Heartburn
 

I have a very sensitive stomach and the line between happy and very sad is thin. The change can be precipitous and one too many slices of toast can set in motion weeks of climbing back out of hell.

Today was just one of those days where I felt like I'd been hit on the head. Nothing feels good right now.

I am sorry, foot3. :( Do you take anything for it? Tums? pro-biotics?

You know what foods make you sick, foot. (Not being clairvoyant or anything, you mentioned it awhile back in case you don't remember.) I know it sucks donkey balls, but you know how to solve this problem if you really want to.

I say this with all the Dwellar-love in the world. I only kick your ass in this fashion because I am now grateful to the people who kicked my ass when I needed it.

My Mom had the same problem. She knew what she wasn't supposed to eat, but ate them anyway and suffered regularly. Until the perfect storm happened between her diet and some new meds and she landed in the hospital. She much more careful now. Much more.

Next time you feel the heartburn pain coming on, swallow two good tablespoons of plain yellow mustard if you can stand it. It works, and I've always heard mustard was good for the tummy.

Thanks, Clod, I know. The first step is admitting I have a monkey on my back. I felt today like I had a taste of the "heroin feeling" and wondered in my hypochondriacal way if what I was feeling was a sliver of minifob's world.

Tonight I made stir fried veggies and rice, ate a few carrots and felt better right away. The two hard parts are being nice to myself and not reacting to the feeling of (I can't remember the words, I swear, it feels like I am stoned, This is fucked up when I can't recall simple words) the feeling of not being allowed to have something.

Deprivation?

Thanks. That is the word.

Anytime.

H2 Blockers work much better.

GERD.

H2 blockers mask the problem. 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar whenever you feel heartburn coming on. Eat broccoli steamed once a week.

Depravity?

Also you could have this flu that is going around...

That would be SquirelNutkin

hee hee hee

oi footie: "lound-mouthed ranting dyke"?

Just wanted to point out that's "user", not "use her"........

My buddy had heartburn, they cured it with a quintuple bypass.:facepalm:

Ouch.
Mine is much improved by ridding my world of that toxic grain the feds keep subsidizing. Label reading sucks...

No, they actually block the release of Hydrogen ions and decrease the amount of acid your stomach produces. Vinegar is a slightly acidic solution which does not help the problem of acid in the stomach.

LMRD is an homage...
Next, you'll be telling me that harass is not two words.

Apple cider vinegar itself is acidic, but it reacts with and removes hydrogen ions from the stomach acid, leaving a more basic solution remaining. Prior to both c-sections, the hospital gave me a shot of apple cider vinegar to swallow, to reduce the pain of stomach acid flowing back up my esophagus as the anesthetic kicked in. Plain white vinegar does not have the same chemical composition, however, and doesn't achieve the same effect at all.

http://www.versatilevinegar.org/faqs.html

I admit, I have never heard of that before but there you go. Learn something new everyday.

http://www.versatilevinegar.org/usesandtips.html#4

I have used vinegar for heartburn many times. I was told (and in a way this makes sense,whether it is accurate is another thing) that the reason for over production of stomach acid is that your stomach thinks (ha ha) that there is not enough acid to digest the food in it. (maybe from not chewing?) so the acidic taste from the vinegar (also works with lemon juice I'm told) cues your stomach that there is in fact enough acid.

That's what I've been told.

I'm on Lanzaprazole for my GORD (same as GERD)
Before that I would have such appalling attacks of acid reflux that I didn't know whether I needed to cough, burp or throw up, but what I really wanted was to claw my own throat out. Terrible pain.

The drug I'm on is known as a PPI (proton pump inhibitor) and this group prevent the stomach from producing gastric acid. A quick check of the internet suggests this is available as Prevacid 24HR in the States.

According to Letterman, if you have less than a quintuple bypass, you're a pussy. Popdigr and your buddy are not pussies.

So, could you just put some on your tongue and spit it out?

I will try that and get back to you. I've heard similar things about the taste of sweetness and the body's insulin response, (from a diabetic who said that diet soda fucked up his blood sugar levels) I think it might possibly have something to do with obesity, but not sure. I always found it ironic that people would order two slices of pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese and a diet coke.

Who the fuck knows?

I just know that I need to stay away from bread and pasta.

Why? Diet Coke tastes completely different from regular coke. I cannot stand regular coke. or caffeine free. or pepsi of any variety. But I love my diet coke.

I'm the opposite. I can't stand the taste of any diet drink. Not even Coke Zero.

Fair enough. But it's a matter of taste, not dieting.

For you. Otherwise they'd probably market it under a different name, like Not Dieting Coke.

It's hard to change a product name once it's established. But I suspect these days the people who order a diet coke with a big mac and large fries are not doing so to reduce the calorific content of their meal. But I guess I can concede that the name is ironic in that context.

Well, the irony is helped along when they are 300 pounds and 5' 5".

We will have truly made progress when they develop the Diet Big Mac and Diet Fries with a combined caloric count of 100.

Yep, separated at birth! I should own stock in CocyCola, as much DC as I drink.

So, like, if they didn't eat Le Big Macs they could be 6 feet tall?

:D I just love the idea of having such a product regardless of the calories, though it would be a nice intro for the next product Big Mac Zero. We will once again be the nation that everyone looks to for inspiration.
The thing you speak exact!

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