I don't know the name of the medication Barb (the one he's on is not covered by OHIP, which his doctor didn't realize but they gave him a months worth of samples for now) but there are apparently a number of drugs out there that help hiatus hernia, check with your doctor. My Dad's on some strong stomach acid reducers too. Well, I've taken two days off as vacation. Apparently I have over a months vacation coming to me and I've only taken a week and two days throughout the year. So, i broke down and took today and tomorrow off. Now, my daughters sick and I will be taking her to the doctor's today. I did dishes and put out the recycle and later on I'm gonna get really wild and do laundry and change the turtles tank. I'm a mad man! On the bright side, I'm not gonna have to go to another high school open house tonight, D13 won't be up to it. She's still in bed sleeping. I'm reading a book by a liberal Pastor "The Power of Positive Believing". I met this man the other night at a gathering at his church. So, I'm gonna put some time into reading that today and I've also got the DVD series "God in America" which I caught about 45 minutes of when it was on PBS, it seemed fascinating. So, I'll try and watch all six hours of that in the next two days...but don't hold me to it! Something more critical may come up, like vacuuming!