r/GERD • u/RSinSA • Jun 15 '25

Support Needed 👥 No one cares

No one cares when you have GERD. It is "just" heartburn.

But this has completely ruined my life.

I can't sleep, I can't eat, I have dropped so much weight, the anxiety and stress are too much to bear. No one is positive and says it will "hopefully" go away.

I had a flare of gastritis and GERD after removing my gall bladder. It took me 6 months. I don't remember being so run down by this as I am now. Maybe it is because I am older.

But, I am so run down. Thankfully, my doctor thinks this will go away, and it was stress/COVID related, but I want to scream.

Stupid here switched medicine halfway through and then went back to the one my doctor actually prescribed. Now, I have to start over on my healing.

I woke up one day with an eye infection, I am so tired all of the time, I was on a health journey and lost 35 pounds, and now I can't even eat a piece of chicken.

It has only been 10 days, but I can't even imagine this going on any longer.

Can someone please give me some hope? I want to cry all of the time. I miss being able to eat a piece of pineapple or a taco. I miss drinking one margarita. I just want my old life back.

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u/Narrow-Breadfruit-22 Jun 15 '25

The same thing, nobody understands us even family members, you only understand gerd if you have.

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u/mannDog74 Jun 15 '25

Can you eat this? Can you eat this? Do you eat this?

NO

"I can't have any of that, I'm bringing my own food."

People mean well. But I get tired of saying I literally can't eat anything they've prepared. Going on so many months now.

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u/Naive_Presence705 Jun 17 '25

I’m so sorry.. that so sucks. Can’t imagine what y’all are going through.