Hi Lanaleo 15. I have that same issue. I have a lot of burning that goes on throughout my throat and stomach on some days. Some times it can last for a few weeks and then it's gone for a few months. I can always track it back to bad eating I have not taken to many PPI's so that was not anything to do with my causation. I started writing down all the different things I was eating and found some problems there. I eat a lot of baked chicken now and soft veggie's for dinner and usually that is small portions, I eat yogurt and bananas daily and seems to be an okay food for me. You'll need to figure out which foods are bothering you and stay away from them. Drink lots of water to cut the acid in your stomach that helps me. I hope you feel better today and have no acid reflux.

Good Luck, Vicki.

I forgot to say only drink water throughout the day and lots of it, but not while your eating a meal, I think that's when you need more acid while your eating. If I get really bad burning I drink a lot of water and it does seem to help.

Vicki.

Lanaleo, Good advice from Vicki.

You can have gastritis with heartburn. Eating small meals helps a lot too but they have to be plain meals about every 2 hours.. It is sort of like snacking all day long but not too much food in the tummy at one time.

Do the food diary like Vicki suggested and there are a lot of good ideas in 2 other threads.. one is called PPI"s and the other is "are there any good stories".

You can totally eliminate the problem but it takes a lot of hard work and extreme discipline with the diet. I find my main issue is that I lose weight with the low fat diet and then I try to gain some back with more fatty foods and I get heartburn again or I go out to eat and there are hidden things in the food like pepper that can get me into a more intense flareup.

It is best to try and stay away from the foods that give you a problem. This issue is a learning curve thing and it requires a lifestyle change but it can get way better.

Good luck,

Lesley

I've found tons of food to stay away from and when I eat bland and snack I'm good. Once in a while I can have junk and its not as bad as like it use to be. My DR told me to talk prilosec and its helping. Today is day 3 on it and the burning is like almost nothing but I'm super sore now and have barely been eating. Cottage cheese doesn't bother me, but today it did. Even on a PPI. I'm going to a GI Dr Wednesday.

HI..

the soreness will go away after you are taking the PPI for a while. it takes time for the stomach to heal.. 3 days is too soon.

Good luck with the doctor, Lesley

I have CP problems and that magnifies my acid reflux problem, but I have found ways through it and am feeling much better. I cannot remember the last time I had the burning sensation you talk about.

There is no cure, but there are things we can do to limit our episodes. I believe lifestyle and being proactive plays a big part in how we cope and reduce acid reflux.

Taking out foods that make it worse helps and eating your last snack meal at 6pm. I also found The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure helpful. This book helps us adapt and adopt ways of cutting acid reflux and helps us understand the condition better.

I ate salad it got me burning in intestines and burping, I don't know what else it could have been and hiatal hernia with reflux,

Have you been eating salads?

Yes I agree it takes a little time. I am a sucker for take away and although I know the Doctors say not to eat this and that and virtually every damn food known to man I still do. I've tried dieting before and don't think it made a difference. In fact I think the diet which made me have less reflux more than anything is when I went on a non carb diet and was eating fried Bacon and Sausages every day. But the toilet trips made me go off that. Sometimes if I have a real spicy meal the night before I will pay for it the next couple of days with stomach aches and toilet visits. But it does get better once you get it out your system.

What most people call "heartburn" is actually often esophageal spasms alerting you to a distressed esophagus. Years ago, before my cancer was discovered, I frequently suffered radiating pain around my heart area. The doctors assumed that I had heart disease and put me through every known test for this - all of them were negative for heart problems. The occasional radiating pain wasn't investigated any further. Difficulty swallowing pills occasionally turned out to be the alarm set off for an endoscopy. This saved my life so far, but the recurrence rate for this cancer hovers around 90%.

I came off the PPI and now I'm getting the reflux from everything. I will admit, on the prilosec I ate and drank everything that I shouldn't and I regret it. It was nice not having reflux with anything. Today I'm burning and pepcid ac is not helping. My stomach is just burning is how I can explain it. I think I'm going to go back on the prilosec n call my Dr and tell him I've been bad, and this time around not mess around anymore.