Well I'll Be Darned :shock:

Post by **tex** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:46 pm

Only yesterday, I posted to someone that I had resolved an acid reflux issue by avoiding sleeping on my right side, and today the Digestive Health Smartbrief newsletter contains a link to an article that claims exactly the same thing, and it's apparently supported by The American Journal of Gastroenterology. What's the world coming to, when I suddenly find myself in agreement with a bunch of GI docs?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/healt ... ref=health

Anyway, if you have problems with GERD, heartburn, or acid reflux, avoid sleeping on your right side.

Tex

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:29 pm

well Tex now I know I have heard everything

-Joe

Linda in BC · Post by **Linda in BC** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:56 pm

Tex, I think you missed your calling ..

You "discovered" that cure long before they did... you shoulda been a doctor!

L.

Stanz · Post by **Stanz** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:43 pm

Truly, Tex, you should have been a doctor.

Post by **tex** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:12 pm

Hi Connie,

It's good to see you posting today.

Well, since you and Linda mentioned it, I do sometimes wish that I had chosen that route, but if I had, I would be constrained by the same professional limitations that doctors are, so I would probably be just as confused as they are about diseases such as MC.

Tex

Stanz · Post by **Stanz** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:02 pm

Ok, then, you should have been a Naturopath. Love you.

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:35 am

Love, Shirley

Post by **tex** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:33 am

Connie wrote:Ok, then, you should have been a Naturopath. Love you.

Thanks.

Love,
Tex

Post by **Rosie** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:38 am

I remember when I was pregnant I couldn't sleep on my right side because it made my stomach feel "uncomfortable". I'll be the discomfort was acid reflux!

Rosie

Post by **tex** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:02 pm

Yes, I get an uncomfortable feeling in that position, too, but I just assumed that it might be a result of some internal changes made during my surgery. Maybe it's a very common effect - something that doctors should be discussing with their patients, whenever someone comes in complaining of heartburn or acid reflux.

Tex

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:21 am

I'm not sure why they needed a study to figure this out. The opening to the stomach is on the right side, it's not above the stomach. So sleep on your right, and your stomach contents will press against the LES (or go through it). My daughter had INCREDIBLE reflux as a baby. I was breastfeeding and it hurt to watch her lose so much milk after every feeding. I'm convinced her LES was WIDE open. If I laid her on her back I could hear the milk gurgling all the way up her esophagus. It happened on her right side too. She spent 6 months draped over people's shoulders for hours after she ate. She slept in a swing for the first 4 months, then I transitioned her to her belly for sleep. It was the only position that didn't allow the free-flow of milk outward. Luckily stomach sleeping made her push up and start using her ab muscles earlier. By the time she learned to sit up, the reflux was gone, probably due to tightening of the muscles around the LES. We were lucky.

Post by **tex** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:51 am

Zizzle wrote:I'm not sure why they needed a study to figure this out. The opening to the stomach is on the right side, it's not above the stomach. So sleep on your right, and your stomach contents will press against the LES (or go through it).

That's exactly what I figured, when it dawned on me what was happening, but the medical profession requires a scientific study to prove everything, with only one exception - for some strange reason, they're willing to assume, (without any proof whatsoever), that non-celiac gluten-sensitivity is impossible.

Everything else requires valid scientific proof.

Tex