Recently Diagnosed
This is all very new to me. I am a young, female that eats healthy, exercises regularly and is fairly thin. I've never had heartburn or indigestion until couple months ago, so I think its strange tha…
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Uncontrollable Pain
All of the recommended antacid medicines cause hyper acidity. I would take an antacid pill and burn for 3 hours after I had swallowed it. There was no 12 hr relief as suggested on the box. 6 hrs if l…
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Newly Diagnoses
After 18 years of dealing with acid reflux, I was diagnosed with Barrett's Esophagus. My mind is swimming with wonder about whether or not I can keep cancer at bay. It's frightening. Having to be car…
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Didn't Know......
Its a difficult thing to except, I had NO idea it could be like this. I had all text book symptoms but is quite SILENT. Get exams often &don't be afraid, it is not the end of your life. Knowing how t…
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Healing
I try to control what I eat, though it is still a struggle trying to figure out what will trigger it. I know spices like pepper, and any kind of granular spice that doesn'tdissolve. I suspect also da…
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Newly Diagnosed
Have no pain & absolutely no symptoms...able to eat whatever I want at any given time...find it difficult to believe I have this condition without any symptoms..is this normal?..how many people have …
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Surprised
At first very upsetting. Here I had a disease entity that had progressed over time into this Barrett's Esophagus and I hardly had a symptom.And because I really had no symptoms( the burping I had in …
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Swallowing difficulties
I have had a number of gastroscopy sessions now and the results indicate I have a 10 cm Barrett's Esophagus with a number of strictures. I have had a dilation every time as well and now I'm able to e…
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Diarrhea and Chest Pain
was finally diagnosed 2010 and put on tablets,30mg Omeprazole once a day but then got a sore throat that I couldn't shift, so went back to doctor and he told me to take Omeprazole twice a day which d…
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Raging Heartburn
I used to sit up for a couple of hours in the night - either with raging heartburn or coughing.I had to very carefully watch what I ate having determined what were the triggers for me. I was on so mu…
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Sore throat led to diagnosis
It has been interesting living with Barrett's Esophagus (BE). In August 2009, made choice to have surgery called Nissen Fundoplication. This was to fix my stomach (it kind of shrinks the stomach) & f…
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Long Term Barrett's
Was on Prilosec but it and others in the same class of drugs caused stomach pain. Switched to Zantec 3x a day. After reading that lack of stomach acid can cause B12 deficiency I started only taking t…
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How I live with Barrett's
I have found that I can control reflux by careful attention to what I can and cannot eat[my wife has to have my evening glass of wine!]Also nighttime reflux which was a big problem is controlled by e…
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Scared
it is a very sad and emotional experience mainly because doctors do not seem to care and i want them to remove the barrett's instead they want me to wait apparently until i get cancer and die i have …
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Frustrating
I have been in bed off n on for three days now. I can not even hold water down. I can tell that it is flared up n not letting thongs pass. I go back to dr tomorrow. I never know what triggers it. I c…
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What I Did
Very uncomfortable at times. I only wish my family Dr. would have listened to my symptoms more carefully so that this would have been prevented. My current Dr. has prescribed medications for me to be…
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My Experience
The doctor in Omaha did some kind of Lazer treatment three times , and claim that my Barrett's is all gone and will not come back. I think the treatment was called Ablaizn. I also had 2/3 of my Stoma…
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No Symptoms of Barrett's Esophagus
Living with Barrett's has been tricky. I have given up eating the best things in life such as spices, tea, Diet Coke, chocolate, Mexican and Indian foods, etc. Also, having to time my meals rather th…
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Just Diagnosed
I just don't understand why this happened, I'm only 24 and I've never had typical reflux symptoms. The doctor said there was no evidence of dysplasia and that it can regress but I'm worried about be…
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My experience and some advice
Annoying, annoying. You never know when it will flare up and where you will be. Often, I have had to excuse myself from the table when it suddenly flares up. Don't be embarrassed, just excuse yoursel…
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Just Diagnosed
I am trying to adjust my diet and medication right now. After three days the medicine makes me nauseous and yesterday I had a dizzy spell. I quit the Omeprazole and then started it again to see if it…
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No Symptoms
I live very 'normally' with Barrett's. At my DR appts he always asks if I have any problems swallowing or sensation of choking...no & no. There are days when I look at my 10wk old grandson-the young…
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Constant cough
I try to follow a good diet and stay away from certain foods, but its not easy. I also worry constantly about this and what will happen. I also *do not* like having to take Prilosec 2 times a day for…
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