certian acupuncture point on the wrist actually tightens the LES. This was reported recently in the news and they are currently looking into it more.

Have you ever taken Reglan? That is a prokinetic medication that tightens the LES. I had a hard time with it as it made me agitated and depressed, but it might work for you and give you that nightime relief you need.

Just trying to think of ways you can get some relief. If the gerd was silent for awhile and you could eat anything, but still had the hernia, then did something happen to the hernia? Did it get larger?

I use the Klonepin to help me relax enough to fall asleep. It has worked well for me most of the time and does not seem to aggravate the reflux. I have not tried otc sleep meds, as i don't know how they will interact with the nexium and klonepin so I stay away from them.

Looks like you have tried quite a few drugs for the IBS and Reflux. I took protonix too , but it did little for the reflux. Prilosec is basically Nexium...made by the same company. Only difference is the OTC dosage is 1/2 the script and it converts in the body to nexium and takes a bit longer to work. Did your Dr tell you to take 2 nexium? Thought you mentioned that, but I didn't know you could take more than 40 MG daily. Could you space out the nexium, 20mg during the day and 20 at night? Something is happening to us in the evenings and both of us seem to be troubled by 8 pm...even if the day was good. Interesting and I wonder why? Maybe we are not digesting the food from the day and by 8 pm it's just beginning to become digested? Just ideas but no answers.

Get that BedRest Pillow or TV pillow. Walmart usually carries them. Try really hard to sleep sitting up. It made a world of difference for me. I am much better now than I was before I decided to do that. My days are normally better now, and can go weeks feeling normal ( well nearly normal as I still have to watch what I eat and sleep sitting up) Keep this in mind too..even when you heal, you still have GERD and IBS. Gerd does not go away, there is no cure for it. So you will always have to be careful of what you eat. It might go silent on you, but it's still there. I made that mistake and only wish someone had told me of that. I would have been much more careful about what I ate.

I will be thinking of you today and praying you get some much needed rest.
*Hugs*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
Jamie, can you eat eggs?? Or just egg whites?? I boiled some eggs and was just going to try to eat the whites. Would that upset my reflux??
Thank you!!
*Hugs*!
Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 5:44 PM (GMT 0)
Michelle,
you might also want to try poached eggs on toast( and yes , eat the yolk). The eggs scrambled might irritate the gerd, but poached eggs on toast should be ok as should boiled eggs. And eggs have iron and protein so they are good for you.
*Hugs*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Jamie! I will eat a couple of the boiled eggs and see how I do. Yolks are a major IBS trigger for me, though. Major cramps and backpain, and D attacks!! Not good for me at all......

Yea, the doctor told me my reflux was due to my hiatal hernia. But, he just told me to take Prilosec OTC for it. I told him I couldn't take it anymore and I requested the Nexium, so he gave it to me. He acted like it was no big deal at all......I haven't ever heard of that massage therapy for it. I should look into that. I did some research on my own for Reglan but the doctor never even mentioned it to me. He acts like it's not that bad. But, maybe he will understand how bad it is, now that I keep cancelling my gallbladder hida scan. I have to get the nighttime reflux under control!!!! Yea, when I cancelled my appt the first time, the doctor told me to take 2 40mg Nexium a day. One in the morning and one at bedtime. I am afraid it would actually be too much. I will just stick with the 40mg Nexium one time a day and Pepcid AC and antacids at night. I don't think 2 a day would be good for me, side effect wise. I don't know.....you're right. What's up with us having problems at 8:00pm, no matter how our day went!!?? You might be right about not digesting the food until then. I don't know.......I'm also supposed to be taking that sucralfate before lunch AND at bedtime but I don't take it because it constipates me so bad. It doesn't alter your stomach acid production anyway. It just coats your stomach like the DGL to protect against ulcers from the acid. I will just continue taking the DGL ......it doesn't constipate me like that other stuff does.

