I am slowly determinig what makes me choke, what makes me cough, and what makes me stable. I still haven't gotten an official reflux diagnosis, but I don't think anyone will disagree. "Doctor, I choke when I drink that.":Then don't drink that."
Bad for me:
Coffee
Dark chocolate
Mozzarella
Alcohol (but I may keep testing this)
Baked cheetoes
Orange juice
Good for me:
Apples
Potatoes
Milk chocolate
Cheddar
Starches
Vegetables
Magnum mini ice cream bars
Pasta
Chicken
Steak
Tuna steak
Aside form the baked cheetoes, I can do withoout the rest.
Yeah, with you there on the mozz. Or as we say in Jersey, "mootz".
Posted by: Becs | May 30, 2012 at 04:46 AM
I dated a guy who was very high maintenance about his reflux issues. I get everything but the baked cheetos. He also had problems with most tomato products and a lot of fried stuff. He also just had problems... but that really isn't relevant.
Posted by: Amy in StL | May 30, 2012 at 02:08 PM
I might die without coffee. Seriously, I think that my BCL (blood/coffee level) is WAY above .08% by now.
I could live without baked cheetos pretty easily, though. I have been doing so for quite some time without even thinking about it.
Posted by: Tami | May 30, 2012 at 02:24 PM
Becs - Mootz is only good on pizza, and pizza makes me cough now.
Amy in StL - I keep thinking of Ignatius in Confederacy of Dunces. I get stressed and it troubles "my valve." Tomatoes don't seem to trouble me, but I dont eat many. I shouldn't have said "baked" cheetoes: I meant regular cheetoes as opposed to the puffs. I'm going to try not to be too high maintenance.
Tami - I've been fine without coffee, since I never get any on the weekends anyway. Plus, the decaf I've got from the nespresso people tastes pretty strong.
Posted by: TheQueen | May 30, 2012 at 11:02 PM
Just to be clear, I meant high maintenance stuff like setting an alarm on his phone so he didn't eat trigger foods after a certain time; sleeping on his left side only since that supposedly was better for his reflux, insisting our pizza making party only included non-tomato non-spicy ingredients.... for everyone so he didn't accidentally ingest something verboten.
Posted by: Amy in StL | May 31, 2012 at 02:16 PM
Is it possible that while eating the Cheetos you just had to cough? Have you repeated the experiment with them?
Posted by: Caroline | May 31, 2012 at 09:09 PM
Amy in StL -Okay, that last one is just absurd. Is he protecting everyine else from reflux?
Caroline- Good point. It can't be the cheese; I had a vat of mac and cheese at lunch and I was fine. No, I lie to myself. This isn't a cough, it's a cough till I vomit cough. Then again, maybe that's my normal cough. Ah, self-delusion.
Posted by: TheQueen | June 02, 2012 at 09:48 AM