Hiatal Hernia's??????

I had a lobe of my lung removed 2 1/2 months ago. I recuperated in about 8 weeks, and went back to work, I worked one day, on a Friday and woke up the next day so nauseated and sick I was in bed all day. Burping unbelievably, heartburn, and hurting high in my abdomen. I have taken omeprazole for years for heartburn and acid stomach, but it was not even touching this. And I have never had nausea like this or the burping. I went to see my primary care doc. He changed the PPI to another one twice a day, told me to add Pepcid, and then gave me another med called sucrafate. By the time I saw him I was taking peptol bismol tagament, my own over the counter of what he prescibed.

I have had multiple blood tests done, an ultra sound, a fecal exam looking for H Pylori, have seen a GI specialist, and now had a endoscopy. The result is that I do not have an ulcer, do have GERD, but not really as bad as it could be, and he saw a small HH. But, he didn't think that the HH could cause this much discomfort, he said it was too small. He stretched my esophagus but noted that there had been no narrowing of the esophagus? They were suppose to do a biopsy of my stomach lining, looking for H Pylori, but he didn't do it, I guess because he didn't find an ulcer. Mind you by the time that I had the endoscopy I had been on medications for 3 weeks!

I have been off work for the last 3 weeks, and mostly sick and in bed. The nausea just puts me down, I can't function with it. My follow up appointment is not for another 3 weeks.

Am I correct in assuming that with a sliding HH, it could be very small one day and very large the next? It is all about how much of the stomach is above the diaphragm , right? I am at my wits end. I need some relief. I mentioned my lung surgery because I have read that it can cause an HH.

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