Re: OT- Severe Heartburn

When I had my gallbladder attacks I thought I was dying. I lost a lot of
weight and wanted to wait to have it out until I finished losing weight
(typical chubby attitude). Then advised that if stone got stuck I would
need full open surgery not lap so went ahead and had the lap. Still have
diarrhea problems sometimes worse than before. Now I think they are related
to my three slowly bleeding ulcers. Protonix helps, but hate being on that
so long. There is almost nothing I can eat that doesn't bother me. I am
Ms. Bland of the year. No fried, no chocolate, no greasy, no spicy, no high
fat. If I eat McDonald's it's just easier to throw it in the toilet and
save me time since if I eat it I'll be there for the next four hours!!!! No
one believes I can have a weight problem when everything I eat leaves me so
dang quick. I always say it stays in me long enough for me to strip it of
the calories, but no nutrition and then leaves. There is no logic or
pattern either. Sometimes things bother me and others not. I definitely
avoid all fast foods.

--
Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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"VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have had these off and on since I had my gallbladder out when I was 21.
> Not a good feeling. They do say it mimics a heart attack.
>
> You do have to watch what you eat. Sometimes, you are not bothered by the
> food that will cause them and other times, voila--there they are! I guess
> the safest way to live is not eat the food, but sometimes you just can't
> help it.
>
>
> "Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:D%Phe.2067$cP2.1455@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > An interesting aspect of esophageal spasm that I learned the hard way is
> > that not only does it mimic angina, it also responds positively to
> > sublingual nitroglycerine...
> >
> > Eliyahu
> >
> > "LizzieB." <blahblah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:3epgqcF3gkn0U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Phyllis wrote:
> >>
> >>> It helped me to identify the food culprits (in my case tomatoes,
onions,
> >>> and garlic) and avoid them.
> >>
> >> Oh, my. Tomatoes and tomato products give me esophageal spasms so bad
> >> that before I figured it out, I hied myself to the doctor and asked to
be
> >> strapped to the EKG.
> >>
> >> Onions and garlic in limited quantities are okay, but tomatoes and
tomato
> >> products? I have to avoid 'em like the plague.
> >
> >
>
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