I'm so sorry to hear that. I don't want to go the surgery route. I'd rather live with some discomfort. My prayers are with you.

Thank you so much. Feel better soon.

I assume Protonix is workig in that I don't notice much Gerd any more but obviously I have BE with high dysplasia so I question how well omeprozole was working. I am told that I must take a PPI and have scopes for the rest for my life. I would like to be told that I can be cured, but no one has told e that straight out.

Hi my name is lynn. I also have Barrett's esophagus. I also had ulcers. I was on protonix for about 5 Weeks and it healed my ulcer. Had to have endoscopy and colonoscopy to check ulcers and I constantly produce polyps. That's when they found Barrett's esophagus. Doctor that did scope changed me to Prilosec cause apparently I have silent acid reflux. I never had heartburn just terrible stomach and right side pain. Sorry to hear you have high dysphasia. Are they just treating that with protonix? It worked very well for my ulcers healed it in 5 weeks. Don't know why doctor changed drug to Prilosec except he thinks it's better for tightening LES in esophagus. Hope you feel better.

You might want to ask your MD about taking vitamin D3 since long term use of PPI can affect calcium uptake.

Thankyou for that info. I have been taking vitamin since my breast cancer. My oncologist said I needed it. My breast cancer was in 2002 and I had a double mastectomy at Sloan Kettering in New York City. They said d3 is something they give their cancer patients too. Most everyone living in the north east is low and I was too. Now thanks to you I know it's good for this too. THANKYOU