Heartburn

Very common, I've been on Omeprazole/Lanzoprazole for years, sure if you ask you'll get given them.

In the meantime just get yourself some Rennies; it's a horrid thing to deal with and you shouldn't have to.

Thank you. 

Hi,

I had the same and it was affecting my vocal chords.

I have a Lansoperazol on a morning, sleep propped up on 4 pillows (slept flat before this whole thing) and I have 10 ml gaviscon before bed. This has all made a great improvement. 

Hope you gind something that works.

Gill

Hi Blod

I had alot of heartburn/acid reflux when I was having alot of dairy food in combination with milk based nutritional shakes. Lanzoprazole cured it. Since I've been having a more varied diet, even though still mostly a soft diet,the heartburn has gone and I don't need Lanzoprazole anymore

Hope you get it sorted because it's horrible

Thank you. I have a Scandishake a day plus whatever I can manage to eat. Not a very varied diet yet. How far past treatment are you?

Thank you - I’ll contact my GP & ask for meds to help control it. 

Hi, I'm nearly 9 months post treatment. Getting back to eating has been slow for me. I still struggle to swallow alot of things. But, it's all going in the right direction. Just frustrating.

Recovery is certainly a full time job. I struggle with a lot of foods, not having much of a varied diet at all. Savoury foods are the most tricky. Also I have very little appetite plus a salty taste in my mouth much of the time. How’s your tiredness level? I could sleep every afternoon the fatigue is overwhelming. 

It does feel like it's full time and as though you're making very little progress. I could only manage a small amount of yoghurt at 15/16 weeks. I was living on Fortisips really. I only started being able to eat more a couple of months ago but even now food can get stuck in my throat if its too lumpy or I haven't chewed it enough. Progress is slow, but at least it's progress! 

I was very tired and falling asleep in the afternoons until about month 5. Alot of it was due to pain killers (fentanyly and oxycodone). I stopped having oxycodone during the day and that was better. Once I was off the fentanyl my fatigue improved very quickly.

I hope you feel better soon. Fatigue limits the things you can do and stops you feeling normal.

Thank you All the best for your recovery