Tammy's doctor told us the other week that she may have gotten a hiatal hernia in the past couple of weeks, and it caused her a ton of pain over the past month. It got bad enough to cause an asthma attack (which she never had till this) that made it so hard for her to breathe that I had to take her to the hospital, where they gave her some sort of breathing treatment, along with a lidocaine laced mylanta cocktail of some kind, and a couple of tests to rule out some other possible causes of the kind of pain she was experiencing (i.e. blood tests to eliminate gall bladder / pancreas / kidney issues).
They don't want to do anything major to address it without trying diet and posture changes (i.e. sleep with head of bed elevated a bit, don't lie down for 1 hour after eating, etc.) so we've been experimenting lately to find what she can or cannot eat. Suffice to say, I need to buy stock in Tums too. There are a lot of things that can upset a herniated stomach and cause reflux which you wouldn't expect. Obviously she can't eat any spicy, fatty, or greasy foods. Less obvious is that salad, and basically any veggies in raw form are not recommended.
On the bright side is the improvement that dietary changes have made for the time being. Her pain is way down from a week ago and hopefully the Prilosec will help give her stomach/esophagus a chance to heal up now. For now we play the waiting game (4 to 6 weeks to heal such damage) then see how things are after that.
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