Are any of you who have had the fundo surgery runners? I have been a runner all my life and it is my outlet -- my way of meditating. Now, the GERD is so severe that I cannot run because it causes me...
I also have the symptoms of stuffy nose, constant post-nasal drip and searing sore throat that. Even my ear canals are burning. I also suffer from the esophagus burn, the upper stomach pain and...
How wonderful that you are feeling better and able to eat great food. What is the natural stuff you are doing? Id love to know that there is hope. (I am going to a nutritionist and taking homeopathic...
I heard about it but I thought was probably all hog wash. Let me know if you learn more about it and if you think there is something that can give us hope sitting on the grocery store shelves....
Dear elcamino and friendlygal, I am wondering about the criteria for surgery also. Like you, I take double PPIs (plus Zantac and Gaviscon) and am suffering more than ever. My current symptoms...
I think I am experiencing the same thing. Beginning in January, I was weaning myself off of 40 mg of Nexium 2x per day (plus Zantac) and over 2 months I was able to get down to 20mg of Nexium 1x per...
I am told that I have failed all drug therapy for GERD -- Nexium plus Zantac and Gaviscon are not controlling symptoms. I tried other PPIs and they did not work. The GI specialist suggests that I may...
I get the pulsing in my stomach too. I can actually see it pulsing - it's weird. I also have IBS. The entire GI tract is one system and when one part "breaks" usually there are consequences in other...
You are not alone. I have similar pain at where the esophagus meets the stomach and that pain radiates through to my back and up to my right shoulder. Sometimes I get pains in other areas of my chest...
I get that feeling often and sometimes it is accompanied by sharp pain in the solar plexis that goes right through to my back. Pain with GERD can be intense and it will refer to different parts of...
I am new to this site and I'm hoping to get some helpful feedback because I am feeling very concerned about my health and cancer risk in relation to Barrett's Esophagus and uncontrollable GERD. A...