I don't know what happened, last year when I could eat whatever I wanted. He didn't diagnose me with GERD when he did the endoscopy this month, he just said I had acid reflux from my hiatal hernia. He said I didn't have any inflammation in my esophagus or stomach. I responded to your post because I was having all the symptoms you are having with the nighttime reflux.....and all the other stuff. I have all the symptoms that you are having and you have GERD. I cannot believe I don't have GERD. I feel like I'm well on my way to getting it if they don't get this reflux under control. He thinks I was born with the hernia (it's not big) and many people have hiatal hernia's without having any symptoms. This is the 3rd time in my life where I have had these reflux problems with my hiatal hernia. Once it heals, I guess it's done until I do something to trigger it again. Stress triggered it this time. I had a absessed tooth back in May and the rootcanal totally stressed me out!!! I made myself literally sick as a dog over it. ON top of my two jobs AND IBS!!!

I'm gonna go get that pillow in a little bit. I have to be able to sleep tonight. I just read something on the net about melatonin helping sleep AND IBS symptoms. Have you heard bad things about melatonin??? Does it work??? I might pick some of it up at the HFS on my way to the Wally World if you think it would help me.

*Hugs*!!
Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Michelle,
Reflux is Gerd. No matter how the Dr tries to color it, acid reflux is technically gerd. Lots of people have hiatal hernias without gerd symptoms, and I don't know why some do have it while others do not.

They do surgery on Hernias, but I don't know how successful they are or if you need repeat surgery for them. Your IBS really might be causing the reflux as well, and you should get that hida scan to make sure your GB is functioning properly. It's a simple test not invasive at all. You just drink a liquid and they watch how your GB handles it. All nuclear medicine now, very high tech.

I dont know about melatonin but have heard that it can help you to sleep. Also Valerian is a natural sedative but must be used in very small dosages. And I am not sure of interactions of prescription meds and melatonin or valerian.
http://www.melatonin.com/
read this article first then think about taking melatonin.

Remember that even health food products can have side effects. DGL is safe, I sometimes eat it like candy when I am having a bad gerd day. I don't think you can OD on that one, but some you need to be careful of some things. Absorb Aid isn't bad either. I tried that not long ago and it has some digestive enzymes in it. Got it at the health Food store, and it's just lipase and some other digestive enzyme. I opened the capsule and put it in 6 oz of cold water and drank it. Didn't hurt, and it's supposed to aid in digestion. It is supposed to increase your absorbtion of nutrients by 71%. Buy a sample first before buying the bottle.

Have fun at Wally World....guess that is the local supermarket? We have Publix down here in Florida.

*HUgs*
Jamie :)
Posted 11/27/2005 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
Okay, I gotcha! Reflux is GERD.....!!

I have heard sooo many stories about the hernia surgery. Some really good and some reallllllly BAD!!!! I'm scared to do it because I might be one of the BAD cases......but, if that's what I gotta do, I will do it.....I guess.

Thanks for the melatonin website. I don't know if I can tolerate Valerian. It might upset my stomach....I might check it out, though. I need something to help me sleep because my body is feeling it, today. I cannot heal if I cannot sleep, ya know??? :(

I haven't heard of that Absorb Aid, either. You are full of all kinds of helpful info!!! You gotta keep in touch with me!! You're helping me out sooo much and I soooo greately appreciate it, too!!

I looked up Pepcid in my book and it said even when you're taking Pepcid, it could take DAYS OR WEEKS to even feel the benefit from that......so, maybe I just need to give the Pepcid more time before that one kicks in, too. I saw on this website in the GERD research center, where there was a doctor tht recommended taking an H2 blocker at night, along with your PPI in the morning to help ward off night time reflux. I cannot believe my doctor didn't tell me about that. If I wouldn't have taken that pepcid last night, I would have thrown up. Gaviscon and Pepto wasn't cutting it. I did notice, though, that I felt fine before I went to bed and then I took some DGL and it kind of upset my IBS and then I started feeling really hungry ......so, maybe I won't take any of the DGL at night. I wonder if I wouldn't have eaten the DGL last night, if I would have even gotten sick. ????

OH, Wally World is just what I call Walmart.....We have Publix, here, too but those Publix stores down there in Florida are really nice. Especially the one in Boca Raton!!! That was amazing!!! I can only dream of being able to afford to live in Boca, though!!..... :( I usually shop at Kroger, though.... hehehehe

Talk to ya soon!!
*Hugs*!!
Michelle :)



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Posted 11/27/2005 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hey jamie!

