The last couple of days I have been getting a bit more breathless than normal, it actually started yesterday, I was huffing trying to loosen muchas and I felt quite unwell after, this isn't the first time huffing has given me a bad experience, but this time I keep getting what I can only describe as a gassy taste in my mouth it kinda of comes and goes, but it really can be a vile taste.
Does anyone else experience this horrible taste and if so what normally triggers it, I'm wondering if it's the start of an exacerbation, and should I need to start antibiotics, your thoughts would be very much appreciated. Many thanks.
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That sounds like reflux TG that has a nasty vile taste, not nice at all. Rennie works for me but some have to take prescription meds if it happens often.
Yes I do take regular medication for reflux, also I sometimes take gaviscon in-between, I think I may try a spoonful, although this really does seem a bit different to what I normally feel. Don't you just hate all these different sensations related to lung desease, I sometimes times feel it's a constant one step forward and 2 steps back 😩
I do hate that reflux but thankfully I don't get it often now and when I do it responds to Rennie. I first got it because of the asprin cardiac dose and then had to take the prescribed medicine, but I am off asprin now and so don't get the reflux much at all. I find now it happens when I bend forward when I am past food time or if I eat too much fatty stuff especially late at night. Mind you I have a sliding hernia so that doesn't help either. Oh dear sharing, ailments - that's a sign of age
I've had reflux for 20 years and been on esomeprazole for most of that time too, someone told me recently you are only supposed to be on that for about 6 months, not sure if that's correct or not, I guess if it is, it's a bit late now, lol. I was also diagnosed with diverticulitis about 18 months ago, and then Bronchiectasis in April of this year, so not a great combination I guess, it's certainly a sign of getting old I'm sure. I had a hernia repair op in late 2018 and I swear everything has been downhill since then, lol.
oh dear that sounds a bit drastic with the esomeprazole, assume you have been having your bloods checked regularly and they looked ok, possibly the reason the doc has left you on it. I was fine till the emphysema diagnosis then one thing after another, Hope I have had my last add on now.
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