Sorry Evelyn ,
I didn't see your reply...my windows mail likes to block all gmails, unless
I add the name to the ok list...what a pain I do know I have gall stones,
and used to have pain allot, that I could take care of with a pain
pill..after they took my adrenal gland out I stopped having right sided pain
in the area of the gall bladder...don't ask me why I haven't a clue. They
actually noticed the stones a few years later while having a pelvic ultra
sound..after you empty your bladder they do a quick over scan of your organs
to make sure everything was ok and that is when they spotted the stones. My
Dr and I discussed it...she told me most Dr's like to take gallbladders that
have stones if the patient is a diabetic. She said they don't like to wait
for the big flare-up because of the chances of infection. We decided to
discuss it after my woman problems were checked out. Then she got sent to
the Middle East and when she came back we forgot all about it. Now she has
been sent on to another base and I am left to break in another Dr
Jacquie

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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>> Yesterday on "The Doctors" they debunked the hot peppers/GERD myth. They
>>> said that you can eat all the hot stuff you want and it doesn't make it
>>> worse. They explained that there are two separate issues involved. A
>>> weak muscle at the opening of the stomach, and/or Helicobacter Pylori
>>> bacteria infection of the stomach. Both are treatable. They said that
>>> hot food doesn't make either one any worse.
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>> I always joked that I had a cast iron stomach because I eat a lot of
>> peppers (maybe only medium hot) and onions and they don't bother me. So
>> I was shocked to learn that I had GERD and Barrett's Esophagus. I can
>> not eat so much as a bite of chocolate though. That really bothers me.
>> So does garlic in any form, but it gives me stomach pains. Not GERD.
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>> My mom and my friend can not have any peppers or onions though. Not even
>> sweet peppers. Both say they get terrible heartburn from them. AFAIK,
>> neither have an ulcer.
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> It's a funny thing about Bell Peppers and me. I can't eat them raw....can
> eat them in cooked dishes...except Pizza....must be the combo of the
> peppers and certain spices on pizza. The reason they gave me an upper GI
> is because I told my Dr my pills always seemed to get stuck...the upper GI
> showed the Hiatal Hernia and right away they put me on anti acid meds...I
> never get heartburn. In the mornings my stomach hurts..but it doesn't feel
> like acid reflux...just hunger pains. They said the acid pills were
> because with a Hiatal Hernia it is easier for stomach acid to get to the
> esophagus. I can eat any onions raw or cooked. I can't eat allot of fried
> foods though.....I have to be careful with chocolate too...I can eat a
> little at a time but not to much. I don't "DO" hot Peppers....I want to
> taste my food without a burning tongue. I can handle a little spice..I
> like a few sprinkles of pepper seeds on my pizza...not to much though.
> Bread stuffing with to much poultry seasoning gives me heartburn big
> time...good thing I don't eat it anymore