Hi - thank to your inquiring after me. I am much better. As it turns out I don't have GERD. I may have had it when I was heavier, as GERD and fat go hand in hand. But continuing to take the PPI when...
Folks- some of you Will have read my post about weaning off of PPI's. Since getting myself off of them I have learned a great deal about my medical situation. My problem, as it turns out, is a bad...
Thank you Finally Better!...
Day 14: well this will be my last post, thanks for all who read. I hope it helps someone someday. Overall I am doing ok- I have now been off ppis for 2 weeks, some days have been hard, some have been...
Day 12: not a bad day - chewing on gaviscon as per usual. Have ordered the ones from Canada without aluminum. We shall see how those work. Have a lunch date tomorrow - worried about what to order at...
Hi backyarder- I can only speak from personal experience but fat is a killer for me - really makes my symptoms worse. I too am skinny but I've added calories with things like beans and brown rice -...
Thanks Dina - day 11: a so-so day. Not agonizing so that is good. But acidy and heartburny. Honestly I'm not finding the rebounding any worse then how bad I was before. But I think if ppis are...
Day 10- a so-so day. I was ok until the late afternoon. For some reason I get the worse symptoms in the late afternoon and early afternoon. Anyone else have that? And it's always with the burning...
Happy Halloween all - bad day for me I'm afraid. Rats woke up in my stomach- bad pain. Which tells me 1) it wasn't the nexium and 2) the nexium wasn't doing anything to help me. I feel the same ebbs...
Thanks SD93!! We're all in this together!!...
Thanks Dina - I hope things get better for you too!! Day 8: had some acidy stomach today but not enough to wake the rats up. Dare I hope that the stomach pain was related to the nexium and maybe,...
Day 7 - weekend now. Holding steady - not terrible - rats still asleep in my belly. Went to a dairy farm today for a corn maze and other fall things. They had homemade ice cream - ugh. I treated...
Day 5 - I actually feel a little better today, thought I've no idea if that is because I'm improving, or if it's just the usual ebbs and flows of this disease. Have a Halloween party to go to today...
Day 4 - slept through the night so that is a blessing. Morning found status quo. Took gaviscon after breakfast and am powering through. Thinking of re-trying the carafate now that I am off the PPI...
Hi - I am sorry for your situation and I empathize - my stomach pain is also unbearable and I've been on the same regime as you drug wise. But now I an weaning off because the drugs just aren't...
So a little about me - 48 year old woman, have had GERD for 10 years, have been on PPI for the past 8. I've been on Prilosec OTC 2 pills a day in the am for 8 years. It was my best friend - my...
Hi I'm new here - I'm a 47 yr old woman. I've had GERD for a long long time but, up until a month ago, it was controlled by Prilosec 40mg once a day. Then out of nowhere it stopped working and I feel...