mudmagnetmum thank you for the kinds words...we are pals ive been doing better lately and have been reading here on and off i think often about the friends i mede here and wish you all well i see...
Incognito i have not posted here for a long time due to debilitating tinnitus that i believe was vey possibly caused by taking drugs to treat gerd it really had me on the ropes certainly association...
Liz, Sandi, Denise, Kitt i read what you wrote recently and all my friends here going back thank you all for keeping me in your thoughts and the kind words on these pages i dont write much but...
mudmagnetmum thanks for your good wishes...yes i tried melatonin it helps me get to sleep but does not lessen the ringing i sorry to hear about your recent flare up...hang in there! (ps yes gaba...
dear friends im sorry ive been absent from around here lately...i miss you all, but i have not been well as a side effect of medication ive been dealing with roaring tinnitus (ringing of the ears),...
PPI-LESS yes i agree with maximus, i too would tell my boss...let me suggest you do it in writing to ensure bad memories dont end up with denials i want to wish you the very best of good luck as you...
INzzane id like to just comment about one part of your original post i too get nausea, often, as "part" of the entire gerd mess i say "part" because i dont know if gerd per-se causes nausea, although...
davidk if i were you....(im not a medical professional so please discuss this with your doctor) i would do 3 things as soon as possible 1 ablate the dysplasia ( i believe mayo clinic and others do...
Kitt thank you for the kind words (previous page) yes ive ben busy you are exactly right about the "clean-up"..ive been working every free moment trying to put the place back together...the...
hi Geo for a long long time ive had daily acid reflux so i know something about the way you feel..im sorry you are hurting so much and at a young age but your youth has an advantage, you can heal...
AshleyRose what Bruce said above is spot on im sorry that you got inconclusive, (unfavorable ?) results (are those the right words...not sure but im not surprised i have LPR and after being scoped i...
Faith thats exciting news! ! ! Doctor Koufman is so highly respected...yep me too, im looking forward to your sharing with us what ever you can after your visit. best wishes mt...
Denise thank you for the kinds words up top about us regulars lending a hand from time to time...your kindness is appreciated hope you are fully recovered from that nasty cold Ashley i read in a...
Linz sorry Linz, its plain you are in a lot of pain welcome to HealingWell...people here are very friendly and this is a great place to get support.... first let me observe that nausea is a common...
Bill i hear you about the risk of another esophageal endoscopy...im doing my best to learn everything i can about flexible trans nasal esophagoscopy...seems like the risk of esophageal perforation...
faith you asked "May I ask how long your throat has hurt? Is this your only symptom? If so, has it gotten any better? If not, what other symptoms did you have and did they go away?" my throat has...
faith my throat hurts almost all the time, the big variable is how much hurt once in awhile ill have two or three good days in a row i did fairly well for a while last summer but since early...
Bill one day after your last entry above......we just got the electricity back! yippie four january nights without power , yuk ( we actually pitched a free standing tent in the living room and...
few of the tests are 100% after barium swallow i was told all looks good and no sign of hernia then...after esophagoscopy was told i had an averaged sized hiatal hernia as for getting surgery... its...
Sandi im sorry you went thru all that worry and pain. glad the people at the hospital were able o get right at it even though your regular doc (surgeon) was away when stuff like this happens i always...
Kitt AshleyRose Mudmagnetmum all thanks for the kind words and good wishes Kitt yeah the rivers to the south are flooding an parts of oregon and south west washington are getting very wet even by NW...
i all a belated happy birthday wish to Ashley and Bill things have been pretty crazy here all last week we were warned that the south puget sound would get the snow storm of the half century few,...
justpassinthrough good luck many of us will be waiting for any information you can share with us about your linx procedure i too have LPR...bad but strangely i also reflux at night...and occasional,...
outdoorsgirl i do at least half of all the damage at night i sleep the first half of the night in an upholstered chair reclined back no more than 45 degrees my bed is inclined at the head 8 inches...
