Juggling two diets is confusing and mind boggling. I am on dialysis and I have renal diet food restrictions depending on my blood work every month. The reflux food list sometimes conflicts with the renal diet food list. Eating is giving me panic attacks.
Unfortunately, a lot of the "yes" food for reflux are heavy with qualities I'm not supposed to have with end stage renal disease. For instance, bananas & watermelon are supposed to be ok for the reflux, but they have a lot of potassium in them and watermelon has heavy water content. Both things I have to manage. Coffee, tea and sparkling water are options for renal, but no-no for reflux.
Finding a reflux dietician is one thing, and I have a renal dietician too. Generally, a specialist doesn't have the combo focus. It's like a crazy venn diagram and in the middle the only options are eggs, rice, lentils, spinach, kale & chicken. (there are a few other options of course, but it is a battle of pros & cons.)
I was able to make it through the renal diet challenges by using a variety of sauces and dressings. Now, I'm left with bland limited choices. The renal failure will never go away (unless i find a kidney donor, but even then, new restrictions). Hopefully I can overcome the reflux limitations and re-introduce some flavors I'm missing. I get to the point where I don't even want to eat. I'm too confused and scared. This causes a who new set of issues! And all the stress that goes with it (also not good for either adventure).