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[Guest guest]

Kat,

Interesting you should mention the Bio-Gest acid supplement, as I had already

been taking those for some time (since mid-summer this go-round -- theory that

I was losing acid to reflux -- and a couple of years ago when I first developed

gut problems)without problem; that is they seemed to help, but then I was having

upper gi pains I do now. So when this stuff started, I was surprised that the

Bio-Gest was not helping. Then I started wondering if in fact it was

aggravating it? Some lit. I've read (can't remember where) said that with an

inflamed stomach lining one should avoid adding any form of acids, which could

make it worse, though it did not specify acid supplements. Anyway, I've been

experimenting with dropping the HC for a few days at a time, with mixed

results. some days things seemed a bit improved, and then other days when I

took one for at dinner time, I had problems later, but other factors could've

contributed. Or is it possible that my stomch now needs more acid supplement

than I was taking? (one pill at lunch and dinner). Perhaps the stomach

develops a tolerance, requiring you to add more? Just a thought.

Alyssa,

I did look up your " dream-package " healer, but decided organizing trips to

Raleigh (about 2 1/2 hours for me) would be too much on a regular basis, and

that one visit probably wouldn't suffice. but I have found a local herbalist

who works with digestive problems. As we speak, I'm boiling up a concoction of

customized herbal formula (really potent smelling stuff!). So we'll see what

that does.

Thanks both for your help!

tom

ibs / cfs '06

scd 7/09

[Guest guest]

Hi Tom,

How exactly were you taking the acid supplement? If you took it at the beginning

of a meal, it could irritate the stomach lining. If you took it at the end of a

meal that didn't have enough protein/fat it could irritate as well. That's why I

suggest taking it in the middle of the meal, or the last 3/4 of the meal. I've

mostly figured this out with experimentation.

If you are having reflux, put 1/4 tsp baking soda in a bit of room-temperature

water and sip on that until it goes away.

There are some people with colitis who just have irritation along the beginning

of the small intestine which causes discomfort and can cause reflux.

Anti-inflammatory stuff can help that. I would suggest drinking ginger tea. It

will not only help with digestion and regulating stomach acid, but also with

soothing irritated/inflamed tissues.

Have you tried cabbage? You can either try cabbage juice, or make sauerkraut

from it. Cabbage helps regulate stomach acid as well as getting rid of any

pathogens in the stomach lining. I prefer sauerkraut just because it tastes

better and has lots of good minerals from the sea salt in it.

Hope something here helps, just hang in there and keep trying stuff.

Kat

>

> Kat,

> Interesting you should mention the Bio-Gest acid supplement, as I had

already

> been taking those for some time (since mid-summer this go-round -- theory that

> I was losing acid to reflux -- and a couple of years ago when I first

developed

> gut problems)without problem; that is they seemed to help, but then I was

having

> upper gi pains I do now. So when this stuff started, I was surprised that the

> Bio-Gest was not helping. Then I started wondering if in fact it was

> aggravating it? Some lit. I've read (can't remember where) said that with an

> inflamed stomach lining one should avoid adding any form of acids, which could

> make it worse, though it did not specify acid supplements. Anyway, I've been

> experimenting with dropping the HC for a few days at a time, with mixed

> results. some days things seemed a bit improved, and then other days when I

> took one for at dinner time, I had problems later, but other factors could've

> contributed. Or is it possible that my stomch now needs more acid supplement

> than I was taking? (one pill at lunch and dinner). Perhaps the stomach

> develops a tolerance, requiring you to add more? Just a thought.

>

> tom

> ibs / cfs '06

> scd 7/09

>

[Guest guest]

At 09:31 AM 11/14/2009, you wrote:

As we speak, I'm boiling up a

concoction of

customized herbal formula (really potent smelling stuff!).

Be careful of herbal mixtures prepared by non-SCDers. They frequently

contain illegals -- one of the more commonly prescribed for gut issues is

slippery elm, on the idea that its mucilage will be soothing to the gut.

The mucilage is ALL starch and anathema.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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