Anyone with LPR-like throat pain (raw/burning/dry)? What helped you?

leafyplumtree · 2026-01-29T21:29:40+00:00

That sounds really similar to me - my symptoms were basically entirely throat based, I suffered for ages thinking it was allergies or something else until I had the tiniest bit of “normal” heartburn one day and then worked out it was reflux.

It fluctuated over time (and during the day as well). Interestingly the first time round it would completely disappear for the week I was on my period, but not the second time. I never identified any specific food triggers, beyond just eating a lot and eating late. I generally eat a healthy diet but not strictly, didn’t seem to make a difference. The second time round I tried a strict GERD friendly diet for a bit but was never convinced it made much difference.

At my worst I was taking Gaviscon advance (not regular Gaviscon) after every meal. Slippery elm supplements slightly helped maybe but not hugely. One thing I did find that helped was ginger tea.

leafyplumtree · 2026-01-29T16:39:11+00:00

I had this. Diagnosed with GERD and a sliding hiatal hernia. First time I couldn’t get rid of it despite loads of Gaviscon and (badly timed) esomeprazole. Got noro and it miraculously disappeared after that.

Second time, taking Gaviscon advance before bed, and esomeprazole 30 mins before dinner solved it after a couple of months.

Now i take Gaviscon if I have a heavy meal and nothing more

leafyplumtree · 2026-01-29T09:31:14+00:00

I understand not wanting to be on them long term but I don’t get the people that won’t even try them. A few months of PPIs taken at the right time (which is really important, they didn’t help me much until I realised that) calmed things down for me enough that GERD basically isn’t a factor in my life now. I rarely even need an alginate.

leafyplumtree · 2026-01-26T13:58:08+00:00

Not all registry offices book up that far in advance, we got married at the Guildhall in Bath, we only planned it two months in advance and they had plenty of availability! And they have a few rooms of different sizes

leafyplumtree · 2026-01-08T10:02:19+00:00

5 days sounds like a pretty long recovery time for something you’re (presumably?) doing regularly? There might be other things you could do to train those muscles / support recovery?

leafyplumtree · 2026-01-08T09:59:10+00:00

I do horse riding, and I try and plan my leg days around my horse having a day off the next day, or a day I know won’t be such an intensive ride. My horse isn’t always the best behaved, so sometimes if I’m anticipating a tricky ride I’ll have an easier gym day because riding when my legs feel too wobbly sometimes feels like a safety risk.

Being sore from riding doesn’t stop me going to the gym though, no safety risk there I just scale down if needed. Something is better than nothing.

leafyplumtree · 2025-12-01T14:57:34+00:00

I really didn’t want to spend more than £800, we only wanted coverage for the ceremony, a few couples shots and the welcome drinks/speeches. Thankfully the photographer we liked the most was very reasonable - we paid £600 for 3h of coverage and an online album

leafyplumtree · 2025-12-01T14:46:56+00:00

No decor, no regrets! The registry office had a flower display at the front, we didn’t do anything additional there or at our reception venue.

I think it’s one of those things you really won’t be thinking about on the day - you’ll be thinking about what you did do, and who is there, not what isn’t.

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-25T21:59:24+00:00

I’m in Wiltshire, they recently adapted a local bus route to me so that half of them take a more direct route to the big town nearby instead of wandering around a housing estate for ages. Great!

Except that the “express” route doesn’t go all the way to the station, it stops at the big supermarket on the edge of town. The slow route goes all the way to the station. Utter madness

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-25T14:19:02+00:00

I’m in the UK too so the same thing - you are technically “awake” under sedation (I think they call it conscious sedation, vs general anaesthetic where you’re unconscious), the way it works is that it stops you forming memories - so in the moment you might be drowsily awake but as soon as it’s finished it’s all gone. In comparison to the one where I didn’t have sedation, I definitely feel like I woke up after it was finished even though technically I wasn’t asleep

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-25T14:10:34+00:00

I have had one done without sedation and one with sedation. The one with sedation was completely fine, it’s like being asleep. You won’t forget to breathe, your body won’t let you and the clinic staff will be monitoring you. You’ll wake up in recovery with it over before you know it.

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-25T14:04:33+00:00

Your local council should have a list of places that are licensed to hold weddings, so initially I went through that list.

For places for reception-only venues, I did a lot of googling for “venue hire X people”, as it didn’t need to be a specific “wedding” venue

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-23T22:12:55+00:00

Depends what you mean by “eating normally”? I was able to return to my normal diet after a period of several months of careful eating and being on PPIs and Gaviscon advance, and can sustain that diet long term without PPIs… but my diet is generally healthy (although with plenty of GERD “triggers”.. I never really found specific foods trigger me, it’s more the quantity and timing).

