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Buffy, I hope you have been visiting with a doctor... I know it must be awful to endure this. I have a close friend who finally ended up getting better and sleeping comfortably at night because they finally 'found' a med for her that actually worked...plus, she went through the 'food elimination' diet and by keeping track of the times she was worse, she learned to eliminate trigger foods. Even though I have not gone through this, just hoping my friend's 'getting better' experience will encourage you! Good luck to you.
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Hi buffy i have at times had bouts of extreme reflux. Check with your dr as there are certain medications that will help to eliviate this problem. Also what you eat has a lot to do with this as well, speaking to a good nutrinionist maybe able to help you with this. Hope thimgs improve, please let me know how things go for you. Take care Piglit
Hi Bettyann, thank you for your encouraging words. I have seen many doctors and GI specialists about this already. The problem is not so much the acid burn feeling, because the medicine I was prescribed takes care of that. The biggest problem is the actual reflux itself, my stomach contents basically going all the way up to my sinuses and also into my lungs via my trachea. So I'm going to go see another GI specialist soon too see what that they think. I met another doctor that said one way to fix this is to get the lap-banding surgery since my LES is gone; I really don't want that at all. So we'll see!
Thank you so much,
take care 🙂
Hi Piglet, thank you for the advice. And you're right about watching one's diet with this. There are a lot of foods that make it worse, which I do my best to avoid. However, technically it doesn't matter what I eat. If all I ate was 3 rice cakes in one day I would still get reflux, not the burning, but the backing-up of whatever is in my stomach. It's the worst when I sleep though. So I think I'm going to see someone soon about this, again, just to see what they say.
I really appreciate your post,
thank you and take care 🙂
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Hi Betty Ann how are you