By Kftc88 - 11/01/2013 08:03 - United States - Pomona

Today, I have severe back pain that is only relieved by lying flat on my bed. I also have acid reflux that is only prevented by sitting straight up. FML
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BlowinChronic 18

Sit up at an angle to partially relieve both! It's bound to work!

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rvnclwprfct731 13

Don't they make medicine for stuff like that?

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Enslaved 36

I've heard doing sit-ups might work. It probably won't make sense me saying it but working your core muscles will strengthen your back and losing weight (even a few pounds) might help with the acid reflux. I know a few people with the same combo pain and this worked for them. But in the mean time, FYL both seem very painful.

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Pitbull305 9

realistic "low gravity" option- bathtub, pool, hot tub...it'll reduce pressure on the column and allow you to sit up.

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SuzeDee 9

Stop drinking alcohol and coffee. Stop eating junk. Give your stomach a rest and fast for a while. Eat a plant based diet and your health will come back. :)

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TechFire 25

Fasting is not a good way to lose weight at all. Eating healthier and exercising are the only healthy ways to lose weight. Not eating is just dumb and usually makes things worse in the end by slowing down your metabolism.

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asb818 14

Acid reflux isn't always caused by drinking, smoking, being overweight, etc. Sometimes it is just an issue with the esophagus or stomach and can only be treated with medication. Why are so many people assuming the OP needs to lose weight?

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bfsd42 20

There is no ailment that exists that can only be treated with medication. That's what they want you to believe.

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crammer1 6

It's true. No matter what causes the reflux, eating foods rich in fat, caffeine and eating larger meals can make it 10 times worse. I did't read anything in the post about loosing weight. Just eating healthier.

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horneyhic 15

What about Parkinson's, MS, Epilepsy or Cancer no treatment for those has much if any chance of success with out drugs

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loserman67 35

Bourbon -- answer to all your prayers. It makes everything feel better. Your back will stop hurting allowing you to sit up and thereby relieve your acid reflux. When you feel better, then roast a few slices of bacon in the oven and collect the accumulated grease. Drizzle a scant bit of the grease in your next glass of bourbon and slip of piece of cooked bacon into the glass. Sip the bourbon slowly as the bacon soaks in the flavor and vise-versa. Nibble the bacon as you sip the bourbon. Trust me in about an hour you'll feel great and won't give a shit about anything.

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sunkissedluster 20

Ain't that the truth! Don't believe the gov't's lies!! Never smoked it myself, but it shrinks cancer tumors like nothing else on God's green earth.

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DocBastard 38

Shrink tumours? Really? So the government (which government is that again?) has been lying for decades? Marijuana is actually a wonder shrub that cures cancer! Of course, how could all of medical science be so wrong?? Sunkissedluster, you've done it! The Nobel Prize is yours for sure!! Moron.

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sunkissedluster 20

THE government. I didn't say it cures cancer, I said it shrinks that shit like crazy. There's no money in it for big farma, durr. Maybe you should read a book some time in your life and learn something instead of stalking all my comments and thumbsing yourself up. Sanctamonious piss wank.

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asb818 14

"THE government"???? Was I sleeping when all the governments of all the nations unified into a single government? I guess I failed history.

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horneyhic 15

THC has been shown to strink tumors when injected into them you won't get that effect from smoking tho so she was partially correct doc

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horneyhic 15

Mid 1930s convention on marijuana resulted in most countries outlawing it. All of the information used in that decition has either been disputed or proven wrong

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catkat1988 17

Take a proton pump inhibitor? It won't fix your back, but it'll at least allow you to lie down without the acid reflux. Or alternatively, ask your doctor for a stronger/another pain killer. And know that if you're taking NSAIDs for pain, then they may be causing the acid reflux. I don't know how chronic or acute your back problems are, but if they are acute and you're suffering from acid reflux, then maybe something narcotic (i.e. Vicodin if you're American) might be a better option. Just beware of the risk of addiction.

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qirde_15 5

lie 45 degrees. slide horizontally or vertically depending on the severity of your condition

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CynicalWolf 9

Go halfway! Ya know, take out a thingymabopper and measure 45 degrees.

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