About the Editor

Hi, my name is Raymond Harper, the editor of this site. I am from the UK, am 56 years old and am presently enjoying the Mediterranean lifestyle in Cyprus. 

Before I go any further I must apologise about the photo. No I was not suffering from acid reflux during the taking of the photo. It is a passport photo and I was not supposed to smile on it!

 I worked in the oil industry for 30 years and had been thinking for some time that I would like to have a change of profession. I had a lot of ideas but after some long and drawn out thought processes I decided I would like to learn to build web sites. This is my first site and the reason I chose Acid Reflux Disease as the subject is because I am a sufferer of acid reflux, brought upon by a hiatal hernia, or so the doctors tell me. Therefore I have a vested interest in anything to do with heartburn and acid reflux disease.

I have had this problem for quite a while now and was happily taking my acid reflux medicine which seemed to keep everything in check. However after leaving the Middle East where I had been working I had a check up with a doctor in the UK. He told me I had been on a high dose of acid reflux medication (20mg) for too long and that I should only be on a maintenance dose of 10 mg. He promptly cut my dose, whereby ever since my life has been hell. This dose is not enough for me to enjoy life fully, so I decided to search for alternatives to ease the heartburn pain. During my research I also decided to create this website so that the information I have acquired can be for everyone.

I have also started a blog about my thoughts on the subject and to document what progress I make. This can be seen at http://acidrefluxhealth.blogspot.com/ if anyone is interested.

Hopefully this site will give all the information you could need on acid reflux and how to combat this disease.

Thanks for your time,

Raymond Harper