@stoclady I am surprised your hernia got bigger even though you thought you were doing everything right. Does your gastroenterologist know why this happened? Your condition sounds a lot worse than mine.

I only take one 30 mg. Lansoprazole (generic Prevacid) capsule, at bed time, and if I didn’t do that or have the head of my bed raised, I would be in a lot more pain and discomfort, not to mention having the acid reflux irritating my esophagus and eventually causing Barrett’s Syndrome. I don’t want to get to that stage so I will continue taking the Lanzoprazole at bedtime. I was prescribed it twice a day, but I found that upset my stomach so I switched to taking it just once a day, at bedtime and have had no more problems. I cannot sleep flat in bed. I have to have the top of my bed raised.