I was reading your very first post again and I will tell you my experience with naproxen (naprosyn) and Ibuprophen. When I was in the Navy, I never had heartburn......NEVER! I came down with TMJ (jaw disorder) and it became inflammed and the dentist put me on Naproxyn and after I took the first pill (with a totally full stomach!) I got heartburn really bad and it did not go away for 2 months!!! I never took that mess ever again. I told her I couldn't take it anymore and she says "Well, you have to go on some type of anti-inflammatory to reduce the inflammation." I said "forget, it!". It eventually just went away after she made me a night guard....it took a long time, but I couldn't handle anymore heartburn like that. Not in the Navy....I didn't have time for that mess when I had to get up at 5:00am every other morning and run 5 miles!!! That hurt really bad for 2 whole months. I took every kind of over the counter heartburn remedy there was and finally a pregnant girl I was working with told me about baking soda! It knocked it out, cold! I never had it again after that. 1/2 tsp in water.......gone! I was amazed. I tried it again when my reflux came back this time and it just made my whole body hurt all over! I can't take baking soda anymore. That hurt really bad......my whole body kind of burned......it just made me feel even more sick to my stomach, if that makes any sense. Isn't that so wierd that it can be a miracle for me one year and 7 years later, be my worst nightmare!!!???

Have you tried it??? Maybe you could give it a shot.....but, beware!! It could make you feel worse, like it did with me... :(

Wierd!
*Hugs*!!
Michelle :)
Posted 11/27/2005 11:26 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Michelle,
I have heard about the baking soda thing, but have not tried it yet. Actually it was the woman in the local health food store that recommended it to me for nightime gerd.

ALL Nsaids like ibuprofen , naproxen sodium are now being reported as causing gerd. And of course there is a whole new generation of kids being fed that stuff instead of tylenol. Asprin of course is a no no. But we already know about asprin cause it hurts so much if we were to take one. My brother in law has chrons but didn't know it for awhile. He was taking ibuprofen for his stomach pain and it turned out that he had ulcers all over his intestines from the ibuprofen!

Hope you got your Pillow from Wally World and that it helps you tonight. My son knew what Wally World was,,, guess I am out of the loop on some things...must be the age :)

Have a great night Michelle, and let me know how your night went.
Best thoughts only,
*Hugs*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/27/2005 11:56 PM (GMT 0)
I just typed a whole long response and somehow my pinky hit I don't know what button and it deleted it!! Dang it!! OH well....

I will let you know if I make it to the Wally World to get my pillow! I have chest pains tonight.....new symptom!! Is that reflux, too?? I don't have burning in the throat, just chest pains.

That's too bad about your SIL!! That's horrible!! My cousin has crohns and has had all of her large intestine and 3 feet of her small intestine removed. She wears a bag, now....but,.......she lives a perfectly normal life!! She had 18 operations and after she healed she had 3 kids! She can pretty much eat normally and she feels 100% better than I do!! Sometimes I wish they would just remove my colon!! But, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it......it just doesn't move right!!! How can it possibly hurt that bad!?!? I would like a new stomach and esophagus while I'm at it, too!!! hehehehehe......with a really strong LES!!!!

Have a good night!! Will be thinking about you!

*HUGS!!*
Michelle
Posted 11/28/2005 11:12 AM (GMT 0)
Mornin Michelle!
The chest pains can be the gerd, and it can also be IBS and it can also be the GB. Get the Hida Scan so you will eliminate that problem. Tell your Dr about the chest pains. Ask him why your having it now and didn't before. He must know by now that your symptoms have not abated as he has prescribed numerous drugs for you. If he can't help you, maybe it's time to see another Dr.

Have a great day!
*Hugs*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/28/2005 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
Good Morning Jamie!

I took the 20mg pepcid ac last night and it got rid of my reflux but it gave me horrrrrrible nausea and stomach pains. Unbelievable! I can't get rid of one thing without taking on another!! I didn't wake up with reflux or anything. But, it took me 2 hours last night to fight the nausea and (abdominal) stomach pains. I was sooooo miserable! Should I just take the 10mg??? It doesn't make me nauseated or give me stomach pains but it doesn't work all night either. I don't know what to do......?????

