Sorry to hear that the Killer Hayfever Season is in sync with your innards problems. Insult to injury you don't need. :( And please leave your throat (and knives) out of it. Your throat isn't the problem, and I expect to hear you singing at ConCertino. :)
I'll mention one thing about the various non-prescription remedies suggested above. One can't always be sure that "it can't hurt" is true. Do some research on-line and / or talk to your doctor first about any OTC stuff you try. Things have side effects, especially when combined with other things. You know the word "contraindicated"?
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the possibility that the reflux, if it comes up high enough, can go back down the other way, into the lungs. This happened to Lois, who had GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder), and it caused an aspiration pneumonia. That's what started her almost three month series of continuous in-patient stays back in 2007 - 2008. A simple way to help minimize the reflux is to sleep with your head and upper body raised higher than your stomach. An extra pillow or two under your head will help. Lois slept with two pillows and one of those U-shaped pillows on top of them.
I also put wooden blocks under the top three sets of legs of our Queen sized bed - 1" for the next to bottom set then 2" then 3" tall for the top set. Simple physics putting gravity on your side and making it harder for the acid reflux to go as far up from your stomach.
I hope something suggested here and by others above can help make a difference in the reflux, if not in the allergies. I'm afraid I know nothing about hiatal hernias, sliding or otherwise, just that weight loss helps and surgery is a common cure.
Hang in there, my friend. This shit can be dealt with. Ann O.
Physics!
I'll mention one thing about the various non-prescription remedies suggested above. One can't always be sure that "it can't hurt" is true. Do some research on-line and / or talk to your doctor first about any OTC stuff you try. Things have side effects, especially when combined with other things. You know the word "contraindicated"?
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is the possibility that the reflux, if it comes up high enough, can go back down the other way, into the lungs. This happened to Lois, who had GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder), and it caused an aspiration pneumonia. That's what started her almost three month series of continuous in-patient stays back in 2007 - 2008.
A simple way to help minimize the reflux is to sleep with your head and upper body raised higher than your stomach. An extra pillow or two under your head will help. Lois slept with two pillows and one of those U-shaped pillows on top of them.
I also put wooden blocks under the top three sets of legs of our Queen sized bed - 1" for the next to bottom set then 2" then 3" tall for the top set. Simple physics putting gravity on your side and making it harder for the acid reflux to go as far up from your stomach.
I hope something suggested here and by others above can help make a difference in the reflux, if not in the allergies. I'm afraid I know nothing about hiatal hernias, sliding or otherwise, just that weight loss helps and surgery is a common cure.
Hang in there, my friend. This shit can be dealt with.
Ann O.