I was diagnosed with Gerd & Gastritis 11/2012. Lost 30 pounds in 6 months due to not being able to eat and cutting out high calorie stuff. Once my stomach healed, I started eating "normal"...
Gail, please try not to worry, I know it's hard but stressing makes things worse. When I had my ct scan, they found a ovarian cyst & I had to go back and get an ultra sound to get a closer look. It...
Chris: Nowadays luckily I can eat a larger variety of foods. I do eat burritos with avocado. sour cream, the works but NO salsa or hot sauce! I have Mexican at least twice a week and no bad...
Gail, I was desperate to try anything too. The drugs I was taking was definitely making me feel worse. Even Carafate after a few weeks made me nauseous and constipated. I was taking meds for my...
Hi Gail, I'm sorry to hear that your are still struggling. Are you on any meds right now. I know that when I was on Pepcid 4x a day, I felt awful and out of it. I had the worst side effects from PPIs...
Chris:what brand manuka honey did you buy? I'm going to try it....
Gail-that's about the same time I started my gastritis. Let me know how the pine nut oil works out. I would really give carafate a try too. That's why got me eating again....
Ed: what kind of attack are you having?? Is it heartburn? Gail: how long have you had gastritis?...
Hi all! hope everyone had a good holiday. I went to a few parties but tried control myself with the foods. Gail, I think I may have developed IBS as well. Not really sure since I haven't seen my GI....
Gail, sorry to hear you're feeling so terrible. I agree that you should go out and get take walks and clear your head. I do that when I'm at work and I can't focus because all I can think about is my...
Chris, sorry to hear about your brother in law. You can get through this. If anything else, your kids will keep you busy so you won't have time to be depressed. Anxiety & stress does affect our...
Chris, the carafate dissolves instantly the moment it touches water. I drop it in a little shot glass with little bit of water and use a toothpick to mix it then drink it down with little more water....
Hi All! Chris, I'm glad you finally got the Carafate. I also have the pill version. You need to disolve that in a little bit of water & gulp it down. Give it a few days to work. I'm sorry to hear...
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!! Today was a great day for me. Got to spend it with my kids & family and ate Japanese food then Baskin Robbins for desert. Hope everyone else had a great time....
Viv: I was fine and dandy one day and the next day, bad stomach pains and heartburn...that so far has lasted a week. Today was the first day I actually started to feel a little relief. As for the...
Chris: keep us posted on your progress with the PPI rebound and let me know how those natural remedies are working for you. I'd like to give them a try if they've been effective for you. Sew: how...
Had a rough week. My gastritis flared up big time. Never had it last this long. It was so bad that today I had to go back to Prilosec to get rid of this acid and let my stomach heal again. I can't...
Chris, your gastritis flare up sounds just like what I go through when I over indulge. I can't resist Mexican food and I'll always risk it just so I can have some. Sometimes it affects me and...
Viv: Just paid a visit to my Gyno and she put me on HRT (estrogen) because of all my symptoms. Are you on that? Chris: Is the Ativan effective if you only take 1/4? Also can that be taken during the...
Gail, the weight loss has stopped only because I started eating more. When my tummy was hurting and i could'nt eat much, i ate foods high in calories such as peanut butter, avacados, cheeses and...
Chris, i was diagnosed with mild gastritis back In November. Carafate provides a barrier. Protects your stomach lining from acid. It does not reduce acid, just protects stomach. Should be taken an...
Chris, this illness of ours certainly takes a toll on our bodies and minds. I believe stress and worry had a big impact on my stomach. Everyday I'd be depressed and anxious. I had no energy or...
Hi everyone, I'm back! Boy, it's great you guys have been keeping in contact and continuing this thread. I've been busy trying to get healthy and taking care of my 90 year old mother at the same...
So glad it has worked for you and that you got to feel "normal" for a day. How many mg. were you prescribed? I have .5 mg. I also got a prescription for Peractin for the appetite. Are you still...
Chris, I have a prescription for Ativan. You think I should take it? I have so much anxiety right now that even my GP recommended I see a therapist. I've lost my desire to eat. When I do eat, I get...
