[annapurna]

I can't come up with a reasonable answer for your question about why you're this bad but I thought I'd offer some advice. I've been having problems with GERD, heartburn, for quite a while, especially when my Mountain Dew intake peaks (caffine increases stomach acid production). I've found recently that active culture yogurt or Kefir, a kind of fermented milk product, helps with the GERD without the need for drugs. As both are milk products, they'd also help with your calcium concern.

I've also had very good experience with prolotherapy for soft tissue problems. You can't use it to fix an area where you have bone damage and it, right now, isn't being used for dessicated or herniated disks but it can help in areas where you are just suffereing from torn or lax ligaments/tendons.