Liz im sorry, sorry, sorry, if reading my comments about tinnitus resulted in you feeling so down i dont think you should conclude, or worry that you are "loosing your hearing" and wont be able to...
speedy yes good point...excellent point if a person can respond to the tinnitus right away with what you said and the us navy and others have found that taking n-acetylcysteine right after injury may...
Yes ive had tinnitus for 20 years or so and much of what has been said upthread is spot on especially about how eventually you will very very likely get used to it even if it is driving you so crazy...
i tried to go to the torax medical web site to read their take on how the fda committee meeting regarding linx went yesterday i dont know why, can only guess that the web site is being swamped with...
wow! regarding the FDA panels unanimous vote in favor of torax linx today, "Drew B. Schembre, MD, from the Swedish Gastroenterology, Swedish Medical Group, in Seattle, Washington, said, "It was nice...
theacidrefluxman your comment is thoughtful and well reasoned i can only say that if heartburn "symptom severity, frequency and duration" and risk for adenocarcinoma are not strongly related, then...
my insurance covers 50% of everything after i pay 100% of the first 10 thousand dollars in any one year, up to 35k and there after 100 percent up to 400k where i am cut off until the new health care...
my pcp mis diagnosed me and threw antibiotics at my symptoms subsequently was suspected of having lung cancer three rounds of chest xrays after barium swallow and other tests was told i had hiatal...
iamloco724 i sympathize...been thru this struggle twice as i have problems with PPI side effect...but hey nothing shuts down HCL like PPIs so i used H2 acid reducers to help me step down from PPIs......
Digestgirl similar...or at least related discussion going on in another thread titled, bile reflux, by AshleyRose you may find the links there interesting sorry about all the pain i have the nausea...
AshleyRose im reading with great interest...the pain and nausea have my attention not to mention other "symptoms" however, i easily fall prey to "suggestion"...if i read about a disease long enough i...
Michelle yes my symptoms seem to run in cycles or maybe it is seasons...not sure towards the end of last summer i was doing fairly ok...not perfect but wining the battle most days now im back into...
soliver best of good luck to youl this is a very tough situation, but in this situation i support your decision especial since dilation was not successful keep us posted...hang in there! mock turtle...
Geo Welcome to HealingWell i understand your anxiety over acid reflux. i have been struggling with this disease for more than 20 years and i have barretts esophagus...yes i worry but i try every day...
Bill sorry...i failed to respond to your coment to me from 12-24 one page back good question about biopsy and trans nasal esophagoscopy...im not sure, still learning about the procedure but it seems...
theacidrefluxman what are the four or five most effective things you can do to lower your risk ? do them and stop beating yourself up heres my list eat all kinds of berries and raw cruciferous...
AshleyRose im sorry, truly sorry that you are in pain despite all you have done to set things right i salute your weight loss and diet program and you have provided many of us here with sterling...
kaylajane i have red that the difference is how much, how high and how often that is , those with lpr can sustain injuries with smaller quantities refluxate that frequently travel much higher up the...
theacidrefluxman as the young person that you are, there are good reasons to look seriously at surgery but please allow me to put some, (not all ) of your anxiety into perspective im old ive had gerd...
s2obed i experience much of the anxiety and related issues you talked about and as you can see from the responses above we re not alone the digestive system is connected to the brain by the vagus...
Jamaica yep thats TNE if im right (IF) they can look all the way down to the LES and maybe beyond ask your doc! best wishes mt...
PPI-LES you asked am i thinking about a procedure.... heres the long answer (sorry) i spent a huge amount of money in the last year on medical issues and im tapped out emotionally and financial from...
Jamaica i cant remember if you talked about this already.....have you been scoped? a simple, painless awake procedure called trans nasal laryngoscopy will allow your doctor to tell you what she sees...
Nickles i dont know why chicago tribune has blocked the article heres the original publication in brief from the american journal of gatroenterology...
PPI-LESS its clear you and i share experience and-or knowledge of the benzo and the otc gaba agonist im talking about...you are well informed and i agree with your analysis above i so wish medicaions...
jamaica what reason would there be to believe there is a lost opportunity? PPIs will work to reduce the parietal cell production of hydrochloric acid whether a person takes them in the first days...