Quote: Originally posted by VangoMan02 on 13/8/2016
Quote: Originally posted by weegmack on 13/8/2016
Greg and VangoMan - I have some advice too! I've had GERD, IBS and hiatus hernia for a long time and I'm only 41! I get terrible pain with my hernia, though my unsympathetic GP says I should be have that much pain with it (helpful, huh?).
I tried Omeprazole, but it actually made me have a very upset tummy! So I have been taking Esomeprazole for some time and it works a logo better for reflux. The brand name is Nexium. I have had to do my own research into the hernia, because my health centre just don't care. So, I found out about a fairly old-fashioned, chalky, medicine called Kolanticon. It is a God send. It really helps me when I feel breathless with my hernia or when I feel sick. So, ask your GP for a prescription of that.
Greg - totally agree with the butterscotch too!
A lot of people recommend peppermint for reflux, but it can actually make it worse! It can relax your osophegus too much, therefore allowing more reflux to come up.
It's all so rubbish and tiresome. Let us know how your appointment goes VangoMan. X
weegmack..Sorry I said Omeprazole but it is Esomeprazole I am on and as you say Nexium trade name.
I worked out I have been taking these for over 30 years, started out with Zantac and various others up to now.
I have waited a month to get this appointment (which is to do with test results for my lungs) and it looks like the same time for another one to see same GP about these tummy problems.
Greg..I was given early retirement when I was 60 due to my lung problems and have been on 3 different antibiotics for the last 6 months to try and shift bacteria in my lungs. After the 6 months there is no change so I now have to stay on them for another 12 months (side effects make tummy worse) and will be going into hospital soon for a 10 day stay to get intravenous antibiotics. Also have a chest infection which complicates things. They hope this will help get things improving!
Don't let it stop me going out and about etc. Wife and I are just back from a short break with the caravan and have booked a couple of nights tent camping for next week on my own (wife hates tent camping)!
Vangoman,
15 years ago I was taken into hospital with lung problems which I am positive I contracted working in the seawater waterboxes of the condensers on our massive turbines in work. No way to prove it but I know ,I wouldn't have gone for compo anyway,risk of the job.
I was given 3 days to sort out my affairs as that was my estimated lifespan at that time, and talk to my kids,that was a choker.They didn't have a clue what it was and I have never felt so weak in all my life .I signed a form and they hit me with everything. they had and slowly I got better.The bugbear is because they didn't know what it was, they couldn't say they cured me so when I go back to the States with the wife ,because my medical records say unresolved pulmonary virus I pay a fortune.
In fact I met my American wife(of 15 happy years) online as all I could do was sit in my house by a PC for 6 months and she was researching her Welsh relatives online.
Vangoman ,if a flimsy Welshman can get above it ,I am sure a Jock will beat it all the way.Sad to say mate, in this day and age ,make sure you speak out ,the quiet long suffering patient ,ends up being just that.
You seem the type that would not like to inconvenience people ,please speak up when you are in there.
Good luck mate.
Very best wishes,
Greg
I hope you get on ok with your appointment VangoMan - I'll be thinking of you! And to echo Greg - stamp your feet about your tummy problems - we have to push for what we need now.
Greg - I would hardly call yourself a flimsy Welshman! It's amazing that you fought that off.
Quote: Originally posted by Fiznlil on 08/8/2016
We nurses do tend to know stuff!
I have the utmost respect for the diagnostic skills of nurses. My ex-nurse mum was brilliant. I also have a friend who's a retired nurse and she's better than our GP!
I think the GP knows it, too. We both see the same doctor, and the routine now goes
Me: I think I might have XYZ
Doc: And why do you think that?
Me: I described my symptoms to [friend's name] and that's she thinks.
It's kind of ironic that I came across this thread this morning.
Mr Fran is experiencing heartburn for the first time in his life and is making the most enormous fuss. I'm secretly a little pleased (nasty, aren't I? ) as I have had GERD and a hiatus hernia for over 20 years and he's not very sympathetic about it when I get a bad episode.
Quote: Originally posted by fran1000 on 14/8/2016
It's kind of ironic that I came across this thread this morning.
Mr Fran is experiencing heartburn for the first time in his life and is making the most enormous fuss. I'm secretly a little pleased (nasty, aren't I? ) as I have had GERD and a hiatus hernia for over 20 years and he's not very sympathetic about it when I get a bad episode.
I know the feeling! I feel horrible today...really sick with my hernia and GERD. My hubby is exactly the same when he has heartburn!
Well hopefully this might be of use to someone. For years my husband Terry has complained about his bad reflux! Trying everything he could on the market suffering everytime be laid down at night with burps,farts, pain, then we watched the programme with Angela Ripon and she mentioned Inulin so we bought the powder and used a scoop a day on our cereal. Within a few days Terry found that all the discomfort and pain he used to have went away.It supposedly melts away the fat around your internal organs but is is like a miracle for him being pain free . It is something we use every day now.
Quote: Originally posted by trishandtez on 16/8/2016
Well hopefully this might be of use to someone. For years my husband Terry has complained about his bad reflux! Trying everything he could on the market suffering everytime be laid down at night with burps,farts, pain, then we watched the programme with Angela Ripon and she mentioned Inulin so we bought the powder and used a scoop a day on our cereal. Within a few days Terry found that all the discomfort and pain he used to have went away.It supposedly melts away the fat around your internal organs but is is like a miracle for him being pain free . It is something we use every day now.
Thanks for the info ,anything is worth a punt.
Where do you obtain it?.
Many thanks ,
Greg
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Topic: Indigestion ?
as I have had GERD and a hiatus hernia for over 20 years and he's not very sympathetic about it when I get a bad episode.
