Heartburn Anyone?

[Biscuit's Mom]

Maalox - yukkkkk! - That stuff makes me sick. And I mean throwing up sick.

I wouldn't want to alarm you, but I've always heard that a heart attack, when happening to a woman, will not necessarily feel the same as one that is happening to a man (e.g. pain on left side of chest, radiating down the left arm). In women it can be an all over chest pain/tightening sort of thing.

If you didn't get relief from Pepcid (which always works for me) and don't get relief soon from the prescription, you really should probably get that checked out. The continuing "serious pain" along with the chest tightening would really concern me.

Please let us know how you are.

Robin (aka Biscuit's Mom)

[catnapper]

The new meds have kicked in. I knew it wasn't the heart, mainly because I could feel the pain all up and down my esophogus and its burning all along the "trail"

I still feel buring, but nothing compared to what I felt this morning. Hubby made me lunch this afternoon -- yup, you guessed it: leftover fries and Chicken fingers. Think I'm going to touch them? Its making me sick to THINK about it. His answer to me when I told him that I don't want them because of heartburn? I quote, "your heartburn wouldn't be so bad if you ate something."

[caseysmom]

My trigger for heartburn is tomatoe sauce, once camping we had spagetti and red wine, I was dying and brought no medications...I went begging around the campsite until I found some tums.

[catnapper]

My trigger for heartburn is tomatoe sauce, once camping we had spagetti and red wine, I was dying and brought no medications...I went begging around the campsite until I found some tums.

I gave up tomatoes and onions a looong time ago. Ask Jen Luckenbach how I order pizza. She thinks I murder pizza, but I HAVE to do it!

I KNOW I have to give up my caffeinated tea. As soon as Lipton comes out with cold brew decaf teabags for making iced tea, I'm there. In the meantime, I only drink hot or iced tea. I know the tea is NOT helping my heartburn. Sigh.

[caseysmom]

I drink a ton of coffee and that doesn't seem to be a trigger, thank god I am a coffee addict.