Every time I read these posts I get worried about not having the Manometry test! I like the Doctor I went to here in Yuma but maybe I should I try to get up to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix....
I TOOK NOTES WITH ME FROM THIS THREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Surgeon told me I was a candidate for surgery. Before procedure I am scheduled for: EGD with Bravo Capsule & a Baruim Swallow. There is no...
THANK YOU ALL!!! I am now well armed to go to the Surgeon, find out if he can order these tests. If he can't I will ask my GP. I'll go from there. I was pretty sure that it was the recovery that was...
Thank you so much for the info! One more question: I was told the procedure was outpatient so what makes it "Major Surgery" and a "Last Resort"? When I went to my GI who recommended I go to a surgeon...
Alcie, thank you so much for your reply! This is what I was afraid of! I have read some of the posts here and though I do NOT understand a lot of the technical/medical aspects of the posts I DO...
Hi! Please I need some information! Been reading posts for a while and haven't had anything to really add since I first joined. I have suffered for the last ten years taking 20mgs. of omeprazole...
Kitt, thank you for your reply! So is it the hernia that is causing the GERD? That awful tasting stuff you wake up with in the middle of the night that really burns? I've also had it happen while...
I'm new to the board. I've been reading posts and I'm still disheartened, confused and maybe a bit scared. I'm 65, female, 5'7", 135lb and I've had gerd for about 5 years. Last endoscopy found:...
Holly, mine is a dry, I guess you'd call it a tickle cough. It seems that at times it gets really bad then eases up to not so bad. Same with the nasty mucus in my nose and my sore throat. I wonder if...
Holly, I just went through a bad week of coughing, sore throat and a real stuffy nose. I took some decongestant and I'm much better. I think I have allergies that irritate my already sore throat. So,...
Holly - I will be very interested in the replies you get as I have been suffering for a long time with LPR, a hiatus Hernia and, I believe, I also have silent gerd. I have gone to two specialists and...