Btw, walking is great exercise! Once you have corrected posture and pain starts to leave your body start working on strengthening your body....
Don't work any core muscles. You need to correct your posture doing stretches and putting your head back in it's natural alignment. Forward head posture can cause severe physical pain and can be the...
How are you taking the gastromycin? By chewing up a pill or swallowing it whole? Please let me know how it works for you....
PH probe. INstead of doing the 24 hr one where a line is put through your nose into your stomach, it is attached to the lower end of your esophagus and they put it there during the endoscopy. It is a...
yes, but not the Bravo. The endoscopy results came as soon as I was awake after it was done. My esophagus looked good and my hiatal hernia is still small and doesn't appear to be much of a concern. I...
Every other acid blocker and PPI give me horrible side effects. I tried Pepcid AC and have no side effects and it is working. It is blocking most of the heartburn I am having. I see the GI specialist...
Who told you about the Potter's Acidosis? Was it a Herbal specialist?...
I am trying it and after using the second dose today all I can say is it makes me burp up orange flavor constantly and gives me indigestion. It says to try it for 20 days every other day. Not sure I...
JohnS, you have taken this haven't you and how did it work for you?...
I wanted to try this product and heard about it as well, but no one in the US has it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you have a link where it can be purchased?...
thanks, I'm pretty miserable today as well and the test is over today. I think I had reflux yesterday which is good/bad. But this test sure did hurt. I can't do anything but lay around. But at least...
Well, that is it, I'm in Hell! I guess when i got the biopsy the Doctor scraped the walls of my esophagus to get a sample. Well, it hurts so bad today I can't function. And so doing this Bravo is...
yes, that is a splint, don't use any splints! Grinding your teeth does not mean you have TMJ. The grinding could be causing the left nostil to close up. I'm sure you are miserable but the best thing...
Ok, had the endo done this morning with the Bravo Ph probe which is now in me for 2 days! The results of my endo were good. There is no sign of any damage and my esophagus looks really good. My...
It isn't sinus problems. I know what is wrong with you. I have the same problem. I grind my teeth as well and when I grind my teeth worse at night the more I'm dizzy stemming from the right side of...
Sorry, I just feel for you. You suffer so badly, i can't even imagine....
I think the drugs make us work. I'm drug free of any acid reducing meds. My opinion is to start trying natural stuff like DGL licorice. Try sleeping only on your left side as heartburn won't come in...
friendly, how did you find out you had a motility problem in your esophagus?...
Danie, the DGL just tastes so horrible to me, and I have a thing about when I taste something so bad I gag and than I throw up. And I don't need to throw up and get more acid in my esophagus! If...
I'm with you both! I didn't start having severe anxiety issues till the acid reflux started. Friendly, I suggest you stop taking everything for a while and eat very bland food....
I can't stand the taste of the DGL licorice and start to gag when it is in my mouth....
I have constant pain in my chest as well and back, but I force myself to work out regardless. Of course my pain could be much less than the both of yours seeing neither of you can work out with this...
I work out all the time, and try to keep busy. Thankfully school starts next week for my boys and I plan to volunteer daily if I can. I'm going to try to keep myself so busy I don't have time for...
I am going to stop all natural stuff and let my own body try and fix this all on my own....
I was told to take probiotics as well, but I have been in bad shape since I started taking them a few months ago. I asked on another board I go to and a gal there told me this information and she...
If taken in high amounts. I have been taking them since this started. I had acid reflux and decided to take them. That is when everything got worse for me and I've gone down heal so badly. I just...
I posted about my GI visit in it's own thread....
friendlygal, I'd have the Nissen Fundoplication done if I were you. You've dealt with enough. I can't imagine my GERD being as bad as yours....
I can't take any PPI's anyhow. Wish I could and it probably keep me from having to have the surgery should I end up getting it....
How long after the surgery did it take for you to be able to get back to normal eating?...
I'm not about to waste my money on something like that. I am trying herbal stuff to help and that is about it, but so far nothing is helping. I couldn't tolerate the DGL licorice as it taste to bad...
WOW, I have good insurance and my GI doc didn't even bother asking me about insurance and costs, he just scheduled the darn thing. No big deal. My copay may be a lot but it will be worth it to skip...
it is horrible. They basically take the top part of the stomach and wrap it around the lower esophagus and tighten in, than staple it to the other side of the stomach permanently. You never can throw...
And after I told him how this all started he kept saying "how bizarre", "how bizarre", lol! So I'm scheduled next Tuesday for an Endoscopy with Bravo. The Bravo is the Oh probe they put in, but...
I disagree elcamino, because I get severe heartburn based on what I eat and it is a lot better and more controlled when I'm eating less fattening foods, no onions, and low acidic foods....
I was getting better or so I thought than over the weekend I noticed I started burping lots and lots. Now I feel like I am producing more saliva and have some nausea. I see the GI specialist today,...
I can't stop burping and am burping all the time. I feel like there is constant air pressure in my stomach and it is blocked and it takes some time to get it out. When I put pressure on my back it is...
I see the GI specialist Monday, but this pain is sharp and on and off. It is right in the center of my chest. Sometimes how I'm sitting makes it worse. It seemed to be getting better but now today it...
I'm interested to know more about this device....
I heard someone refer to what I likely have as that term, but when I went looking on the internet about it I saw nothing....
I'm on only natural stuff and have stopped eating tomatoes or anything really acidic and my esophagus is starting to heal and doesn't hurt as badly. I went out of town this weekend and stayed in a...
The pain in my esophagus hurts really bad, but when I sit up straight and have good posture it gets better. Does good posture help heal the esophagus? Also, I am thinking of trying to desensitize...
Yes, I was taking Prilosec in prescription form. I started it because I was having mild heartburn, nothing like this!!!!!!! What I understand about GERD rebound is that it can take a long time till...
When acid refluxes up into the esophagus can it just come up into the esophagus and not make it's way into the throat or does most of the time it comes into the throat as well? And if a person wakes...
Just wanted to say when you come off any PPI's come off slowly and wean yourself off. Don't go cold turkey like I did! I'm paying for it big time with GERD rebound which hasn't gone away and not sure...
Have you ever been dizzy? No, I don't want to hurt my esophagus to the point I have to have surgery, I'm just looking at others way to help it without having to suffer dizziness or other wacked out...
Damn Prilosec did this to me. I took it for 9 months and was barely having bad heartburn when I started. Now I am having heartburn and pain in my esophagus all day all the time the last few months...
Ok, i decided what I was going to do was take the caplets and open them and put the powdered DGL licorice on a spoon and put it in my mouth and swallow. My gosh, it taste horrible!!!!!!! But it was...
I have a hiatal hernia. It is small from the last time I had it looked at through a scope, but it is there. and I think it has everything to do with GERD!...
what are your homeopatheic cures you are taking? I have tried all the PPi's and get all the same horrible side effects. My PCP thinks I need some type of desensitive therapy done so I can take a PPI....