GERD (Acid Reflux)

[chitownzflyest]

My stomach physically creates excess stomach acid. mind explaining how drinking vinegar is going to help that?

is pretty much phisics.....for how idiotic that sounds, in almost all cases when you add an extra ammount of a different type of acid your stomach acid it pretty much cancels eachother out.........you digest the other acid from the vinegar and the stomach acid stops supplying because there is alreadi enough acidic compound in your stomach to handle the work..................that is how medicines like nexium and protonix work......................but nexium had a certain element that seals your acid ducts so you can have impacted stools when you take a shit......n thats not fun............and also reduce the acids iun your diet.......tomatoes, pasta sauces, citric juices, salty cheeses (such as feta) and so on and so fourth..............also the sweets are the worst to try and eat while having acid reflux spasms........................................if u got anymore questions ask me il help

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

FUCK THE PHARMACY! and to hell with those of you who dont, you DESERVE the improper treatment they supply you, all they want is your money! >=(

[daima]

I got a lump on my head and a boot print on my chest
It's what the guys in here call the sf county lie detector test
Well i did my best but as you might of guessed it's a tough test not to fail
i'm sittin here waiting in the sf county jail

I'm hoping that she's not so mad now that she wont even pay my bail
If i were her i'm not so sure i wouldnt keep on moving down the track
i'm sitting here waiting in the sf county jail

dai*ma

[Green Love]

I have GERD too. Even had the surgery and still have problems.
Go Figure.

[BobBong]

Mmmmmm Yogurt...

Thanks to Iron_Lotus, I'm managing to have better mornings if i eat some good quality yogurt! Thanks for the suggestion Lotus

I Owe ya a nice big Joint :stoned:

Bob

[birdgirl73]

Wow. Even though the first part of this thread's old, it's amazingly how timely this topic is in my life right now. I'm having GERD these days. And it worries me.

I had it 20 years ago for the first time when I was pregnant. Your whole digestive system slows down, and then your growing baby crowds the stomach up, making the reflux more likely. I took Rolaids and, I think, Zantac then. Had it for about a year and a half after he was born, too, till I got all the baby weight back off.

Then it didn't bother me for about five years. But then I had a ruptured appendix and bad peritonitis afterwards, and basically they ended up having to take out part of my intestines and a part of my stomach, too, and I was left with lots of scarring in my insides that slows my digestion down--and lots of ability to produce acid with the stomach that remained. If I didn't eat late at night, made sure not to eat greasy stuff or meat, ate acid-neutralizing foods (alkaloid-base foods like yogurt), ate plenty of fiber, I was fine. All that surgery also caused me to get thinner. which helped too. But still it would happen occasionally. And in recent months since I've been worried about my sister and now stressing about school, too, it's gotten fairly bad again. I hate it. I sometimes wake up coughing and choking, feeling that burning just rising in my throat. I have to sit up, chew Maalox till it passes, take one of the acid blockers (which I know some of you disagree with, but they've saved me from aspirating a couple of times).

I'm worried because I still can't stop it completely--and because chronic GERD is a really strong precursor to esophageal cancer, which is a killer. Our former Texas governor just died of it yesterday, only six months after being diagnosed.

I'm going to try the vinegar tip one of you suggested so the alkaline can help neutralize the acid (makes perfect sense), and I'd also be curious to hear what are particularly helpful yogurts. I don't want to get cancer, and I'd also like to be able to stay comfortably asleep. I'm pretty much destined to be stressed right now, but I do deal with that fairly well with exercise. I'm thinking yoga might help calm me, too, and possibly quell the acid production. More advice and/or recommendations would be very welcome!

[BobBong]

Wow. Even though the first part of this thread's old, it's amazingly how timely this topic is in my life right now. I'm having GERD these days. And it worries me.

I had it 20 years ago for the first time when I was pregnant. Your whole digestive system slows down, and then your growing baby crowds the stomach up, making the reflux more likely. I took Rolaids and, I think, Zantac then. Had it for about a year and a half after he was born, too, till I got all the baby weight back off.

Then it didn't bother me for about five years. But then I had a ruptured appendix and bad peritonitis afterwards, and basically they ended up having to take out part of my intestines and a part of my stomach, too, and I was left with lots of scarring in my insides that slows my digestion down--and lots of ability to produce acid with the stomach that remained. If I didn't eat late at night, made sure not to eat greasy stuff or meat, ate acid-neutralizing foods (alkaloid-base foods like yogurt), ate plenty of fiber, I was fine. All that surgery also caused me to get thinner. which helped too. But still it would happen occasionally. And in recent months since I've been worried about my sister and now stressing about school, too, it's gotten fairly bad again. I hate it. I sometimes wake up coughing and choking, feeling that burning just rising in my throat. I have to sit up, chew Maalox till it passes, take one of the acid blockers (which I know some of you disagree with, but they've saved me from aspirating a couple of times).

I'm worried because I still can't stop it completely--and because chronic GERD is a really strong precursor to esophageal cancer, which is a killer. Our former Texas governor just died of it yesterday, only six months after being diagnosed.

I'm going to try the vinegar tip one of you suggested so the alkaline can help neutralize the acid (makes perfect sense), and I'd also be curious to hear what are particularly helpful yogurts. I don't want to get cancer, and I'd also like to be able to stay comfortably asleep. I'm pretty much destined to be stressed right now, but I do deal with that fairly well with exercise. I'm thinking yoga might help calm me, too, and possibly quell the acid production. More advice and/or recommendations would be very welcome!

Hope this helps

http://www.aboutyogurt.com/lacYogurt/

to stoned and tired to get into detail :stoned: :stoned:

[birdgirl73]

This helps a lot, Bob. Thank you!

[Delta9 UK]

I suffered with this a few years ago, in the end it was a small ulcer - totally treatable.

My doc (she was great btw) at the time put me on a short course of drugs to repair the damage done to reduce the cancer risk.

I was only 23 at the time and work, stress and eating late (very bad) were all taking their toll.

My take on it is that I was coming in from work - rushing some food - smoking and chilling and then eating munchies later on. The munchies were normally snack foods and eating them late really didn't help.

I would jump out of bed with a mouth full of puke~bile each and every morning. Not nice.


OK My Tip:
Also try putting some big-ass thick books (phone book is good) under the top of the bed - this should elevate your upper body a little (just a few degrees is enough) during sleep and give you a gravity-assist to keep all that stomach-junk out of the way.

Good luck - I was lucky I guess - jumped on it early, changed my lifestyle a bit and (touchwood) I haven't suffered now for over 5 years (I'm 30 now).

Everyone gets indigestion every once in a while - GERD isn't the same thing and IMHO is totally underrated with regard to the amount of misery it can bring on.

[LIP]

I have fairly bad acid relux, because when i was a child, and i supose even now i dont chew my food. So i have to take a pill after everything i eat, but im used to it now so its not a problem.