GERD Diet Need To Lose Weight

Did the doc schedule any blood testing for celiac disease? Is he going to do a biopsy for celiac disease during the endoscopy? I would honestly double check that he is - it's a not uncommon cause of gut issues, but information about this disease is not always present in the medical profession (some docs know a lot, some are a lot more ignorant, sadly) so you may want to double check.

That said...did he tell you why he wants you on miralax, and prilosec? If not...I would honestly consider calling up the office and find out why. Did he say why he wants you to lose weight? If not, same deal.

For this reason - about 95% of the people I know with stomach issues are told by GI doctors that they should take prilosec, or Miralax, or both. Before any testing is done. It seriously seems to be this weird, automatic go-to. Like a doctor hearing you have pain and telling you to take ibuprofen, before they have a clue what is causing the pain.

Every once in a while, there is a more concrete reason for the request, but truly, it may be helpful to find out if your doctor suspects something based on some specific symptoms you have, or if it's more a case of a knee jerk prescription that he just gives to the majority of his patients, you know?

Although the recommendation to lose 15 pounds is, well...honestly, that one's kind of a red flag. Because it's one of those things that tends to imply that you are having gut problems 'because' of your weight... and it doesn't sound like you've done any testing yet that would support that theory.

Otherwise, he's just randomly giving you advice that's outside of the reasons you came to see the doctor, and that's not a good sign of a doctor who is going to be paying attention to 'you' as opposed to paying attention to his own pet theories that he's going to try and fit you into, whether you actually fit or not.


...sorry, I know this is going off, it's only that myself, and most of my family including my child, have all had gut issues and had to deal with a 'lot' of GI doctors. And I've gotten to see everything from terrible GI's to great ones. And what you describe honestly matches up with some of our not-so-great doctors. :-( Figure I'd just pass on a few things we've experienced, in case it might be of use to you in making sure you ask the right questions, and get the care you need so you can feel better, you know?

Good luck, and hope you get some answers soon!

I also have GERD. the only thing I found that works for me (I can get an attack from drinking water) pickled ginger, like the kind that comes with sushi. I know it sounds weird. but its super cheap. all you need is one slice after you eat chew up really well and drink 6oz of water after and you should be fine. Also since I switched to doing kept over a year ago my GERD is almost completely gone. the only time I have issues is when I have carbs. look up Dr Jason Fung, dr Ken D Berry, Suzanne Ryan there are a lot of resources on you tube.

Sugar causes horrible GERD symptoms for me dairy free or otherwise!! Even too much fresh fruits were causing me discomfort.