Day 32--Buddha's Brew Kimbucha

As everyone who knows me knows, I have some major problems with my stomach in the form of GERD and have taken pills for it since 1999.  After listening to the nutritionist speak on digestion last week, I have decided I am going to try to control this problem naturally and get off all these stomach pills.  So I've not taken my Nexium for a number of days, and I can not say that I have enjoyed not taking it.  I definitely have had a lot of heartburn.  I am drinking the cider vinegar/honey drink before meals and that helps, but not enough.  Today I was in the healthy food grocery store here and bough a drink that is somewhat of a soft drink, only with Kombucha (a fermented product) brewed in Austin, Texas.  It claims to have 19 billion live cultures in it and beneficial acids--all for the stomach.  I got peach mint and it is good, but it does have cane sugar used in the fermenting so it has 14g of sugar and 55 calories per serving.  It is a 2 serving bottle so I'm saving the rest for another day.  I did have to break down and take some Tums today but I'm going to keep trying to figure out the balance of what will work.  I think 19 billion live cultures will either heal me or kill me!