Gonna Spit on GERD

I met another GERD mama yesterday who also has two preschoolers with acid reflux.  Like mine, she has one with silent and one with traditional GERD.  I always find it encouraging when I meet other GERD mamas, because for so long I felt like I was wrestling through acid reflux issues with my children alone since all of the pediatric GERD support groups in my area had apparently gone MIA.

This is perhaps why I was so excited to discover PAGER and the "Spit on GERD Campaign."  Not only is PAGER a great online resource of information and encouragement, but their research is ongoing, particularly in relation to family history and the Chromosome 13 link.  Last week I contacted PAGER to ask for more information, and I received a timely and friendly response encouraging me to "enlist" my family in the "Spit on GERD Campaign," especially since there are at least 5 people in 2 generations in my family with the disease.  All that is required is a sample of saliva collected, labeled, and returned to the Allegheny research group conducting the study.

For more information about the study and how you can be involved, check out the following link:
http://centerforgenomicsciences.org/research/flyer.html