I tried to see another Dr. but they told me that I had to keep seeing the same guy. I don't know if it's an insurance thing or what....??? I've already been through 3 regular physicians and they all keep referring me back to the same GI guy, even when I told them that I don't like him. I first saw this guy in 2003 and I never went back to him because he is so rude. I fixed myself.......it took a year but I was able to get stable again. But, this time..... I can't fix myself. My body isn't responding to all the other stuff I was doing last time to get well. So, I had to go back to the GI guy and they referred me back to the SAME GUY 3 TIMES!!!! I told my doctor that I didn't want to see him, again and he told me I had to continue to see this guy because he never released me. I don't know.......????? Didn't make any sense to me!!


How are you feeling, today???

*HUGS*!!
Michelle :)
Posted 11/28/2005 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Michelle,
Since you have IBS -D with the Gerd it's a bit more complicated for you. Personally I would rather lose the reflux as that can be damaging but IBS won't really have any long term affects from what I hear. I take the 20 mg of Pepsid as this is what the Dr suggested, telling me that 10 won't do it..not for me, but maybe its what is best for you. Can't hurt to lower the dosage and see if you get any relief.

How does the TV pillow work for you, has it helped? If you have private insurance you have the right to a second opinion. No one can tell you you HAVE to see the same Dr. Even if it's an HMO they allow you up to a certain # of changes. Contact your insurance company directly and complain and let them know that they will be responsible if something happens to you.

Feeling tired today but ok. Had a fairly good night, but some burn around 4 am after I had gone back to sleep. Don't know why that happens other than maybe bad dreams stirring things up inside. Worried a bit now as my sister is having a total hysterectomy this thursday,,, hope its not C, we don't know yet.

Just resting today and reading a bit.
Later Gator!
*HUGS*
Jamie:)
Posted 11/28/2005 5:54 PM (GMT 0)
I'll just take 10mg tonight and see what happens...If nothing else, It won't give me that horrible stomach cramping and nausea!!

I still haven't gotten my TV pillow....I'm going to go over there, today, hopefully. The day slid right by me yesterday and then I had to go to the grocery store because we didn't have any food in the house. Can you eat onions, green peppers and stuff like that?? As long as they're cooked?? I cannot tolerate tomatoes at all, but I was thinking about making some rice pilaf and adding some cooked veggies to get some nutrition. I made a egg-white mushroom omelette this morning and it sat really well. I will be eating that more often. I feel like I actually have some nutrition in my system, now.

I left out the cream of wheat this morning and guess what.....no gas! I guess that stuff makes me kinda gassy. Not too bad, but enough to notice a difference. It digests really well, though, in my stomach. No reflux, I mean.

I'm sorry to hear about your sister. I will keep both of you in my thoughts and prayers. I hope everything checks out okay.....My grandmother had a tubular pregnancy when she was 22 and had a total hysterectomy at 22 years old!! She almost died because her tube burst. Emergency surgery.....Wow, she's been on hormones ever since and couldn't have any more kids. Poor mom......she was the only one! Well, I'm glad she was able to have my mother, at least, or I wouldn't be here!! :)

I will be praying for you and your sister! Everything will be okay....You're not working, today??
*Hugs*!!
Michelle :)
Posted 11/28/2005 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
I work from home, so I can just log on whenever I want, that is if I am not busy with customers.

Glad your eating some food, I think poor nutrition adds to reflux. I know I don't feel well if I don't eat right. I cannot eat onions, green peppers etc cooked or otherwise. Only fresh tomatoes, not sauce or tomato products...too acidy. But I can have garlic...go figure and black pepper...can't tolerate mayo either. Just certain foods don't go over too well. Some are fine. Just had some chamomille tea with raw sugar and stevia( a natural sweetener). Chamomille tea does nothing really for me, but it's supposed to relax me and anything warm is not bad anyway.

Well, TTFN
*Hugs*
Jamie:)
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