Praying for pain relief for you and to feel better overall.

Thanks Heidi and Dan! What a frickin' nightmare for 3 days. Now have Meds. Thank you! Ted

Everybody is gone? WTF happened to this place??? Format change wasn't bad, but really does suck green donkey d___ks! I miss the assholes like me, all pissed at life and shit! Lol Where are all the lonely people? Dada da da da da daaaah?? like me??? What a dissappointment! Ted

So sorry you are suffering. I'm going to be that annoying person who asks if you have tried fasting at all? I read recently about food separation online and was fascinated by it; I have a hiatus hernia and gerd, and nowadays have fatty liver and gallstones, so it's all become something of interest to me.

But of course that means I think I know everything about everything even when i haven't a clue, so forgive me if I'm trying to teach you to suck eggs.

Ted you just need to post more. The world needs more donkey dicks and I think you're the man to provide them. We're all suffocating in our own navels lately...

I agree that Ted needs to post more. Are you listening Ted? Yeah, you buddy. Help us liven up the place a little bit. : )

At least I have a proper diagnosis of (BAM) Bile Acid Malabsortion. I have a new med, Colestide, which is hard to meter! I go from diahhreha to needing a frickin' Jack Hammer the next day! I can't find the happy medium about half the recommended dose. Just aggrevating, I'll figure it out.

You guys just like my real life english! Lol

It's been a hard time through the Holidays and all. Thank God I'm single! Lol I had surgery in August and still having a hard time. This medicine is helping, but one granule too much and Holy Rock Formation Batman! Need a laser to blast it out! Lol Ted
I'm going to bed, I'm 100% NUTZ!!!

You probably already know this:

https://patient.info/health/bile-acid-malabsorptiondiarrhoea-leaflet

"Colestyramine is the medicine most often used and is usually very effective."

The article is somewhat 'optimistic', in my opinion.

I use it it in granular form and it is still hard to regulate. Either hellishly painful from acid or locked up completely with 1 grain too much! Has anyone figured out how to be regular on Colestid (Cholostyramine), so far it is a gueswing game. I use half the recommended dose and still constipated. What am I doing wrong? Anyone? Ted

Sorry you are suffering from this chronic illness. I hope you can get some relief soon. I will keep you in my prayers.

What is the difference between acid reflux disease and this ?? I have what I think is acid reflux--heartburn all the time, every thing I try to eat causes horrible belches, loud enough to hear next door, but if I don't belch, the food lodges and I choke on it. Have to stick my finger down my throat and throw up.I live on Pepto Bismol Alkaselter,Pepcid and Gaviscon. In addition to this charming problem, I am 88, have emphysema, hi blood pressure and neuropathy. I, too, have thought about a. bullet thru the head and I sleep with a 22 revolver under my pillow but I don't have the nerve.I can't walk, eat or breathe and I too hate my life but, as my daughter tells me, consider the alternative.

Ms, Betty. I am not a gastroenterologist but you need to report your post to your doctor. I SUSPECT a peptic ulcer ... but could be hiatal hernia ... or a number of things. Acid reflux disease ... medically called GERD, is potentially dangerous in that is can lead to esophageal cancer. It is when stomach digestive acid goes back up the esophagus toward the mouth ... and burns the hell out of the tissue. Over time, scar tissue develops and the esophagus constricts ... resulting in dysphagia (trouble swallowing) ... that THAT can be MISERABLE ... when food won't go DOWN. Panic sets in during that kind of episode.

You need to see a doctor (preferably a gastroenterologist) and get this evaluated and treated.

I agree, it is the same acid that is in your bowels. If it's only upper gastric reflux, a peptic acid drug will help, if it is lower burning, BAM (bile acid malabsortion)is a possibility. I'm not a Dr. Please see your real physician for a proper diagnosis. Ted