I had an endoscopy in February as well. I had sore throat for less than a week only. If you are still experiencing pain, then that's not normal. I would let your GI person know. You might have some...
So sorry to hear of your condition. I know how difficult it can be to focus on work and have an illness at the same time. I suffer from Gastritis for 4 months now and in the begining, it was so bad...
Will, I had the same back issue as you. Since my gastritis/gerd started I've been having a nagging upper back pain between my shoulder blades. I even have a post about on this forum. It got so bad...
tummywoes, I weigh myself every evening. It's better that I know how much I'm losing so that I force myself to eat more. I think with gastritis our stomachs shrink over time and it gets full faster...
Hi Chris, just wondering how your are doing with the whole weight loss issue. I lost another 5.6 pounds in March. I'm wasting away. Now, I feel the weakness you are talking about. I feel like I've...
Tummywoes, have had 2 ct scans and I can tell you they are nothing to be afraid of. I think your thinking of the ct scan they give for the head. Ct scan of body is different. They pass you through a...
Vivian, you said you had gastritis for over a year now....has it gotten any better? were you symptom free at one point? What meds were you taking before and how did you get yourself down to one...
Chris, so sorry you had a bad visit with your GP today. My hug goes out to you! You know, I too suffer from anxiety too and panic attacks ever since I had a vicious vertigo attack almost 3 years ago....
Chris, I'm stilln not convinced I have something else going on with my body because it's hard for me to believe that I could lose all this weight so quickly. I've been chubby for the last 15 years...
I'm so sorry to hear that you're having such a difficult time. I suffered from daily nausea each time I was pregnant and I know I could be debilitating. Please seek guidance from your...
Chris, ACV is apple cider vinegar....
Chris, my symptoms actually all started with a warm sensation across my chest and down my left arm and stomach pains whenever I ate. I went to ER afraid that it was heart related because I never felt...
Chris, you and I seem to cross paths alot since we have almost the same health issues going on. Everyday is a stuggle with gastritis isn't it. I too constantly worry about losing weight. I started...
After reading this thread I thought I'd chime in cuz I too have had some strange side effects on different PPIs. I've been suffering from Gastritis & Gert since 11/2012. I was initially put on...
Willovercome, my liver enzymes were elevated too. Strange thing is, I went to ER 2/15 and liver enzymes were normal. 1 week later my GP ordered blood work for another reason and my liver enzymes were...
Chris, forgot to mention that when I brought up the weight loss to my GP, she had me do an abdomen CT scan to look at my stomach, pancreas, liver, etc. to rule out anything else.You may want to...
Chris, when I was losing weight and not eating, I was feeling more depressed than anything else. I didn't feel weak or tired, a little lightheaded maybe. The depressesion was over whelming and it...
Have you lost any weight?? My last flare started about 3 weeks ago. In addition to gastritis, I have Gerd. The first week of my flare up, I had zero appetite. I was weak, depressed and called in sick...
I have the same problem. I was diagnosed with Gastritis recently but had been dealing with this for 3 1/2 months now. In the begining, I started to feel better after about a month, then started to...
I had my endoscopy done and the diagnosis is gastritis and gerd. Biopsy negative for H. Pylori. Been on Nexium 40 mg 1x per day and Famitide 40 mg before bed for 8 days now. The Nexium really does...
Just wondering if any of you that suffer from gastritis have lost a lot of weight? I've had gastritis for about 3 months now and I've lost 22 pounds! I've been wanitng to lose weight for some time...
I was just diagnosed with Gerd recently so this this all new to me. You're so young, how long did you suffer from acid reflux before you developed Barrett's??...
Wondering if anyone can help me. I've been diagnosed with Gastritis and Gerd. Two weeks ago I went to ER with the worst chest pain, turns out it was acid reflux. They ran some blood work of course...
I have been dealing with stomach issues for the past 3 months. Ive been self medicating with OTC PPIs starting when symptoms got bad, stopping when I felt better, then starting again when I felt bad....