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Date: | Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:22:48 EDT |
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I'm sorry for the long delay in responding to your amazing suggestions. So
many of you (over 75) offered helpful advice and sympathy. As always, I am
overwhelmed by your kindness. There were so many replies that it is difficult to
summarize them all. Here are some of the highlights.
Many said to try a few other medications. I am looking into them with my
doctor.
Some suggested I look into surgical options as they have been helped by these
procedures. My doctor said that I wasn't a good candidate, but I'm not
giving up on that just yet -- I'm going to try for a second opinion if the
elimination diet yields no results.
The vast majority suggested an elimination diet since most of you have had
acid reflux in response to ingesting particular foods. I am working on it now
and have already noticed that the reflux is better when I limit my dairy intake.
Suggestions also included not eating 3-4 hours before bedtime, sleeping on an
incline and avoiding spicy foods. I have done these things too and I'm
experiencing some relief.
Again, Thank you all so much. I was quite depressed when I sent the original
post having been dealing with this for so long with no results. Now I have
some hope and many choices for changing my situation.
Desiree
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