This is my first response soooooooo here goes. I spent a night at University Hospital with a conclusion I had acid reflex with sleep apnea. WOW! what a surprise. Since I disliked taking medication for anything I desisted. A company brought "the" night ware machine to my house, and insurance covered the use of it. I wore it a couple of weeks, it wasn't doing what they said plus I it was very difficult getting adjusted to it. The visiting technician told me it works better if I'd tape your lips together. I did and it worked better, of course, I had to breath through my nose. So I conclude if breathing through the nose helped why did I need the machine. I tried something they wouldn't recommend I starting sleeping without the machine just with mouth taped, it worked I was able to sleep better. Then I discovered sleeping on my back was the problem so I started sleeping on my left side alternating to my right side but never on my back. That helped greatly. Several months later i tried dispensing taping my mouth. WOW! it worked. About my acid reflex problem through experiment, if I drank a lot of water I was able to curb that problem so every morning first thing, I ALWAYS drank a glass or two of Alkaline water and through the day drink a lot of Alkaline water. I'm exceedingly happy, I sleep well at night and take absolutely no medication. It worked for me, but ................

Hello. I’ve been on this page for awhile reading and giving suggestions on the bloating, has and all the other fun stuff. The doctors just told me I have delayed colon transit, along with Gastroparesis, Crohn’s disease, IBS, scar tissue..... you get the idea. I’m trying lots of things. Bionite clay, bone broth, orenago pills, MiraLAX, linzess, pretty much anything. I’ve just picked up a book called “ Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Manag” when it came in the mail my 12 year old was a little grossed out, lol. Anyway, I’m about 60 pages in and learning some weird stuff..... i haven’t gotten to the part where I’m supposed to do something to see if it helps, just getting information on how things work and “tells” that something is wrong. I have a question for everyone. Has anyone done a colonic cleanse ? I believe that’s what they are called? Just wondering if it helped? I talk with GI next week and since no one has anything solutions, I feel like I’m on my own. And what a struggle.

I did a colon cleanse once and it actually made things worse for me in the short term.

Hey everyone,

Maybe anyone has experienced something similar or has an idea of how to deal with it:

I cannot tolerate any foods containing moderate or high amounts of protein. This started roughly two years ago. Ever since I started having this protein intolerance, my stomach has been permanently bloated with a lot of gas and distension. With any meal and the more protein contained in the meal, the bloating increases. However, the stomach is also bloated when I wake up and does not even return to normal when I fast for a couple of days. Protein from animal sources leads to extreme bloating, so I entirely avoid food, fish, dairy etc. However, plant-based protein is not much less problematic. I can better digest amino acids from supplements, suggesting the breakdown of the proteins is not functioning well. However, tests have shown that there is no lack of enzymes.
The abdominal region is extremely tense. Osteopaths have described how there seems to be a “wall”, which you cannot move around smoothly as you usually should be able to.

I have also had lower back pain for many years. I only have back pain when I sit; walking and lying down is generally unproblematic. The pain is more to the left of the spine. It is not a shooting pain and neither seems to stem from an issue with a nerve or disk. Apart from a minimal scoliosis, the scans of the back did not reveal any diagnosis. It seems that the two issues of stomach and back are likely to be connected, as the back pain reduces when the stomach loosens to some extent.

The final symptom, for which in spite of numerous testing no cause has been identified, are swollen ankles that I have had since the age of around 13. Both ankles are swollen, however the right ankle is more swollen than the left ankle and swelling increases over the course of the day. When I wake up the ankles are swollen already though. Given that I am a 21-year-old male, the swollen ankles are a very unusual symptom – could this also be related to the stomach and back issues?

I would appreciate any advice or sharing of similar experiences!

@htocco

My current symptoms are VERY similar to your initial post. I sent you a PM. Maybe we can help each other. Hope you are well!

Hi,, I’ve had a fundoliption surgery seems like it has changed ..I had it 10 years ago... I get to full feeling and makes me sick...I’m ready to just stop eating.. and it also affects my breathing..cld it be from the fundoliption?? It feels like my food just sits at the top of my stomach..very miserable 😩

Has your Dr. done a sucrose breath test ? It was the last test and I discovered I had no enzymes activity at all for table sugar ,sucrose and thru elimination diets can't tolerate carbs. This caused constant pregnancy -like bloating. Just an idea.

SAME. bloated almost all the time. Lately have had enormous amounts of gas and small poops. My mother was like this as long as I could remember and she died like this but she ate differently than I do. I have been following the FODMAP diet as best I can. My husband does the cooking and is so great but I noticed today that peas are a high FODMAP item and we have had them and I have eaten black eyed peas as well. I'll eliminate both. My sister has celiac so I act-as-if I do as well and treat myself as such.

Have you been tested for celiac?

Yes, the doctor told me that celiac in not my problem.