Gastritis, diarrhea, constipation, GERD diagnose can be mistaken.

Posted by shawnkthryn @shawnkthryn, Nov 8 6:38am

Gastroparesis ? means Slow emptying. I see GI this Tuesday to schedule test. 2019 diagnose gastroparesis. 2022 diagnose Chronic Gastritis. My Chart is extremely helpful. Know what drs do not tell you. I got off Colesevlam & dicyclomine for diarrhea. If you get this let your dr know when you have accomplished Stop. I told mine in 12/2023. he didn't listen. 4y's diarrhea turned to constipation entire 2024. w stomach Distensions so huge, look & feel 10 mo pregnant. Painful. Maternity tops at 66yy. Last 3 weeks got off GERD med., Fiber supplement & try anything to help go. I bought 8000mg Artichoke & take 1 a day w meal. I'm day 4 w going every day. Relief.

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@rozy288

I feel exactly like you . 7 different diagnosis over 10 years chronic . I done everything I can do , suffer non stop 🛑 daily . Can barely eat , now heart ♥️ PVCs abd chronic fatigue and insomnia.
My life is not a life anymore.
No Dr’s can help or any supplements or any RX’s ( I do take Klonipin abs Ambien ), magnesium supplements for heart and some others .
I’m really ready to pack it in . I’m 63 .
It’s just too much . I’m sorry 😞 you deal w/ it too .
No life really at all .
The sad thing is my husband and I are about to become grandparents for the first time from my daughter and her husband and I can’t even enjoy that ;(

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Protonix/ Pantraprazole for acid reflux, Rx. Pepcid complete otc. There's 100 names for sugar. Tuna fish & noodles, broiled or baked fish, how many bland ways to make a chicken or turkey breast. Gobble-gobble. What do we eat this holiday season. No grease tolerance. Chokes me out of kitchen, tears rollin. I'm not digesting poultry or fish if I eat 2 or most 3 days, I'm concentrating on walking, exercise. Followed w breakin out maternity tops for 10 month distensions. Uncomfortable, painful. Artichoke 8000 1st day was success. 1 cap Broke C to D. Next day 1 cap sent me to bthrm for vomiting. I know it's a new intro to my body. Trying 1 cap today to break z dam. My Chart has redundant colon. GI said I have a torturous redundant colon. They seem to know the names, labels, tests, procedures, check dignity at the door. I just had anal prolapse repaired n doc said its from stomach distensions, bearing weight, pressing down. Now, I sit cuz im afraid my rectum will fall out again w/o resolve for root cause. I'm happy I found somewhere to share & trade whatever knowledge we gain. May inadverntly help another. Look at chronic pain & many factors create candidates who are willing to try this, try that. Do they not know we're desperate here. Growing weaker as the glimmer of hope stays barely lit. URQ pain feels puched, then two days to recover from the spasm. I stopped everything I was told to do. To many drs, not enough answers. & Go to Dr well prepared. Research. @GI i requested Gastric Emptying stomach 4 hour test. GI said that's a good idea. I imagine my food is not digested & rotting in my gut. Test this Monday GES. klonopin can cause C. Choice; take a klonopin to calm down our anxiety & ambien for sleep here too.

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@shawnkthryn

Protonix/ Pantraprazole for acid reflux, Rx. Pepcid complete otc. There's 100 names for sugar. Tuna fish & noodles, broiled or baked fish, how many bland ways to make a chicken or turkey breast. Gobble-gobble. What do we eat this holiday season. No grease tolerance. Chokes me out of kitchen, tears rollin. I'm not digesting poultry or fish if I eat 2 or most 3 days, I'm concentrating on walking, exercise. Followed w breakin out maternity tops for 10 month distensions. Uncomfortable, painful. Artichoke 8000 1st day was success. 1 cap Broke C to D. Next day 1 cap sent me to bthrm for vomiting. I know it's a new intro to my body. Trying 1 cap today to break z dam. My Chart has redundant colon. GI said I have a torturous redundant colon. They seem to know the names, labels, tests, procedures, check dignity at the door. I just had anal prolapse repaired n doc said its from stomach distensions, bearing weight, pressing down. Now, I sit cuz im afraid my rectum will fall out again w/o resolve for root cause. I'm happy I found somewhere to share & trade whatever knowledge we gain. May inadverntly help another. Look at chronic pain & many factors create candidates who are willing to try this, try that. Do they not know we're desperate here. Growing weaker as the glimmer of hope stays barely lit. URQ pain feels puched, then two days to recover from the spasm. I stopped everything I was told to do. To many drs, not enough answers. & Go to Dr well prepared. Research. @GI i requested Gastric Emptying stomach 4 hour test. GI said that's a good idea. I imagine my food is not digested & rotting in my gut. Test this Monday GES. klonopin can cause C. Choice; take a klonopin to calm down our anxiety & ambien for sleep here too.

