Blh..

take 150 every 12 hours... keep doing that until you havent had any symptoms for 2 weeks. But you also have to stay very careful with diet.. no chocolate cookies or you will go backward again. Nothing bad at all...plain plain plain... no salmon it is usually not good..

Then after 2 weeks of not a single reflux or gastritis symptom.. then go down to 75 mg 3 times a day for another 2 weeks.. if you get worse again go back up to 150.

Just start here and see how you do.

thanks Lesleygym....I honestly did last week for a few days take zantac twice a day but i decided I should stop and do what he doctor said. not sure if what he said was right. But I just took a Zantac (prescribed kind). Depending on what doctor comes back at I will take the zantac twice a day for 2 weeks and then drop that down to 75mg three times a day for two weeks. I guess then after that it may be just 75mg twice a day for another week or two and then drop to one 75mg pill a day for another week or two.
How that sound?

Lesleygm - you ever had experience with prevalite Powder?


by the way salmon has not caused me issues that I recall.

Karadura ok.. you cant sleep on your side on a wedge. it will annoy your back.. That may be this issue. If you are flat on your back most of the night. you can go off the wedge and sleep on your side until you get up. Sleep on your left side but not on a wedge..

How high is your wedge?

Just stay the course and you will get back to volleyball. Just do the hard work now. Try just walking. Gentle exercise is good for the gastritis.

Zero in on what food is bad for you and you will get way better.

was just thinking....could I go back on the omeprazole and wean myself off that? I ask because those are easier to take the beads out. I have been on Omep the main time over the last two years.

blh... yes that is the way to do it.. you are lucky salmon doesnt bother you. Go over it with the doctor. having bile reflux or a bile duct issue makes this more complicated. I have heard other people on this site talk about prevalite and they have a bile duct issue/bile reflux or IBS. I dont know much about those issues..

So it is harder for me to say for sure what you need to do as it is not as simple as reflux or gastritis.

Yeah no wonder I've been killing my back sleeping on the side on the wedge....it is pretty tall....I can't sleep flat on my back for too long. I will double up the pillows and raise the end of the bed to prevent midnight spills lulz....

Blh I was too chicken to use only zantac for the acid suppression....just keep your gut protected from the acid!

the GI doctor was not sure if I had bile reflux. Just seemed on my images they could see some yellowish mucus in there. Hopefully I will hear from him tomorrow. Since I just took a zantac I am pretty much done until tomorrow morning now anyway. So maybe when I wake up I can just take a 3/4 dose of omeprazole?? do that for a week or two and then go 1/2 for another week or two....

But i will wait and see what he says first.

when you guys take zantac for reflux...how soon do you usually experience relief? Just curious. I also just had a banana.

Ok just talk to your doctor tomorrow.

If you have bile reflux it is a more serious issue and it has to be well managed.

Taking a Zantac for today should be fine just be really careful with what you eat. If it is not strong enough you can take another one. no more than 300 though.. Then talk to the doc about weaning off of prilosec.

If you dont have bile reflux this will be simpler.

Hey blh how long have you been off the PPI?

Karadura..

My wedge is 7 inches.. it is comfortable. Do you have the 12 inch one? Those SUCK!! I used to use those too!

Pillows may work. I would get the 7 inch wedge. That will prevent any back or neck issues. It is comfortable. Pillows can also cause you back and neck problems on your side. It just takes longer.

Yeah its pretty tall.....maybe I can slice it with a power tool haha

lol...

this issue is a pain in the neck! Isnt it?

For sure, who would have thunk it that I will be dealing with something like this? Sometimes I feel like I can relate to people who are really sick with something really wrong....gives me perspective.