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Concerned with Acid Reflux, Barrett's Oesophagus, associated conditions, treatments and management. Website: Barretts.org.uk and DownWithAcid.org.uk

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Trump probably considers this a recruitment drive for sexual conquests?

24.10.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Down With Acid encyclopaedia is 10 years old.
Full version only available online now.
Spanish version may be obtained from #Asenbar charity.
For printed versions of DWA lite or French translation "Contre le Reflux Acide - l'essentiel," visit sites.google.com/view/down-wi...

20.10.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can the pH probe affect the sphincters it passes through?
Can the Coanda effect help motility?

I ask as during my 24hr pH manometry I had no swallowing or motility issues I have other days.

19.10.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We have stocks of the English version.
The French version is printed to order.
If you want copies, goto sites.google.com/view/down-wi... for details.

12.10.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Contre le Reflux Acide by Chris Robinson FREE DOWNLOAD!French translation of Down With Acid lite.The essential elements of the Down With Acid encyclopaedia now available in the French language.All about acid reflux and its complications incl...

Hadn't realised we had so many French members in our FB group.
"As a french native speaker and a biomed' engineer, this is really well written and easy to understand."
Et les autres qui ont dit ยซ merci ยป.
www.free-ebooks.net/internationa...

10.10.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Contre le Reflux Acid - l'essential", the French translatio of Down With Acid - lite, is now available to read or download from our library (as is the English version). sites.google.com/site/barrett...

09.10.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Revelation 13:
"One of its heads seemed to have a ... wound, but it ... was healed ... and they worshiped the beast ... And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months."
Another 2.5 years?

02.10.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Down With Acid, the "Definitive Work" in layman's terms, is 10 years old today. Professionally reprinted 3 times and translated into Spanish. Now too big to print but DWA lite is the most essential bits in a handy booklet.
sites.google.com/view/down-wi...

28.09.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barrett's UK - Patient Experiences I'VE HAD THIS! - HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT. These pages feature patients' own stories of their first time experiences of some of the procedures and treatments Barrett's patients may receive, so others abo...

On our website, we recount experiences from patients in their own words of undergoing these procedures:
DILATION,ย FUNDOPLICATION, LINX, TIF, REFLUX STOP, ARMA, IQORO, EMR, RFA ABLATION, OESOPHAGECTOMY, FUNDOPEXY, GASTROPEXY, CHOLECYSTECTOMY
sites.google.com/site/barrett...

26.09.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

So far had 32 new members today (and a number who were rejected).
www.facebook.com/groups/barre...

25.09.2025 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If they said they're now using paracetamol instead so there's no autism risk, would anyone know the difference?

24.09.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barrett's UK - My Barrett's Competition. To get this page started we're giving a free copy of DWA lite to everyone who sends us their story to use. See this page for details.

Living with Barretts' sites.google.com/site/barrett...

Chris's Story: Did a kidney stone save my life.

Amanda's Story: Finding the right medicine

Doro's Story: Living with Barrett's

Sonnie's Story: We're not all obese middle aged men

Ali's Story: Knowing the signs

23.09.2025 09:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barrett's UK - Tips Helpful tips from acid refluxers that you may find useful. Tips are posted anonymously. Do you have any to share?

See sites.google.com/site/barrett... for tips for refluxers from patients on:
Dry mouth
Sleeping at an angle
Sliding downhill at night
Reducing Tooth Erosion
Underwear for endoscopy
Help with Globus
Help release trapped gas
Manage swallowing difficulty
Nasal Rinse

23.09.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Down With Acid - DWA lite Printed Copies of Down With Acid are no longer available (although second-hand copies have been seen on eBay and Amazon at ยฃ30 each). It has grown too large and is updated too frequently to make a pri...

I will send a free copy of Down With Acid lite to any doctor who requets a copy.
sites.google.com/view/down-wi...

17.09.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Down With Acid - DWA lite Printed Copies of Down With Acid are no longer available (although second-hand copies have been seen on eBay and Amazon at ยฃ30 each). It has grown too large and is updated too frequently to make a pri...

