Harriet, and anyone else reading about the acid thing, I can honestly say this acid thing has changed my life more than anything I've known (except for one other major thing). Just helping DH do anything is difficult to impossible. Pick up this tool and hand it to him...ah no. Get down and wipe the floor in back of the toilet...ouch. Gardening is just about over for me these days.
I have a pain at the top of my ribs on the right side which sometimes gets worse. I'm constantly adjusting the strap there. I don't know if this is something to do with the reflux or another problem (hernia I've always suspected?). I need to be examined but I'm also trying to lose some weight to take pressure off those places to see if that helps... and if I need to be looked at I will be less embarrassed.
For me, it isn't always acid foods like citrus. It's the amount of food in my tummy at one time and very rich things are a no-no also. Sometimes I fear it is combinations of things also.
I have an acquaintance who talked to me about his reflux and he actually had pre-cancer esophagus and was put on protein-pump inhibitors (is that what they're called?) and has healed his bad spots but remains on this stuff for the rest of his life.
It's nothing to ignore, I know. But I get little or no help from any doctor I've ever been to except pop this pill or that pill.
Ok enough of all that.....
I have all the morning things done and desk cleared. I am off to see if I can get my rug shampooer to work, I have 2 area rugs badly in need of cleaning.
We are supposed to have a big stormy rain coming Sunday late. They're making it sound like this will be major and not just a possibility, but 100% sure it's coming. We'll see.