GERD

My surgeon wanted to do the DS but cannot due to GERD and so he said he could cure with it with a RNY. My ins company won't even consider a DS, they will only pay for a RNY if I have any hope of getting them to approve. So surgery for GERD alone is not an option. I cannot raise the head of my bed due to extreme edema in lower extremities. I take water pills for the edema, and the water pills make me pee but the edema will not go away. Ever since last night's episode, my whole food tube has been on fire and I am drinking buttermilk by the gallon. Unfortunately I am allergic to milk plus the milk causes extreme phlegm and I have asthma. They have tried unsuccessfully several times to do a upper GI and cannot becuase I vomit the barium the moment I swallow it. I am going to contact the doctor today

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