Hi all, I posted on this forum about 4 months ago about an endoscopy I had because of bad heartburn that revealed I had three ulcers, h. Pylori negative and likely caused by NSAID use plus alcohol....
Thanks Jessi. I guess my main concern is that it would have some long term affect on my stomach, but 3 years is a lot longer than 3 months. Thanks again and glad you are well....
Hi, I was prescribed this by my doctor after my endoscopy yesterday in an effort to heal the ulcers in my stomach. Has anyone else been prescribed this amount of PPI for this duration? I am a little...
Hi jamosca, the doctor took biopsies of the ulcers and will let me know what they find. I imagine it will be h.pylori. The bugger is harder to get rid of than it seems. She also wants to scope me...
Just got back from the endoscopy and miraculously my entire esophagus was totally normal. How there wasn't even signs of reflux I have no idea. I do have three small pre-pyloric ulcers though that...
Thank you for the words of encouragement. 40 minutes out from check in and I'm pretty darn nervous haha. I don't usually get butterflies like this! :cry:...
Hi, this is only my second post, so I'm basically new here. I am a 26 year old male who has had heartburn for about 3 years now treated with mainly TUMS. My heartburn isn't real bad and I don't wake...
I'm half convinced that mine is from bad posture either causing a weakness or compression on nerves or anatomical structures. I never had heartburn before I started my desk job two years ago and I...