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Oh my , have you had liver checked ? Liver disease can cause distended abdomen like that !
I’ll pray for you . How horrible.
I’m a mess as well , so chronic. Plus slept 10 hrs in last 5 nights .
I have 7 diagnoses no one can help me .
Now I’m losing it not sleeping 💤.

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@rozy288

Oh my , have you had liver checked ? Liver disease can cause distended abdomen like that !
I’ll pray for you . How horrible.
I’m a mess as well , so chronic. Plus slept 10 hrs in last 5 nights .
I have 7 diagnoses no one can help me .
Now I’m losing it not sleeping 💤.

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Yes LFT is fine. I'm w you, I hear you. Taking years of this 23 y's to be exact. I'm sorry youre going through this too 🙁

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@shawnkthryn

Yes LFT is fine. I'm w you, I hear you. Taking years of this 23 y's to be exact. I'm sorry youre going through this too 🙁

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I’ve had all the tests , did that one Gastric emptying study 6-7 years ago .
Many endoscopy’s and colonoscopy’s through the years . Last one Mar 2024 w/ biopsies.
I’ve even been to Mayo Clinic Jax for some tests that n 2021 .
All same diagnosis,
Gastritis , Esphogitis , GERD , small hiatal hernia , diverticulosis all over colon , small benign polyps on stomach lining ( flat ), IBS -alternating, 1000’s deep wet belches and non stop churning gut , nausea at times and throw up at times , chronic fatigue, Fatigue , PVCs , or high to low heart rate daily , barely eat anything.
It’s def ruined my life 11 years and getting worse.
I have CScan tomorrow Again .
Nothing and no one can help me .
I even talk to a therapist now and then . Done whole holistic approach too .
I sure hope they find out why your belly is so distended!!!
Keep me posted ok ✅?
God Bless … 🙏.

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@rozy288

I’ve had all the tests , did that one Gastric emptying study 6-7 years ago .
Many endoscopy’s and colonoscopy’s through the years . Last one Mar 2024 w/ biopsies.
I’ve even been to Mayo Clinic Jax for some tests that n 2021 .
All same diagnosis,
Gastritis , Esphogitis , GERD , small hiatal hernia , diverticulosis all over colon , small benign polyps on stomach lining ( flat ), IBS -alternating, 1000’s deep wet belches and non stop churning gut , nausea at times and throw up at times , chronic fatigue, Fatigue , PVCs , or high to low heart rate daily , barely eat anything.
It’s def ruined my life 11 years and getting worse.
I have CScan tomorrow Again .
Nothing and no one can help me .
I even talk to a therapist now and then . Done whole holistic approach too .
I sure hope they find out why your belly is so distended!!!
Keep me posted ok ✅?
God Bless … 🙏.

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Thank you & you be blessed as well. Medical answers is like extracting a tooth. Or same as mental illness there's 100's diagnosed & misdiagnosed & given this n that & we'll land on one that works for you. Diets. Exhausted tests. I do need maternity tops, no joke. At least when we're pregnant, get uncomfortable, but you know relief is coming. This is repetitive. Years. Not slamming any communities. Drs are more advanced in transitioning & all edu for that & here We are sitting, wishing, hoping, praying the next test has to be the solution.

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@shawnkthryn

Thank you & you be blessed as well. Medical answers is like extracting a tooth. Or same as mental illness there's 100's diagnosed & misdiagnosed & given this n that & we'll land on one that works for you. Diets. Exhausted tests. I do need maternity tops, no joke. At least when we're pregnant, get uncomfortable, but you know relief is coming. This is repetitive. Years. Not slamming any communities. Drs are more advanced in transitioning & all edu for that & here We are sitting, wishing, hoping, praying the next test has to be the solution.

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So true .
If they could only live a day if our lives .

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@rozy288

So true .
If they could only live a day if our lives .

