14th February 2008
i am desperate for any help and opinions! please take the time to read my story and hopefully help me
i have been suffering from heartburn for over a year. originally i was prescribed prevacid and it helped for a long time. now i have heartburn literally 24/7. at night the burning is so bad and goes into my throat leaving a sour taste and burning sensation. i have raised the head of my bed, i sleep with a bed wedge, and am limited to a diet of a bagel for breakfast with milk, carrots, yogurt, crackers, mashed potatoes, and corn muffins, and A LOT of tums! i have had 3 upper endoscopys over the past year, the first one found a small cyst in my small intestine which was then rechecked and i was told that it is not causing any problems. i was prescribed with reglan and nexium of which made my stomach have cramping pains so i am now back to the prevacid.. which is no longer stopping the heartburn... does anyone have any tips to help me? my doctor has given up and i have an appt. for march 27th with a new doctor =( please help
i have been suffering from heartburn for over a year. originally i was prescribed prevacid and it helped for a long time. now i have heartburn literally 24/7. at night the burning is so bad and goes into my throat leaving a sour taste and burning sensation. i have raised the head of my bed, i sleep with a bed wedge, and am limited to a diet of a bagel for breakfast with milk, carrots, yogurt, crackers, mashed potatoes, and corn muffins, and A LOT of tums! i have had 3 upper endoscopys over the past year, the first one found a small cyst in my small intestine which was then rechecked and i was told that it is not causing any problems. i was prescribed with reglan and nexium of which made my stomach have cramping pains so i am now back to the prevacid.. which is no longer stopping the heartburn... does anyone have any tips to help me? my doctor has given up and i have an appt. for march 27th with a new doctor =( please help
