Hi Gem! Thanks so much for your response here!!. I am delighted to here you got off the proton pump inhibitors.. and sorry you had to go thru so much to deal with it. I read the drugs causes permanent damage to the cells I mentioned and was concern I had to be “on it for life” and I have met others even younger than me say the same thing!!.. I also know it throws off the Krebs digestion cycle and inhibits absorption of   B and other vitamins along with a few other minerals… So good for you for sure.. I guess I need to bite the bullet, give that a try and take a leap of faith!!  I have been using some of the diet suggestions here too. However, My organic wheat bread has been one of my main food staples for years. This may just be a big part of the answer here.. I may also have to wean off to something like Tagamet first.. As  though the brain issues aren’t enough to deal with! ..Thanks again for sharing this..