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From: genny
Date: 12/23/00
Time: 16:38:22
Well, after last appt with gasto, he took me off all meds. Like so many others, symptoms have seems to worsen. My throat is sort of raw and my pain is between my lower ribs and left to right. I alternate between diahrrea and constipation. All tests have been normal like everyone else's except for mild reflux. I bought the book No More Heartburn and am reading that. Since I can't take PPI's nor even Tagamet (the h2 blockers give me very bad irregular heartbeats), will try the aloe vera juice treatment and diet. Is there anything else I should be doing? Am off carbonated drinks, chocolate, fried foods. Seems like all I can tolerate is oatmeal, cream of wheat and water. Loosing weight again. The doctor says well this is not life threatening and I have an appointment in two weeks, middle of January, to see how I'm doing. After reading Dr. Rogers book, no way am I going to try those PPI's again. They're scary. Has anybody got any suggestions? I'm really tired all the time and weak plus the pain udner the ribs is almost constant except when I eat and that for some reason seems to help.