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GERD: What are your symptoms and what helps?

Posted by johnbluffside @johnbluffside, Sep 13, 2022

What are your symptoms ?
What is helpful?

I have heartburn, but mostly hard time swallowing . My throat burns.
I have tried PP1 don’t like their side effects or their long time serious problems.
Tried raising the head of the bed. Tried eating lighter. Tried nothing to eat before bedtime .
They put me on H2 blocker but eeems to be getting worse.
Thank you for any help

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ruthrg | @ruthrg | Feb 15, 2023

I had heartburn/GERD for 45+ years. I was on 5 PPI Rx meds. when I had "break through," I took over the counter tums or Roland's. Finally, I stopped in my PCP office and he was not there. I got his med student/intern. She tested me for pylori, and it came back positive! Up until that point, I was treated like I had a mental illness, including counseling, and everything was being blamed on surgery I had when I was younger.
I knew for many years that I had a hiatal hernia, but when I had "Barium swallow" tests done, I had to fast, so the hernia dropped, and didn't show!
My dear little intern referred me over to bariatrics for an endoscopy, and they found the Hi-grade Barretts Esophagus, which had also herniated, eroded sphincter valve, and hiatal hernia. After all that was "resolved," I have been heartburn free! Stick to your guns, get your referrals, and expect your Dr's to listen to you! Not everything shows up in a blood test!

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cmdw2600 | @cmdw2600 | Feb 16, 2023
In reply to @ruthrg "I had heartburn/GERD for 45+ years. I was on 5 PPI Rx meds. when I had..." + (show)
@ruthrg

I had heartburn/GERD for 45+ years. I was on 5 PPI Rx meds. when I had "break through," I took over the counter tums or Roland's. Finally, I stopped in my PCP office and he was not there. I got his med student/intern. She tested me for pylori, and it came back positive! Up until that point, I was treated like I had a mental illness, including counseling, and everything was being blamed on surgery I had when I was younger.
I knew for many years that I had a hiatal hernia, but when I had "Barium swallow" tests done, I had to fast, so the hernia dropped, and didn't show!
My dear little intern referred me over to bariatrics for an endoscopy, and they found the Hi-grade Barretts Esophagus, which had also herniated, eroded sphincter valve, and hiatal hernia. After all that was "resolved," I have been heartburn free! Stick to your guns, get your referrals, and expect your Dr's to listen to you! Not everything shows up in a blood test!

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If you don’t mind sharing, how did you resolve your issues? I had h pylori also and took antibiotics to eradicate, but what have you done about the rest?

Thank you! Cindy

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riflemanz64 | @riflemanz64 | Feb 16, 2023

Did you have high grade dysplasia? Did you have an ablation to get rid of it? Is the BE now gone?

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