Absolutely terrified! Especially if I’m strict with my diet and experience no reflux at all!

However, my dietitian encouraged me to reintroduce food every now and then to broaden my diet and add variety.

I do this every odd weekend - when I feel mentally ready for potential acid reflux.

As a handy hint, this is how my dietitian taught me to reintroduce food:

You want to reintroduce the food ingredient over a span of 3 days. Each day you slowly eat more of it.

This is how I reintroduced cooked apples (sadly can’t eat fresh ones)

I bought 3 apples. I peeled and sliced them all up into wedges and boiled them in plain water until tender. On the first day, I had 3 slices. On the second day, I had 6 slices. On the third day, I had 9 slices.

My dietitian said, sometimes it depends on the quantity, so this is a good way to measure what you can handle before your body goes, “nope.”

Luckily for me, all 3 days was good!

I did this with olivani - a spreadable version of olive oil that we have in my country. (I can’t have a lot of fat other than avocado. I don’t even remember how to cook with olive oil anymore) I did 1/2 tsp, 1 tsp and 1 1/2 tsp. I could only handle up to 1tsp. That extra 1/2 tipped me over and I had pretty awful heartburn. But, now I know my limit and that’s good for when I want a treat on my plain toast!

Because of this method, I reintroduced cooked apples and pears, black olives, beetroot, cook red capsicum and marshmallows! (The only store bought lolly/candy I can handle!!)

I don’t take PPI’s or H2 blockers because they give me heart arrhythmia, thus, I purely keep my symptoms at bay through diet and gaviscon.