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But they don't. They live in fancy homes, fine cars, & eat the best. But I have to suggest time for dietician. I'd like a gastric emptying test. Oh thats gonna be the ticket. That's coming this Monday. Hit my chart by Tues or W. I think I ought to start checking credentials are they pro or quacked

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@cheyne

Hi,
I really don't know why I haven't pulled the plug by now. Something keeps me searching for hope that some help will turn up. Until ANS starts with the word cancer little will be done. All my life I have been a fighter and don't give in easily, but I have to recognise there is no hope at all and sooner or later the plug will be pulled before I can no longer take care of it. I have always worked with my hands on delicate work and find it almost intolerable to be loosing my hand eye coordination. I can put up with most things and deal with physical pain hourly without meds, by choice, but not having the hand eye coordination really bothers me. I get to feel useless at times when I need the dexterity. At 73 and a lifetime of decisive decision making is now fading to indecisions and desperation, a place I don't want to be.
It is funny how keeping busy blocks the problems from the mind and masks the symptoms until I settle down for some rest, only to have the consequences of being busy grab the opportunity to kick me when I'm down. Then the pain surges through the hands and legs leaving me uncomfortable and unwilling to delve into my bottle of opioid based medication I keep tucked away for the really bad times.
I always thought rest and relaxation was a solution for the body to recover, not the opportunity for ANS and everything else going on to gang up on me and have a picnic at my expense!
Cheers

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@cheyne you're the Cheers kid on the block 😊 .I wish you well, Wellness.

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@shawnkthryn

Protonix/ Pantraprazole for acid reflux, Rx. Pepcid complete otc. There's 100 names for sugar. Tuna fish & noodles, broiled or baked fish, how many bland ways to make a chicken or turkey breast. Gobble-gobble. What do we eat this holiday season. No grease tolerance. Chokes me out of kitchen, tears rollin. I'm not digesting poultry or fish if I eat 2 or most 3 days, I'm concentrating on walking, exercise. Followed w breakin out maternity tops for 10 month distensions. Uncomfortable, painful. Artichoke 8000 1st day was success. 1 cap Broke C to D. Next day 1 cap sent me to bthrm for vomiting. I know it's a new intro to my body. Trying 1 cap today to break z dam. My Chart has redundant colon. GI said I have a torturous redundant colon. They seem to know the names, labels, tests, procedures, check dignity at the door. I just had anal prolapse repaired n doc said its from stomach distensions, bearing weight, pressing down. Now, I sit cuz im afraid my rectum will fall out again w/o resolve for root cause. I'm happy I found somewhere to share & trade whatever knowledge we gain. May inadverntly help another. Look at chronic pain & many factors create candidates who are willing to try this, try that. Do they not know we're desperate here. Growing weaker as the glimmer of hope stays barely lit. URQ pain feels puched, then two days to recover from the spasm. I stopped everything I was told to do. To many drs, not enough answers. & Go to Dr well prepared. Research. @GI i requested Gastric Emptying stomach 4 hour test. GI said that's a good idea. I imagine my food is not digested & rotting in my gut. Test this Monday GES. klonopin can cause C. Choice; take a klonopin to calm down our anxiety & ambien for sleep here too.

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Does anybody w Redundant Torturous colon get distended like this? I prolapsed anal 7/4 & let freedom ring. Rectopexy surgery. PCP follow up & dr offers tetanus shot. Same dr who put me on Colesevlam 625mg 3x day w Dicyclomine 2x day. From Dumping syndrome for 4 y's to C. 12/2023. I had an appt. Told doc I've 🛑 3 days. Stop if you get rx for this at 2-3 d's w/o bm. No he did not tell me that. Been in since. Going 1x every 7-10 d's. GES stomach is emptying fine. W swollen intestines & yes to crackers, applesauce, boost, gatorade, squash. All soft food w/o fish or chicken to digest, let's see how this works. w prenatal vitamin, super B & vitamin D Artichoke root 8000mg. for digestion & 4-8mg ondansetron for
nausea. God help us. There's a place to come clean

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@rozy288

Oh my , have you had liver checked ? Liver disease can cause distended abdomen like that !
I’ll pray for you . How horrible.
I’m a mess as well , so chronic. Plus slept 10 hrs in last 5 nights .
I have 7 diagnoses no one can help me .
Now I’m losing it not sleeping 💤.

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@rozy288 last thing to go for us I'm told is our mind. & the last thing that went through the fly hitting the windshield was its ass. that's a joke dearheart. My LFT liver enzymes in my blood work look fine. For 4 months i got up every a.m to look for yellow of skin pee Coca-Cola n poop white. But I didn't. I've been spared bad liver & diabetic gastropresis but I'll take anyone's advice re natural home remedies. If you like black licorice use 2 Stash black licorice tea bags & relax. No tvs or phones on b4 bed. We need rest to have better tomorrow

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