Pistol Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hi @JimL - regarding the salads: since I developed severe GI issues from POTS I had to cut out all fresh vegetables and that meant all vinegar-based dressings as well. This has made a HUGE difference: cutting down those acids and hard to digest veggies improved the amount of acid the stomach is triggered to produce. I had Barrett's ( precancerous changes in the lining of the espphagus ) and that was normal in my last EGD. This has been contributed to both meds as well as the diet changes. STAY AWAY from those greek salads!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted February 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Pistol said: Hi @JimL - regarding the salads: since I developed severe GI issues from POTS I had to cut out all fresh vegetables and that meant all vinegar-based dressings as well. This has made a HUGE difference: cutting down those acids and hard to digest veggies improved the amount of acid the stomach is triggered to produce. I had Barrett's ( precancerous changes in the lining of the espphagus ) and that was normal in my last EGD. This has been contributed to both meds as well as the diet changes. STAY AWAY from those greek salads!!!! I had an EGD in July and had gastritis and H Pylori. My stomach has gotten worse even though I've done a couple courses of treatment for H Pylori. I'll probably have to have one again. Thing is, before last june, I never had stomach issues. I could drink gasoline and piss ice cubes. No more. I'm on Lansoprazole 2x a day now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnewDay Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 5:17 AM, Pistol said: no fresh vegetables ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 @AnewDay - as per nutritionist consult low acid diet ( also for IC ) I do only eat steamed or cooked veggies and avoid all citrus ( acid ). Since adjusting my diet symptoms of both GERD/ Barrett's as well as IC ( interstitial cystitis ) have vastly improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted February 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Pistol said: @AnewDay - as per nutritionist consult low acid diet ( also for IC ) I do only eat steamed or cooked veggies and avoid all citrus ( acid ). Since adjusting my diet symptoms of both GERD/ Barrett's as well as IC ( interstitial cystitis ) have vastly improved. At least it's not a MCAS diet. That would drive me nuts. Might as well be carnivore. I did Keto for 16 months. I DK if I can go back to it. Right now my stomach is messed up as are other things. Today was tough. I've been having symptoms I don't know what to do about. Belching/breathing/headaches/cold hands and feet/diplopia/bloating/left side abdomen pain/pain weakness in shoulders and neck and fatigued. I am ready to call it quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MALSmomma Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Check out MALS Awareness on Facebook and see if any of your symptoms match up JimL. Median arcuate ligament syndrome is seen a lot with POTS patients and the pain associated with it makes eating painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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