19th June 2008
Tammy, PPI stands for Protein Pump Inhibitor, which is a class of drugs that reduce stomach acid. Some common PPIs are Nexium, Prilosec, Aciphex etc.
I'll post more about my pH probe when I get the results of the rest of my tests. I still have to go for an endoscopy in a week and a half, and an ultrasound of my throat in July. I won't see the GI until August for all the results, unless it's something horrible, which of course I pray it's not.
I can say it was interesting to watch the readings on the pH monitor all day yesterday. Sometimes the reading was 6 or 7, which is supposedly good/normal. Sometimes I'd see the reading dip to a 2, which means very high acid levels. Yikes. This happened after I drank apple juice, which I know is very acidic but I wanted to try it to see what would happen. They told me at the clinic to try some foods that are on the GERD diet "banned" list, so I tried chocolate, coffee, and apple juice. Only the apple juice really did me in. I'm really interested to hear the doctor's interpretation of my pH readings.
Kassie
I'll post more about my pH probe when I get the results of the rest of my tests. I still have to go for an endoscopy in a week and a half, and an ultrasound of my throat in July. I won't see the GI until August for all the results, unless it's something horrible, which of course I pray it's not.
I can say it was interesting to watch the readings on the pH monitor all day yesterday. Sometimes the reading was 6 or 7, which is supposedly good/normal. Sometimes I'd see the reading dip to a 2, which means very high acid levels. Yikes. This happened after I drank apple juice, which I know is very acidic but I wanted to try it to see what would happen. They told me at the clinic to try some foods that are on the GERD diet "banned" list, so I tried chocolate, coffee, and apple juice. Only the apple juice really did me in. I'm really interested to hear the doctor's interpretation of my pH readings.
Kassie