wieght loss with Acid reflux - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

painter207 · 07-07-2009, 06:30 AM

Has anyone had drASTIC WEIGHT LOSS WHILE TRYINGTO GET RID OF THIS NIGHTMARE?I've lost 30 # and am down to 117#. I think my Dr. was a bit concerned but when you can eat so little that puts on wieght what can I do? Water is all I drink for fear of flaring up acid even worse? Any help? Sugar is a no-no...everything causes acid.

silvercity09 · 07-07-2009, 09:32 AM

Yes...I have lost weight due to this horrible disease...and I'm now considered underweight from all the weight loss. I want to eat but I'm afraid because it flares up acid...I don't know what to do anymore. I just feel like crying all the time. I hate this and I want it to go away so I could live a normal happy life. Right now I am having a horrible flare up (throat burning, lump in throat, burping big time) and no medication I take works....I can't believe my life has turned to this....so sad. Worst part is that nobody believes what I am going through and they think it's all in my head....arghhhh

Sorry I can't help you with any advice because I just don't know myself....

painter207 · 07-07-2009, 07:11 PM

Silver....I know it's not in your head. This is horrible. I'm like you, afraid to eat anything that will make my throat burn even more. Everyon is saying i'm gettingtoo thin and I prayican maintain itand notmlose anymore. Sooo tonight I thought the **** with this, I'm going to eat a high caloric meal. So I went to MCDonalds and had a Big Mac and a chocolate shake. I called my ENT's nurse today and she told me to eat shakes , pasta and anything that wasn't spicey. I was surprised at the shake but I did it. Maybe I was going over board...so lets see how I'll feel tomorrow. I wish the throat thing would go away. Have you tried Nexium? If so how long did you give it? A couple of friends of mine it took 6 month and it finaly worked.

night skies · 07-14-2009, 01:43 AM

I've lost about 7kgs (15 pounds) over the last 6 months due to the radical change in diet. It's due to the change in diet so dramatically, from full cream milk to low fat, the dramatic cut down in foods like chocolate, donuts, takeaway foods, crisps etc. Another factor is due to eating smaller meals every 2.5 hrs or so throughout the day which helps with digestion and not putting on weight but cutting down on it. Feels weird to look at those scale mention a number I haven't seen since I was in my teens or so. I'm lucky in that I can eat almost what I want during the day as my reflux is just a sleeping thing but I still try to be as careful as possible. I feel a bit like you at time painter207, just wanting to try my old diet to see if the symptoms are any different to what they have been with the *improved* diet.

mollier78 · 07-15-2009, 03:42 PM

hey all acid reflux sufferers ..............i was diagnosed with acid reflux in Jan of this year and since then I have lost about 20 lbs. At first it was a good thing that i was losing weight but now it is getting a little scary

i now weigh about 140. I have people at work ask me " are you still losing weight" and I am like yea I can't help it. This reflux is no fun....... I mean what are you supposed to eat that has any calories in it? Everything that has calories is bad for acid reflux. My symptoms of this horrid condition are burping a lot, burning throat, bloated stomach at times, not really hungry a lot of times. I was doing good for a while and now I have had a set back or whatever. This week has been pretty bad even causing me to stay home from work for a couple of days.

I am currently on Nexium once a day and Reglan as needed. Anybody else suffering with such horrible symptoms? What is everyone finding to eat that has some calories to it?