I'm trying to get some work done, but I have horrible heartburn. I never get stomach problems like this. Rolaids helped for about five minutes, but then the heartburn came back. I tried eating a bagel, figuring the bread might absorb the acid, and it helped a little bit, but not much. Sipping water helps a little. What else is there to try?

Do you have access to ginger ale?

When I'm desperate I rub my tummy in little clockwise circles. What movie is that from?

Today I learned that I lack the agility to step over a child safety gate while carrying a cup of coffee. The resulting pattern on my pants is kinda interesting.

Coke.(the soda, of course, not a speedball.) I would say crackers, but you kind of tried that.

Do you have access to ginger ale?

Possibly. I'm next door to the student center, and they've usually got lots of different kinds of soda. I think most of the food places there closed already, though -- during the summer, they're just open at lunch.

I'm feeling a bit better now. Not totally, but not feeling like my esophagus is about to explode, either. Time to get back to work and learn about how graph theory can be used to analyze electrical circuits.

Good, cause mine happens at night, so "Put your head up on more pillows" probably wouldn't help. I eat yogurt a lot and it helps, but I don't think that is a vegan solution.

I eat yogurt a lot and it helps, but I don't think that is a vegan solution.

Similar to the glass of milk that helps with mine - no idea if soy or almond milk would have the same effect.

Even before I was vegan, a glass of milk wouldn't have helped, since I'm lactose intolerant, so milk would just lead to more stomach troubles.

That wouldn't work.

So BIG no there, then.