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I was diagnosed with Barrett's awhile back. I changed my diet, I had seen an internal medicine Dr. (he had his own office)- alternative Dr. He did extensive food testing on me and a stool test too. He found that I had an intolerance to wheat, gluten and dairy. He suggested that I go gluten free and dairy free. That is what I did and 5 upper endocsopies later, I no longer have Barrett's Esophagus, I cured myself, just from my diet. Have you had any type of food testing done? If not, I would highly encourage you to get food testing done. You can go to the Allergy Dr. and get the "prick" kind of testing done on your back or your arm, that is one type of food testing. Don't rely on just that, as that shows different results from the other type of food testing. The other type is lab/blood drawn and then it is sent off to a lab. Then, you get the results several weeks later. The lab/blood drawn is usually done by a Functional Medicine Dr. They are more expensive, however they will spend a lot of time with you, order a lot of blood work tests to rule out anything. They dig deeper than your primary care Dr. who hits the highlights-does routine type testing regularly, which is good. You might be able to change the way you eat and not have Barrett's! I'm not sure if that will work for you or not, however it worked for me. I feel so much better not eating wheat/gluten and dairy. It is more difficult eating out and cooking and baking at home, but I feel so much better and my body doesn't reject the wheat and the gluten/dairy like it did before with throwing up, tummy ache, diarrhea, etc... and I have acid reflux too and gastritis.