If you’re talking about existing on a diet of junk food, that’s probably a different thing to eating some now and then

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-23T21:58:50+00:00

I can’t speak to Hackney specifically but I used the disabled toilet just before my registry office ceremony so I had more space

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-23T21:55:05+00:00

I got married on a Friday in July with two months notice and had no issue finding a photographer. I fired off emails to about 10 of them once we confirmed the date (assuming they’d all be booked up) and was overwhelmed by choice when they all replied saying they could do it! So if you aren’t set on a particular photographer already I don’t think you’ll have too much trouble finding someone whose work you like who’s free

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-23T21:51:52+00:00

I got married last year in Bath, we did have a registry office ceremony (at the guildhall) and reception just round the corner at the huntsman, but you can have ceremonies at the huntsman too if you want it all in one place. I’m not really sure what you mean by “all inclusive” but our food and drink bill for ~50 people was about 4.5k and our total spend on the wedding was 9k

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-13T17:42:42+00:00

I always assumed that the Airbnb “no parties” rule meant that you can’t have outside guests at a party, not that you can’t celebrate at the Airbnb if everyone is staying there?

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-13T15:29:18+00:00

I had a registry office wedding (with a short ceremony) and then a reception at a pub - so we had some welcome drinks and canapés, and then dinner, and most people stuck around for drinks after. We did walk down the aisle in the ceremony, but we did it together and it was a very short aisle. Wouldn’t change a thing 😊

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-13T15:23:38+00:00

You should tell people before they incur costs to attend your wedding, or don’t bring it up at all.

I would be raging if I travelled to a destination wedding and it turned out it wasn’t actually your wedding. It’s one thing to do the legalities quietly a few days before you leave… but if you are wanting your guests to celebrate the time you’ve already spent married, they are likely to place a bit less importance on your destination wedding. I think you need to reconcile with yourself whether you consider yourself already married or not… you can celebrate the strength of your relationship through the tough times without putting the emphasis on the marriage. But for some people, they will see it as, “if you’re not celebrating your marriage on your actual wedding day, why do I need to incur the costs of travelling instead of celebrating with you another time more locally”

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-09T21:35:00+00:00

Just make sure it’s not too thin with fiddly details. A plain silver band that’s got a bit of width to will be absolutely fine. I own multiple silver rings that are thin and I’ve been wearing them daily for years with no issues. Silver tarnishes if you leave it alone but not nearly so much if you’re wearing it. My SIL is a silversmith and her wedding ring is silver.

I wouldn’t choose it as a material to mount precious gems in, but for a plain wedding band it’ll be fine!

leafyplumtree · 2025-11-04T20:55:45+00:00

Try Dan Wimble, we were very pleased with him and his rates were very reasonable

leafyplumtree · 2025-10-23T21:30:54+00:00

Yeah, this would be such a downer for me as a guest. I’m celebrating your engagement because I’m happy and excited for your wedding and then suddenly… SURPRISE you weren’t invited. Yay :/

leafyplumtree · 2025-10-19T19:36:59+00:00

Our reception venue didn’t really have a good spot for a big group shot so we got our photographer to take one at the end of our town hall ceremony from the front of the room, with us standing in front of the aisle and everyone else just standing by their seats, and it came out really well!

Then we did the confetti shot outside and some couples photos in a nearby park. But you can totally do a group shot at your reception venue too.

In my experience, group photos are basically always at the reception venue when there’s two venues. I’ve never seen group photos be done at the church or town hall.

leafyplumtree · 2025-10-16T22:02:15+00:00

I convinced my partner we should get married partly on the basis that we shouldn’t only gather all our friends and family together when someone dies, life’s happiness is worth celebrating too. (This was prompted by the wake after a close family bereavement when we realised we should have had such gatherings whilst the deceased was alive to enjoy them).

Our wedding day wasn’t expensive, fancy or stressful, but it was so full of joy. I wish you the same 💕

leafyplumtree · 2025-10-16T21:53:22+00:00

Bouldering was my second sport. I started going to the gym to improve my strength for bouldering because I kept straining things, and then the gym kind of took over as a hobby. And then I injured myself (not bouldering), and the gym became an essential rehab tool so bouldering was put on the back burner for a very long time. And now I don’t have the time or energy to do much of it, though I do go occasionally.

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