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Since i was 18 (24 now), I've had IBS symptoms and while fat, suffered from a lot of GERD type symptoms. I've never had the GERD side of things diagnosed like I did with the IBS, but the odd occasion of waking up in the night with the taste of sick in my mouth was never fun. Also my teeth have suffered from a fair bit of erosion - my dental hygiene isn't amazing, but I've always wondered if it was anything to do with stomach acid. I never really had any issues with chest pain/heartburn though.

I'm a very slow eater, and I consequently favour mushy/wet easy to swallow foods because of it. Swallowing pills etc often feels like an impossibility. I go out of my way to avoid things like Steak - I would have to chew for a tiring amount of time to comfortably eat it. That said, I've never been sure if it is a mental thing or a physical barrier such as a narrowed esophagus.

I've lost a lot of weight since I was 22, and have further become far more active and pretty much every symptom has massively improved...

Worrying thing is, that genetically speaking, I win the worlds worst gastro-intestinal tract award... My father died of esophageal cancer at 47 (very heavy drinking/smoking related apparently), and my maternal grandfather and uncle suffered from Barretts aesophagus while the rest of my family are blighted with IBS type complaints.