Can you take it with a nice yogurt smoothie? Or peanut butter? Those are both great sources of natural fats and I found the yogurt smoothie also helped to line my stomach so I never got sick off of the riba in all 72 weeks.
Also - if you could eat even an english muffin with a bunch of butter on it or a bagel with cream cheese.......something kind of simple it would work.
It doesn't have to be heavy greasy fried type foods (thank God they KILLED me during tx I could not eat any of them at all).
Or how about even a milkshake or a bowl of ice cream? Certainly is plenty of fat in the cream right?
woww as usuall your on the ball ny,never would have tought of that, when i heard fat, i just tought uugghh.thanks
As NYGirl suggests, fat doesn't have to mean fried. In fact, I had far less problems with my GERD during tx with acidic foods than "non-greasy" fats such as found in whole milk yogurt, cheese, nuts, peanut butter or broiled meats. Of course, ice cream has tons of fat, if you can tolerate during tx. I couldn't. As to a teaspoon of olive oil with your riba -- in theory that works, but all I can say to quote NYGirl is "uuggh" :)
BTW treatment is probably not the best time to reduce/deprive yourself of your Nexium, if effective. Never took Nexium or any PPI prior to treatment, but took Nexium a day for most of treatment. After treatment, I was able to stop completely. So, treat yourself a little more of that purple pill if it will make your QOL on tx better. In addition, you might also try an H-2 pump like Zantac or Pepsid AC (not Pepsid Complete) at bedtime. Also, an antacid (like Tums, Mylanta) here or there is no problem as long as you space it around 3 hours away from your riba dosing.
-- Jim
Should have read in part..."I took two two Nexium a day for most of treatment..."
your right mate, i was all in my head about nexium after checking out that idiot lloyd wright,im sorry if i offended anyone by calling him an idiot but i feel very strongly against him, maybe im the idiot for lisening to him reguarding nexium.saying it makes your virul load go off the scale, im proof that it doesnt after 3 mths of pure hell [and a 3 1/2 stone weight loss] it doesnt have any effect on your virul load at all, which was verified by my hepatoligist.i felt such an idiot i really did.every time i hear that guys name IDIOT comes into mind straight away, i let you guess who im refering too.lol
Your charterization of lloyd wright is correct. Again, I took two Nexium a day during treatment and am now SVR. Many others here also have taken Nexium or a similar PPI during treatment. I'd suggest you go back on whatever dose of Nexium is medically appropriate and not listen to LLoyd Wright's take on the subject.
-- Jim
Avocado is also good with riba. I do the yogurt smoothie with mine in the morning, avocado with the evening meds.
jd
yeah jmjm your right, i guess i was thinking of every thing i could think of to give me the best start on tx, im so happy your SVR it gives me hope to here posts like this ,,,,,,,thanx again mate