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New GI patient with questions as I prepare for Mayo! ❤️
Visiting Mayo Clinic | Last Active: Mar 3, 2022 | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
No , no reason to go back to Mayo . The New Gastro Dr I got , did 2 televisits . Other people abs Dr. Did the 3 diff tests .
Had another 2 hr SIBO test , A Special CScan of Small intestines ( bowel), and another endoscopy w/ endo flip done by specialist that do that test . I’ve been diagnosed w/ Chronic Gastritis, Esophagitis, Class B GERD, Small Hiatal hernia, Diverticulosis, small flat polyps on my stomach lining. I belch over 2000 x a day or night . I eat so clean and healthy for years on end . I’ve tried over 50 Remedies, elimination diets, complete allergy testing including foods, Hypnoherapy, acupuncture, every pre and probiotic and every enzyme and everything on Amazon they make for gut health. I even got a medical marijuana card and tried some of the gummy‘s but hated the way it made me feel .
So I live on Ultra Pepto 8 yrs . 5 Gastro Drs and over 15 big and small tests . The Dr. At Mayo had same diagnoses in Oct , but had no reason why I’m sick after every meal and I blow up w/ so much gastric distress all the time . Then my intestines are so loud grinding that they wake me up in the middle of the night and then the belching and churning just are relentless. I even take Ambien 5 mg and melatonin to get to sleep and it wakes me up three hours later. Then fatigued during day from lack of sleep. Do my best to get up take a shower put my make up on do my hair do what I need to do around the house and run errands with my husband when I can but man it’s hard.
I also have an anti-anxiety medicine I take when needed. I hope this helps you understand, every day is a struggle. ;(
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did they test for gastroparesis? Stomach emptying test?
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I'm with you in so many ways. In the past I've had 2 major diverticulitis infections, the last one I was on Augmentin for 6 lovely weeks! I also have hiatal hernia, had gallstones and had gall bladder removed and have had h pylori. Right now my problems are hemorrhoid related. Internal and external and anal fissure. Mornings are horrible and most mornings I'm in pain and can't go anywhere until at least noon. I've just booked appointments with a colon rectal specialist to try to find answers. Can't seem to find the right diet and fiber amount.
I, too, take Ambien for sleep and just started on an anti depressant for anxiety and depression just so I'm not in tears every day.
One suggestion for you... this has helped me somewhat and others in a huge way, look at Rachels Tea website online. Her father, Mike, developed a method of food eating that breaks down foods into 3 categories; starch, protein and water foods. He says, after being a patient with digestive problems, and his daughter, Rachel with digestive problems, we have too much acid in our digestive systems and not combining proteins with starches reduces the inflammation. I'm not a doctor, but I know this method of food consumption works for some. On the website is a free download of Mike's book "Pain Free Foods", and they have a facebook group as well where patients, like us, write in with questions and answers or help. I haven't gone into the method wholeheartedly, but I know there are a lot out there who swear by it. Keep researching!
I got turned down by Mayo clinic for an appointment. My gastro did a referral and sent records but they sent back a form letter saying they couldn't contribute to diagnosis/treatment. Sigh....