Limerick-Uke-Saga: "The WORD ON G.E.R.D.", acid reflux

LIMERICK VERSE:  Original verses composed by Giorgio Coniglio, and compiled in November 2017.

ORIGINAL SONG: These verses can be sung to  "The Limerick Song", as per YouTube here.

SONGLINK: Parody-lyrics have also been published by Giorgio on this site for another song about GI reflux entitled "REFLUX ROMP". 

ACID RELUX 

A LIMERICK MEDLEY

(To the tune of "The Limerick Song". Display of the lyrics has been condensed to 4 lines for each verse, with internal rhyming in line 3, rather than the more customary 5-line limerick format.) 

 "To regurgitate, you may have heard
Of a problem we doctors call GERD:
Symptom-complex that’s drastic; due to reflux that’s gastric

Your esophagus’ role is deterred.

   So at first you can try careful diet,
Avoid alcohol, keep things more quiet.
Spicy foods you must spurn -- Gullet lining will burn!

As for caffeine, please don’t even try it.

    The real problem? Defunct G.E. junction,

It’s the part that’s copped out, doesn’t  function.
Drugs for acid suppression can prevent some progression --

You won’t likely require extreme unction. 

    After years where your food causes dread --

Spouse got lost, she slid down tilted bed --
We’ll do laparascopic (please read up on this topic),

And we’ll tighten that junction instead.”

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)