I was doing very well for a couple of weeks where my voice was almost perfect. Still occassional cough but was holding up. This may be a fluke but during this time I was drinking a vitamin juice and as soon as I ran out, I got sick again. Back to coughing my head off, can't understand a thing I say, and general feeling lousy. Went to a new ENT spec today who said my vocal cords were so swollen and acid was bad. I didn't think there were any meds or combos left but she put me on Protonex in the morn and Nexium in the evening plus prescribed some "knock your socks off" cough med. She said that bad, bad word "diet" as in I would have to do my part too to get well. Believe it or not, I'm going to give it a shot and watch what I eat. Will have to eat at 6 o'clock so I can go to bed by 10! Has anyone really followed the straight and narrow? I did way back when but I get well (or better) doing the same thing I did when getting sick. It's been 10 yrs of this and I am so down. Can't understand why dr's aren't keen on surgery either. Thanks for letting me whine.

Charla

Hi Charla,

I just started Protonix, twice a day. No relief yet but I refuse to give up hope. I think my ENT is eventually going to pass me on to someone else; he feels bad that I am still suffering and seems truly frustrated about it.

I don't follow any particular diet but I did eliminate a few of the common foods that seem to aggravate the problem for others( coffee, oj, spicy foods) and I didn't feel any different so I added them back. I love my coffee in the am and I figure if it doesn't make any difference then I am going to enjoy it! What kind of juice were you drinking? If it was helping, go get some more! I am ready to try just about anything.

Good luck to you and hang in there! There HAS to be something doctors can do for us!