Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain

Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by ProllyInfamous on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:54PM (#44466066)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42528399

Since reading the above HN comments, I have lost ten pounds and (mostly) stopped drinking carbonated beverages. My GERD is vastly reduced.

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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by mattgreenrocks on Friday July 04, 2025 @01:09PM (#44466194)

Thanks for this, will add it to the experiment queue while I work on losing the slight dad bod I have going on.

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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by grep_name on Saturday July 05, 2025 @06:19PM (#44476048)

I don't see anything about carbonated beverages in those comments? I've had good results with some of the exercises mentioned there, but since then have been in a rut unable to make it stop (my only symptom of GERD is a small persistent cough, which sucks more than it sounds like). I drink a lot of sparkling water though. Do I need to give that up too?

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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by an_aparallel on Sunday July 06, 2025 @06:21PM (#44484637)

Carbonated beverages expand once swallowed, not helpful if your LES is relaxed.

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Re:Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain by ProllyInfamous on Monday July 07, 2025 @10:17PM (#44496388)

>I drink a lot of sparkling water though. Do I need to give that up too?

That helped more (for me) than the minimal weightloss, so far.

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