You have very good information and your tips on what you do are great.

I understand from what I've read about GERD, though, that alcohol is a
trigger for GERD so you might want to have it at lunchtime instead of
dinnertime and you may want to have it infrequently.

I haven't experienced tongue or jaw pain either but I've heard that,
for sure, people can have tongue pain with GERD which is caused by the
acid reflux.
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There is an exception to this that I'm thinking of starting and that
is to have a small glass of red wine with dinner. I understand that
aids digestion.
>
> Learn as much as you can about GERD so that you can take steps to
> protect yourself. I've been able to go off the medications and I'm
> glad about that but I sure was thankful that they were available
when
> I needed them. I worked for months on lifestyle changes before I
> attempted to go off the medicine.
>
> I'm sorry that you have to deal with this so young. I no longer
have
> the feeling of a lump in my throat and it might go away for you
also.
> I didn't find it difficult to make the necessary changes.
>
> I don't know about the jaw and tongue pain. I never had that.
>
> Sandy
>
>
> Okay, I have always had heartburn. A few months ago my doctor put me
> on Prevacid. Now I have a lump in my throat that will not go away.
So
> I went to my ENT and figured I had throat cancer. He sent me to a GI
> who did an upper endoscopy. So I am 28 w/ Barrett's Esophagus &
GERD.
> That's fine, better then cancer. My question is, is this lump
feeling
> normal? Will it ever go away? Why did it show up after the heartburn
> stopped? Please tell me I am not crazy?
>
> Also does anyone else get jaw or tongue pain?
>
>
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