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Posted 1/30/2013 5:30 AM (GMT 0)
Hey guys,

So the last few days I have had some severe stomach upset. It was the area at the top of the stomach, right below the ribs. The threw up once, and have been drinking water and eating crackers and toast. With that as my diet, I do fine. My doctor told me to stop all meds. In the mean time, I have been racking my brain as to what it can be that's causing this... And ya know what, it can be so many thing that i JUST DON'T KNOW ANYMORE! Is it the meds, toxins, food, yeast, vitamins, not enough water, too much water, herxing...it may just be a stomach bug! Sometimes I feel like the more I know, the less I can figure out.. Eh.. I feel like I just give up on trying to figure this one out and hopefully it will clear up on it's own in a few days..

If someone has a suggestion, I'd love to hear it. Symptoms: Stomach upset  high on belly, below sternum, nausea, vomitted once. That's all.

Thanks all,

Samantha 

Posted 1/30/2013 5:37 AM (GMT 0)
sam...

so sorry for this yuckiness!

I hear your frustration! You are right. could be lots of things.

hopefully stopping meds will give a clue.

hang in there!

I have been there...it is often hard to tell what is causing what.

take care and wishing you feel better soon!
N
Posted 1/30/2013 6:01 AM (GMT 0)
Hi sam,

I know I often get stomach pain in that area. For me it's associated with a hiatal hernia, where the stomach pushes up through the diaphragm. Coughing and lyme seizing seemed to have caused it.

I understand how almost anything could be a cause. I wish you luck in getting it resolved.
Posted 1/30/2013 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
Ohhh, Sam!
I too am so so sorry that you are going through such a hard time right now! You're soooo right! It could be any number of things!

Have you tried sipping on ginger tea or ginger ale? You could also nibble on candied (or is it sugared?) ginger to try to calm down your stomach.

I bet you're glad that you have a doc that you trust to help you through this!! I know whenever I had that kind of a situation happen to me, I've been so so grateful to be able to just stop trying to figure it all out and walk into my doc's office and say "Help!". She usually giggles at me and we go off to figure out the whole thing then. :-)

I hope that this is short lived for you and you are back on track in just a few days!
Posted 1/30/2013 1:59 PM (GMT 0)
So sorry. The nausea and vomiting is AWFUL. I hate that part of this. You're off the abx, right now, right?
Just a thought...my LLMD said Bart attacks the gut bad. All of my GI symptoms had gone away, I stopped abx. for 5 days, and they all started coming back. I really think the Bart. started to take over again while I was off the abx.
Another thought...could it be gallbladder?
When I am way too nauseated, I have to take Zofran or Fenergan (sp?) to keep me from vomiting.
Posted 1/30/2013 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
So the vomitting stopped, but now I have some very loose stools and still the nausea in the same spot. I tried ginger and mint tea, stopped abx, and many herbals. My blood work came in and my IGG levels of candida albicans is high. This is systemic yeast, from my understanding?? I have a doctor appt tomorrow. (Yes Trav, I am so happy I have this LLMD, who is only 10 min from my house)!

The bottom of my feet have been so painful lately, maybe Bartonella is flaring up again? Seems after that cytokine storm in Dec, everything came back, babs, ehrlichia, and now the bart... Oh I was doing better.. Now this crap (no pun intended..lol) all over again..!!

Mystery, I never had gallbladder issues, what would some symptoms be?
Posted 1/30/2013 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
Wonderful news that the vomiting has stopped!! Woohoo!! turn

Candida can be a wicked foe! Do be sure to do as your doc suggests! And he's only 10 minutes from your house??? Now I'm jealous!! LOL! My LLMD was a 5 hour drive each way, and now my Practitioner is a little over an hour away!

Do pay attention to your gall bladder - that was the last organ that these infections took from me!
Posted 1/31/2013 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Gall bladder pain is typically near the upper, right rib cage.
Posted 1/31/2013 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
How are you feeling today Sam??
Posted 1/31/2013 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
Doing a lot better actually, thank-you so much for asking.. I started taking some herbals again today, no vomiting, good stools, no stomach discomfort. I am going to see my LLMD today for my daughter, seems she is having issues with anemia and low blood sugar, so we will be doing some blood work on both of us. My doctor is going to also test us for roundworm and tapeworm because we found an abandoned kitten a couple months ago and she had both. Better to be safe than sorry...

I am a little nervous on getting back on the abx, will do so slowly. How are you doing opugirl??
Posted 1/31/2013 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
I'm doing alright. Brain is pretty foggy/tired but I feel safe to drive. After about 14 days on abx, my heart palps have stopped and the muscle spasms have stopped. And after two weeks of terrible sleep I'm finally back to 6-7 hours a night but am ironically more tired than when I wasn't getting sleep. Frustrated that I have to wait another 3 weeks for test results.... POO.
Posted 2/1/2013 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
well there are some things getting a little better... getting tired, fatigue is common, although have you had your thyroid and adrenals tested. Lots of times when you begin abx, they can start to malfunction.
Posted 2/1/2013 11:30 AM (GMT 0)
Sam- how are your liver enzymes? I had similar symptoms a few yrs ago (in hindsight I'm certain it was lyme just didn't know at the time).

The other major symptom (besides the GI distress/pain) at the time was/were cold chills. That's how I know now when my liver is overloaded. I know we talked about the dandelion root tea recently, have you started it yet? I was taking milk thistle until I started the dand. tea. Because of my history of elevated liver enzymes I try to do a lot of liver-specific support/detox.

I hope you get to the source of this, and continue to feel better!

Same goes for you opugirl, I'm glad you're showing some improvement! :)
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