Did you guys see the new anti-soda ad from NYC?Yech! Good commercial to watch if you have to cut out soda. I recently had to give up all caffeine, so no more sodas. It’s been easy enough to give them up at home since we rarely drink soda at home and I’ve been able to switch to decaffeinated tea (with only a minor loss of energy — that is far less noticeable now that I’ve had cancer). Caffeine is more of an issue when I’m at a restaurant where water is the only non-caffeine choice.I had to give up caffeine because I have GERD. After my endoscopy, the doctor put me on Nexium and I was on it for a month but then I started getting abdominal pains and other symptoms (that are TMI) so I stopped taking it. I decided I would try to control it without medication by restricting my diet. It would control the symptoms of GERD and lose the weight necessary to stop it altogether.Unfortunately, going off the Nexuim hasn’t helped the pain. I’m a little afraid it’s a tumor (of course now everything is a tumor instead of something more reasonable 
, though my surgeon didn’t feel anything. I’m getting a CT scan so we’ll see.
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posted December 14, 2009 at 6:23 pm
You know what, for me, soda water is just as good as soda because I can’t taste anyway. Cold is cold and bubbles are bubbles. That’s all I need in a drink.
posted December 14, 2009 at 8:24 pm
That was really gross. I drink soda, but only sugar free.
posted December 14, 2009 at 11:03 pm
In our religion, the pig is sacred, and we often drink coffee mixed with bacon fat as part of our social rituals. You should try it with decaf, Michelle.
posted December 15, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Sounds horrible, Michelle. I had reflux for a while, but I was on Prilosec, and it helped get rid of it. Highly recommended – putting bricks under the head of your bed so that you sleep at an angle. That might even allow healing of that area to take place so that the problem is eliminated, but at least it will be lessened.
Good luck.