fireman148
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I take prescription Nexium. I don't have any trouble now.
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Hiker3
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Good suggestions from everyone. Thank you to the OP for the thread.
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jharrelson
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I was diagnosed with a Hiatial Hernia which causes GERD, back in the 1970s... My doctor told me to use my arms to push my chair away from the dinner table instead of my belly.
I followed his advice for many years and the hernia healed itself... BUT.... about ten years ago I retired and started gaining weight again... the GERD came back..
The VA doctor placed me on a medicine called ... Omeprazole... works great... no more heartburn / GERD symptoms..
John
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The story goes that a man died and was approached by the Devil who told him that he could buy his soul back for a dollar. The man searched his pockets and could only come up with 98 cent. While begging the Devil to forget the two cent he was short, an Angel happened by and hearing the Devil laughing, asked the man, "Would you mind if I put in my two cents ?" The Devil got so mad that he exploded in a puff of smoke and the man's soul was saved.
The moral: Sometimes putting in your two cents worth makes a difference.
JOHN "the cook" 1997
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skipnchar
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A HIGH percentage of those with the condition could benefit from changing to a more healthy diet.
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CA POPPY
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According to my doctor, it's a birth defect so common that it occurs in one out of five people. The muscle at the top of the stomach is weak and allows very corrosive stomach acid to splash up into the esophagus where it burns. Of course, it manifests itself to different degrees. I've had a couple of attacks where the esophagus goes into spasms and the symptoms are hard to distinguish from a coronary, horribly painful. Landed up in the ER having tests done to see if I'd had a heart attack. Bud and I both take Protonix and have for years. Before that, it was OTC antacids our whole adult lives. It isn't a harmless condition, either. My uncle had esophageal cancer (is still alive with a feeding tube) and my mother has had to have the stretching procedure done twice, because her esophagus was nearly closed by scar tissue. Weight is sometimes a factor but not always. Yes, there is lots of info on the web, just google GERD.
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Cool Mike
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I had suffered from GIRD for years, like 25+ and had done every thing from diet to elevating the bed and several meds, and finally was recommended for a procedure called a "Nissan procedure". It was done laproscopicly, with a one night stay. What they do is tighten up the lower esophageal sphincter. It worked instantly. Its been 20 years now and I have had no more problems with GIRD, and Im now 64 years old.
I hope I came close on the spelling of some of these words, the spell checkers not much help.
PS: Judy and Bud, dont you just love Red Rock State Park?
Mike.
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edited 06/30/08 02:01am by Cool Mike *
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VaNole
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I experience GERD and my doctor perscibed Aciphex. Been using it for three years now and happy to say it works for me. One tablet in the morning does the trick. When I first started using it, it gave me a nasty headache. After I got used to it the headaches went away.
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wny_pat
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You guys talk about the sphincter muscle, I just found out a couple years back that I don't have one. There is nothing there but a straight drop into the stomach. And naturally every thing is raw from acid splashing up. Have had problems for years but the doctors could never find anything until this one sent a camera down to look. The doctor put me on 150MG of Ranitidine as needed. That is my miracle drug. I asked him about changing to the purple pill and he said, "what I'm giving you works doesn't it!". I think back on all those years of pain and Malox, Pepto Bismo, Rolaids, Tums and no answers from the doctors. It's awful when you know something is wrong and they can't find anything, but none of them whent about looking the right way. Kind of makes one think they are sick somewhere else. Oh, the doctor who did the scope said he could tie the bottom of my esophagus, so it would drop the food more slowly, but I decided to leave things along as long as the Ranitidine works and I have no problems from it.
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emzee
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POPPY wrote:hard to distinguish from a coronary, horribly painful. Landed up in the ER having tests done to see if I'd had a heart attack. Bud and I both take Protonix and have for years. Before that, it was OTC antacids our whole adult lives. It isn't a harmless condition, either.
after a trip to the ER then an endoscopy i ended up with what the ENT doc said was a hiatial hernia and an inflamed stomach. could be from anti-inflamatory drugs, stress and a few other things. I had to take anti-inflamatory drugs after my knee operation, which has caused me some stress too. but i thought i was having a heart attack the pain was horrible. never occurred to me that gas or inflammed stomach could cause that sort of pain. the doc has me on protonix and so far so good.
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Cool Mike
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I have had Gird for 25+ years, and now that it seams to be under control, as mentioned above. I was lucky enough to have three heart attacks and two bypass surgeries in the next 20 years, and last month a stint in both legs. At least for me so far, I have no problem telling a heart attack from gird.
But the golden years do seam a little tarnished to me.
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