Natasha’s Personal Story
Natasha’s Personal Story: stretches for gerd I have been experiencing GERD symptoms for the last 2 years. When it first started in 2021, I had to take PPIs for three months to suppress the acid enough to stop my cough attacks, after that almost for a year, no more symptoms of GERD for me. Although, […]
Linda’s Personal Story
Linda’s personal story of living with silent reflux I am a 60 year old female. My illness started about a year ago. My only symptoms are a cough and the feeling of needing to clear my throat. That’s it. No indigestion or burning in my throat. At the very beginning, I would have these coughing […]
Kay’s Personal Story
“Acid Within and Acid Without”-Acid Within and Acid Without- Kay’s Personal Story I have had long GERD attacks at least 5 or 6 times, each lasting 3 to 6 months. I cannot take the meds usually prescribed -too many side effects plus some destroy your bones. The attacks always start with a week or so […]
Margaret’s Personal Story
Margaret’s Personal Story: “I get intermittent feeling of swirling acid type/ warmth feeling in my abdomen” About 4 months ago I had a bad cold and was eating a lumpy sandwich when I had a coughing fit. The food seemed to get stuck in my oesophagus and stayed there a while til it finally went […]
Jude’s Personal Story
Jude’s Personal Story: Acid Reflux I had an endoscopy done 7 years ago after a few months of complaining of bloating and discomfort in my stomach. Turned out I had acid reflux, a hiatal hernia and gastritis. I was never really a “healthy” eater, but did my best to limit most of my triggers. Most […]
Desiree’s Personal Story
Desiree’s Personal Story: “I pray each and every one of us gets healed” I had my first episode of gastric ulcer 7 years ago and with triple treatment, i was cured. Then this year 2024 around February, i noticed burning sensation around my chest which i thought was caused by anxiety after hearing a bad […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: My GERD /ARRHYTHMIA STORY I had abnormal heart rhythms for over 10 years. As it would come and go it was difficult to capture the abnormality on a monitor. My heart would race, thump, stop, race, thump, stop in a very erratic manner. This would go on for 1-8 hours leaving me […]
Anonymous Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: A diagnosis of reflux I’m a 33 years old male from UK.My symptoms started 4 weeks ago. Usually in the evenings for a week, arriving home some choking feelings which didn’t affect my swallowing or breathing, simply felt worrying.A week later at work, it started as well, but I couldn’t swallow properly […]
T’S Personal Story
T’S Personal Story with GERD: “Off and on pain for years. Seems to be triggered by anxiety and depression.” Off and on pain for years. Seems to be triggered by anxiety and depression. Sitting in church today and can’t focus because my stomach and chest are hurting. Burning sensation. So annoying. Taking pantoprazole but it […]
Kirby’s Personal Story
Kirby’s Personal Story: A life long, on and off problem with a, “lazy bowel.” I’m an 85 year old male with a life long, on and off problem with a, “lazy bowel.” Pooping was, thank the Lord, a problem until I discovered a “silver bullet.” As a kid my mom would administer castor oil for […]
Sue’s Personal Story
Sue’s Personal Story: “My journey into this GERD nightmare started when I started perimenopause.” My journey into this GERD nightmare started when I started peri menopause. I didn’t know then that dropping estrogen weakens the sphincter muscle. Around that time I lifted a stupidly heavy table and heard and felt the les muscle rip. The […]
Eileen’s Personal Story
Eileen’s Personal Story: “When I got to be around my mid-fifties, I started feeling heartburn.” My dad had GERD pretty bad as I remember. I remember growing up and seeing him gulp down Maalox. We always had a bottle on the frig. When I got to be around my mid-fifties, I started feeling heartburn. I […]
