A Digestive Rant
This story begins with me being diagnosed with Acid Reflux or GERD, both of which sound disgusting. I don't even know if "diagnosed" is the right term, since this thing isn't life threatening, but I believe it was causing me to have heart palpitations, which can be serious. So yeah, I have a stupid f*ing acid reflux problem. It can be brought on by stress or bad eating habits, of which I have a bit of both from the wedding and working overnights, respectively. Okay let me go a bit further back. My stomach started hurting on a regular basis starting about 9 months ago. Not much that I did would help it, and then after awhile it would just go away on its own. I also started waking in the middle of the night, staying awake for about 2 hours, then going back to sleep. A couple months before my diagnosis, I had started using 2 pillows to sleep on, without really knowing why, except that I was more comfortable that way. So after much pushin...