At the Tahoma Clinic, he was known as the "Gray Man." He got the nickname after our staff agreed it had never seen anyone with his skin tones. His visible skin was devoid of any pink tones, had scarcely any brown, and instead was a peculiar whitish-gray. I've not seen anyone like him before or since.

The Gray Man hadn't come in to find out why he looked gray – although his wife had mentioned it to him "a time or two." Actually, he explained, he didn't have any symptoms or illnesses but was just plain tired. Really tired.

Read the full article "Poor Digestion Shows Its Colors: The Story of 'The Gray Man'" by Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. where he describes how taking antacids long term can have detrimental affects on nutrition and general health and offers alternatives.