Anyone with GERD, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease? it sucks bad. I haven't eaten well in a month and two weeks. I've lost 35 pounds. Everything I eat makes me sick to my stomach. I'm on Nexium twice daily and as many antacids I can choke down.

What helps you?

That reaks!
I was on Nexium for a while to, but mine was all nerves.
Sounds crazy, but if the heartburn gets to killin ya. Take a small spoon of baking soda and mix with like 6-8 oz of water and drink it.
Kills heartburn and makes ya belch till ya feel like heaven. HG

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Are you on any other med's??? My wife had a problem with the same thing but not as bad as you and it turned out to be a med she was on....

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That doesn't sound good at all. Sure hope you get it under control. Try Metamucel if you haven't already. Works wonders for me (after a number of prescription drugs failed.)

Dewey

I have GERD also. My doc put me on Prevacid, 30 MG a day (one pill). I take a pill every 2 or 3 days (make the bottle last longer) and I have very few problems.


tom

Just a mod on HG's homemade recipe,

When I get heartburn:
In a tall glass,

one ounce or so of vinegar, add water to halfway, heaping teaspoon of baking soda and stir in

Drink while it bubbles up,

Belch like hell

Works on indigestion too.



Have you tried Xantac75 ?

I've found for me, the over the counter Prilosec works better than the nexium or the prevacid.

Walmart has a good generic brand of Metamucil, been taking it for about 6 years, good for you and helps keep the weight down a bit. Dan

I'll try anything at this point. My doc doesn't seem to worried about my weight loss. He say's it good for me. I don't agree that malnutrition in the best way to lose weight. I'm looking for a new doc now. But my options are pretty limited by insurance. Anyone know what the expected recovery time is? I still can't eat anything. Although I don't feel sick to the stomach anymore. It's changed to a thousand ant's biting the inside of my stomach and esophagus. I've heard some people never recover completely. I'd rather die I think.

I hope you find a solution and get to feeling better soon.

My doctor in Houston had me on zantac 150. When I moved to Baton Rouge, the doctor here put me on protonix.

A couple of weeks ago, I saw zantac 150 at Sam's. As my insurance does not cover protonix too well, and the zantacs worked just fine, I have been happily back on zantac 150 for 2 weeks. It is less than 1/2 the price.

My Doc gave me aciphex. Works wonders.

i'm on prylosec now but i've been doing the HemmieGremmie for years. just with half the water. told the doc about it he said there was nothing wrong with it. Makes you burb like a ****!

didn't Kurt Cobain have that? blew his head off with a shotgun as we all know. DONT DO THAT!

NOT THE ASTERIKS AGAAAAIN!! OKAY ONE MORE TIME that's emmmm, oohhhhhh, effffff, oohhhhh, ****, whatya want me to say it the long way: mother ****er?

Taking TOO much antacid can give you a "rebound effect". Your body will start producing MORE acid to offset the antacids.

Sounds like your "flora" or body chemistry is AFU. The Gremmie Glass sounds like a good deal. Personally, I would TRY some of those PH strips that you pee on, to determine your body PH. (Like the Atkins dieters) If it looks low (acid) then keep up the baking soda.
In the mean time, stay away from Soda, fats, potatoes, tomatoes, citrus fruits (and OJ), and anything greasy/oily like fries, chips, etc. Eat easily digestable stuff like plain rice (no butter!, instead of water, use chicken broth) chicken. You have to stay away from Fats and acidic stuff for a while.

Your stomach is creating excess acids to disolve the "hard to digest" foods. Drink TONS of water.

And, yes, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, last night...

chocolate and COFFEE , too!