ACID REFLUX CHANGED MY LIFE

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Wed, February 18, 2009

The only way I got through this was to change my life. Living with acid relux is a nightmare and I am so grateful this disease hit me when I am 40 and not before! Before this I had some fun and enjoyed moderate amounts of wine, coffee, restaurants and a hectic lifestyle! It has all ground to a halt. But after months living within a painful abyss, the meds, gentle lifestyle and strict diet are all beginning to kick in and I am slowly emerging..... I feel like a butterfly leaving my cocoon! Before this I was a woman insane, hurtling from my job to rush home, cook tea for the kids, take them to their activities, throw in a washing load and grab a quick junk supper (wine and crisps often). Now, it is gentle country walks, sit-down meals (fish and veggies), herbal tea and spending time with my gorgeous hubby and saying no to the kids sometimes! I am able to work from home and am excited about setting out on a new adventure. Acid reflux came upon me without warning - it knocked me out with pain and stopped me in my tracks. I am still in moderate pain (eased by prevacid, gaviscon, manuka honey, aloe vera and all the above life changes) - but I can see me improving!

Suze

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Jan Gambino

2/19/09 6:26am

Hello!

Thank you for sharing your inspiring reflux story. Lifestyle changes can be enormously important but take a great deal of time and effort not to mention sacrifice. Congratulations to you! You did it!

Jan Gambino

The Reflux Mom

stwj.suze

2/20/09 7:12am

Thanks for your encouragement. It is so nice to make contact - this website has been a lifeline for me! I think that the lifestyle changes have improved my reflux dramatically, but they will also have the added bonus of a generally healthier me. Eating lots of fish (easy on my digestion) has made my hair really glossy and I have lost 10 pounds in 3 months (BMI 26) - so lots of nice side effects! I am constantly battling with food choices, especially when cooking for the family - there are so many things I can't eat and I am still at the early stage of looking at food wondering whether it will hurt me. At the worst stages my pain has felt like giving birth and having a heart attack at the same time, at the best stage it has been moderate but bearable discomfort. I am seeing an end to the painful abyss - so there is hope for people out there! Not looking forward to a life on medication though - hope I can come off them at some stage.

Suze x

dennis

6/ 5/10 9:13pm

I didn’t know how many people suffer from Acid-reflux, I will try to help as many as I can, I’m 59 years old, 3 years ago I was suffering from Acid-reflux, I tried just about all the drugs in the market but, it didn’t help much, and the side effects were terrible, a friend of mine told me about this natural food supplement that he tried, I ordered and tried myself, it was amazing, no side effects, safe for all ages including babies, I didn’t have to go on a diet, I eat and drink anything any time as much as I want, and I mean anything including coffee, sodas. pizza, chocolate spicy foods (my wife is mexican),. I didn’t have to make any lifestyles changes, I don’t have to elevate my head when I sleep and it lasted for more than a year, I had to order it 2 times since for myself and 1 time for my daughter and my son, my daughter was 18 years old and 32 weeks pregnant, my son was 10, the baby is now 13 months old and my daughter and my son had forgotten about Acid-reflux, until two weeks ago my daughter ask me for the web site address because one of her friends at school have reflux, I have told many of my friend about it, try it and tell your friends too, let me know if it work for you, the web site is betasupplements.com.

ACID REFLUX CHANGED MY LIFE

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