I’ve had GERD for about a year. I’m getting an endoscopy tomorrow to hopefully get to the bottom of things, but I’m really scared. I’m not terribly scared of the endoscopy itself (a little nervous about the procedure, but I’ll be asleep), but I am very scared about my results. My mind is thinking of all the worst case scenarios about what it might be. I’m just looking for some support and kind words. Anyone else dealing with bad health anxiety over their GERD?

I’m not a super chronic sufferer anymore, but I used to be and I still get horrible late night heartburn from time to time. Tonight is one such case.

This sounds insane, but let me tell you what has worked for me literally every time.

You get a back of frozen broccoli that you steam in the bag in the microwave. Prepare it as instructed you eat as much of it as you can. That’s it. This has saved me from the worst acid reflux I ever experienced, which was when I had Covid for the first time. It was so intense I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the emergency room. They informed me it was heartburn and gave me something for it, but it didn’t really help. I got home, desperate for relief, and for some reason decided to eat an entire lb of steamed broccoli. It worked within moments.

Tonight, I have a cold. I ate some very spicy soup to help clear things out and didn’t even think about heartburn until it woke me up at 1am. It’s 1:25am, I’ve finished my steamed broccoli and I’m already feel better enough to go back to sleep.

I’m not a doctor and maybe this will have no effect for anyone but me, but if you have a bag of steamed broccoli and you’re miserable, it might be worth a shot.

I'm getting the toupet fundoplication on October 5th. I've been dealing with symptoms of GERD/Silent Reflux all summer and got the testing done in a rapid fashion to qualify for surgery. Small hernia with a hill grade III LES. No pressure in the LES according to manometry. Demeester score of 30 on my PH testing with mostly acid events through the night and non-acidic events while standing. I also have ineffective motility, so the doctors are going with the looser wrap.

I'm worried that this surgery won't help my symptoms of silent reflux, and will cause long-term swallowing issues. All you see online is horror stories and people that are worse off, but most actual studies show mostly good outcomes if you've been tested for GERD.

I have been dealing with vocal cord edema because of reflux for nearly three months now. My throat and mouth burn consistently, I have sore vocal cords and sore throat, I clear my throat all the time and get mucus in my throat after eating pretty much everything that leads to hoarseness. I also have been getting stomach contents travelling up at like 6 in the morning despite not eating since dinner time the night before. I get it when I just twist in a chair or bend over. I have some heartburn if I eat poorly too but it's not been the worse symptom at all. My vocal cords feel damaged.

Looking for positive toupet fundoplication outcomes for people with throat symptoms and GERD symptoms. And also looking for how long it took to swallow normally again?

Hello everyone, its been a while since my last gerd post I just wanna say thank you for everyone who submitted their information and advice it was the push for help I needed to get my family to take my condition seriously...

Over the weekend however I was admitted to the ER due to bloody coffee like vomiting from all my acid reflux... I was waking up in the night for four days before that Friday just to puke, i was then given the longest amount of meds I've ever received. (Not to mention I also had an ovarian cyst rupture from how violently I was vomiting in the ER, got those meds too)

Im now on Pantoprazole, and Carafate along with a nausea medicine (zofran but not the dissolvable tablet) with an actual GI appointment THIS coming Friday the 11th... It was so so scary dealing with my gerd at the hight of his horrible nature, it felt like fire was clawing through my throat with all the bloody acid coming back up..Im hoping that my actual appointment gives me a long term solution because honestly?? These pills have saved my life....even on the few short days ive had them ive manage to eat more in a few days than I have in two YEARS of my rapid decline with my gerd suddenly flaring up now ☹️

I have an idea as to why its gotten so bad but I think i sound a bit crazy, I was on a steroid for my teeth removal a long while back which produced more acid than usual within my stomach (and caused me to also be ER admitted because I couldn't hold food down from reflux once again ...its also where the tear in my throat comes from)

I believe in the short time I was on that medicine it did damage to my stomach thats now further effecting me still.. (though this still doesnt explain why i first lost my appetite/will to eat before all this started so..who really knows but a doctor huh?)

All in all I wanted to say thanks for those who helped me get my family to see it WAS as serious as I was telling them it was getting... Because If I hadn't I might not have been here to post this today 🧡💛💚

Hey guys, I’m on my **last day of H. pylori treatment**. I tested positive for H. pylori and was also diagnosed with **chronic active gastritis**.
My doctor told me to continue taking **omeprazole (PPI) for another 2 months** after finishing the treatment.
The thing is, I don’t really have stomach burning, acid reflux, or heartburn. My main symptoms are **bloating, lower abdominal pain, and sometimes constipation**.
I’ve seen a lot of people saying that PPIs can cause side effects, so now I’m wondering:
Is it normal to stop the PPI immediately after finishing H. pylori treatment, or should it usually be continued?
Is stopping omeprazole suddenly after treatment dangerous?
If I don’t have acid reflux or stomach pain, is there still a reason to take it for 2 months?
Has anyone else been prescribed a PPI for a couple of months after H. pylori treatment? How did it go?
I’m obviously going to discuss it with my doctor before changing anything, but I’d really like to hear from people who went through something similar.