Why Does Nothing Seem to WORK RIGHT?
Once upon a time, I could put anything down my gullet and it would stay there and not complain. I would have no nasty reaction to food. I'm not like that anymore. In attempting to eat more fats, I have come across a problem in my gut. It seems that at the base of my esophagus is a little bit of inflammation, and I get a feeling that someone is sticking a finger up my esophagus. It can keep me awake at night. Not painful all the time, usually strikes in the evening if I don't restrain my desire for fat. But I can't eat a lot of fat so have to have some diet other than a ketogenic one. I went to a gastroenterologist who thought it might be GURD, and he prescribed LANSOPRAZOLE, which is a protein pump inhibitor which shuts down my stomach acid production. It helps, also nauseating me. But better nausea than the finger. My gastroenterologist was a fellow, but my case was a little odd, so he had me talk to the department chair, who thought an endoscopy might be worthw