Barrett’s esophagus

I was actually part of this research and Dr. Wang is my gastroenterologist.

How are you feeling pdilly after your RF Ablation? Is the low grade dysplaisa now gone? I've lost 21# since Dec20. I had a physical and now have low sodium in my blood from drinking too much water. I see the GI Dr. On 3-13-19. I've had no reflux since going on this diet.

@riflemanz64 I think you must be the best patient EVER! I have never been accused of drinking too much water!
Thank you for asking about my RFA procedure at the end of December. For some reason it takes me about 10 days to get over the procedure. No sore throat or pain — just feel bad that long from the anesthesia and the anti nausea meds.
I still have areas of low grade dysplasia. Will have 4 more RFAs — 2 this year and 2 next year.

What diet?

Low acid diet, no soda, booze, orange juice, no tomato products, no fried foods, no coffee, I bought low acid coffee from Amazon and have 1 cup a day. PH is 6.18. No acidic fruits or veggies. I drink one cup of skim milk for breakfast with my cheerios, then it's water all day.
For lunch I have some fat free plain yogurt with a turkey sandwich. I also have some melon chunks. I eat a lot of baked chicken breasts for dinner with a baked potato and steamed broccoli. If I want dessert I have angel food cake topped with fat free cool whip.
I also have baked fish for dinner too. I also walk a lot for exercise. I'm now up to 5-7 miles a day. That's my diet. If anyone wants to share what they are drinking besides water that's safe for the esophagus please post it.

Pdilly, glad to hear you didn't have pain after the RF Ablation. Hope your next Ablation goes ok!

I went to the GI doc today and he said I'll have another egd and colonoscopy done in 3 years from today. He said the reason they don't oblate the early Barrett's is because it doesn't do anything for it. They only will oblate if there is low or high grade dysplaisa. Mine is in the early stage is what he told me. He liked it that I went from 200# on Dec-20-18 to 177# today. He also told me to cut down on the water intake. So I'll stick with the strict diet and hopefully all will remain stable. I'm not going to go below 175# seeing how I bought some new clothes.

Hi Dave. What treatment did they put you on?

Hi Dave... I’ve had it for years. Initially I was on acid reducing meds which worked for a few years. Try to stay away from spicey foods and other things that cause heartburn.
After mine got pretty bad (I had food actually come up because my esophageal sphincter wasn’t closing at all, they did a Nissan Fundoplication on me where they wrapped the upper part of my stomach around my esophogas, so neither acid nor food would come up into my esophagus. The one problem I have now, is that I can’t throw up. That initially sounds awesome until your body tries to and can’t and then I’m in horrendous pain with the heaving and have to wait until my body can release the nausea some other way. Try to head it off early and watch what you eat/drink.

@afrochic 1st treatment for Barrett's was in 1/2015 in a local hospital where they did a Biopsy, and RFA without removing a node in my esophagus . when the biopsy can back the area around the node had hi-grade dysplasia. Was told I couldn't have treatment locally so I went to Mayo. Because of the RFA had to wait til 7/2015 to have the Mucosal resection and another RFA done along with another biopsy which again showed Hi-Grade Biopsy.So,for the next 2 years went to Mayo every 3 months for a scope and RFA. A year ago only a scope since no Barrett's was visible so went to wait for 6 Mo.. Last visit was in July and the scope was clear so next visit moved out to a year from then