@caroljeand
I really hope the surgeon is able to fix the artery and bring you some serious relief so you can start feeling like yourself again! And honestly, your suspicion about also having SIBO makes total sense after being on acid reducers for so long.
It is honestly so frustrating because they are trying to pin mine on IBS, too. Since I'm young, doctors almost always jump straight to saying it's just stress or anxiety. But before I was put on Methotrexate for 2-3 months, I had absolutely zero stomach problems in my entire life—let alone this severe nausea.
I have really lost trust in the medical system after a massive misdiagnosis back home, and that trust just keeps eroding. I understand that speculation is part of medicine, but it feels like whenever they don't know the answer, they just slap a random label on it.
For example, I had knee swelling for 4-5 years.
They kept ordering standard 1.5T MRIs and told me i need to see a rheumatologist. It wasn't until I went to Germany that they debunked the diagnosis-they pointed out I had no clinical signs or blood markers for it, aside from a slightly elevated ANA (which is normal for a third of healthy women).
They finally ordered a high-resolution 3 Tesla
MRI, and it turned out to just be a meniscus tear! A completely mechanical issue.
I am just all over the place right now and don't know who to turn to. It feels like so many doctors just memorize textbooks but don't actually know how to look at the big picture and connect the dots. I just want real answers so i can resume my life and studies.