What GPs get wrong about acid reflux.
1. They think PPIs will stop reflux. They only stop acid.
2. They propagate misinformation about PPIs causing malabsorption of minerals and vitamins.
I will give a free dopy of DWA lite to any GP who asks for one. sites.google.com/view/down-wi...

14.09.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FREE
A limited number of the 40 page, Down With Acid lite.
We just ask you to pay postage as follows:
UK: ยฃ3.35
EU: ยฃ5.05
Australia & NZ: ยฃ8.25
US & rest of the world: ยฃ7.20
Details about DWA lite and ordering may be found here: sites.google.com/view/down-wi...

10.09.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For a paper in preparation, we analysed data on a 0-800 scale of efficacy of reflux treatments. (Nos. in brackets = no. of responses.)
Untreated 295 (50)
Nissen 167 (50)
Linx 200 (20)
RefluxStop 328 (17)
PPIs 371 (100)
Nissen is best. PPIs and RS seem ineffective.

06.09.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First US economy tanks because of Trump's actions.
Then tarriffs are withdrawn.
Conclusion: Trump blames economy on tarriff withdrawal an says he's vindicated.
MAGA morons support him.

30.08.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
If Minneapolis has a well regulated militia already, there's no need to keep and bear arms.
Kill the amendment - not children!

28.08.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trans-Temporter by Christopher M Robinson FREE DOWNLOAD!Part 2 of the Temporter trilogy.Continuing the story.Is making the temporter transportable a blessing or a curse?

It's not particulaly good and only short but the second book of my Temporter trilogy is now available: www.free-ebooks.net/sci-fi-fanta...

28.08.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just received a random message from one of the 15,000 members of our FaceBook group
www.facebook.com/groups/barrettsesophagusawareness

25.08.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My books. All available for download from Free-eBooks.net, apart from Apaga tu ardor.

24.08.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Patient & Public Involvement in Cancer: Panel Discussion & Networking Event We know we have made great strides in involving patients in cancer research, let's talk about how we make it even better.

Invitation to a Patient & Public event at Imperial College looking at Cancer research.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patient-pu...

23.08.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barrett's UK - Research Can you help? In 2014 we conducted research looing at efficacy of PPIs vs Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in reduction of reflux symptoms. This was revised with a larger cohort of 200 respondees i...

Can you help?
We are looking for anyone who as had LINX or Reflux Stop procedure to reduce reflux, to take a 2 minute anonymous survey.
See more details here: sites.google.com/site/barrett...

23.08.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In UK I had to prove my age for Bluesky.
Why isn't this required for X?

23.08.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2046 A Satire by Christopher M Robinson FREE DOWNLOAD!This is a tongue-in-cheek look at a parade to commemorate the 100th birthday of the self-styled "Divine Emperor of the Known Universe" in 2046.

Trying to get hold of a copy. I hoped it was available on Kindle.
I'm sure it's a much better read than the very short satire I just penned: www.free-ebooks.net/humor/2046-A...

23.08.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Concerned about acid reflux or Barrett's Oesophagus?
Find us on Facebook.

22.08.2025 09:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2046 A Satire by Christopher M Robinson FREE DOWNLOAD!This is a tongue-in-cheek look at a parade to commemorate the 100th birthday of the self-styled "Divine Emperor of the Known Universe" in 2046.

Now available on Free-ebooks:
www.free-ebooks.net/humor/2046-A...
A tongue-in-cheek look at a parade to commemorate the 100th birthday of the self-styled "Divine Emperor of the Known Universe".

21.08.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This little book provides a lot of information.
Find it in our library: sites.google.com/site/barrett...

19.08.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barrett's UK - Competition Tell us your story and receive a free copy of Down With Acid lite. This is in conjunction with World Barrett's Day, 16 May 2025.

Share your story of living with Barrett's or Acid Reflux for a FREE copy of DWA lite. sites.google.com/site/barrett...

12.08.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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