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Hiatus hernia any advice ?

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Sarah112233
Sarah112233

Hi, after having a baby in sept 13 I was experiencing lots of tummy ache, cramps, acid reflux, feeling sick, and just generally not feeling myself. I had a endoscopy in January 14 and was told I had a hiatus hernia. I was then put on omeprazole 20mg morning and night.

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I have a good patch where it doesn't seem to bother me as much and then it changes to a bad few days. It's got to the point now where it's knocked my confidence in going out anywhere because of the way I feel. It's getting me really down as I have a baby and want to go out and do things. I just feel so scared and nervous to go out.

E.g I went out to tesco afew months ago to get a couple of bits, I had abit of tummy ache and felt abit nausea but I wasn't going to be long. Whilst I was in tesco with baby I suddenly felt unwell, I went red hot, shaky, sweaty, panicky and felt like I was going to be sick. I got held up at the till to which made me feel worse ( I just wanted to get out and home ) .

this has really knocked my confidence at going out because I always think it's going to happen again. Am thinking negative all the time that am going to be sick in public and embarrass myself infront of people. With having an 8 month old baby to its twice as hard. 

My diet is very boring. I don't have anything spicy, fatty or to rich in flavour, I stick to plain stuff like potato, chicken fish fingers, veg, beans, that sort of thing. I don't have anything g fizzy, I have about 2 cups of tea a day but I drink a lot of water. I don't smoke or drink alcohol. 

I take 20mg omeprazole everyday but I don't feel any different on them and I've been taking them since January when I had my endoscopy. 

I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like me. Or have any advice on anything I can do to reduce the symptoms. 

Thank you 

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  • dave28404
    dave28404 Sarah112233

    Posted

    Hi Sarah

    I was told of my HH last year July, i had which i though was side effects from the Porton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) which i was prescribed Topzole. I also went through a bad patch on not wanting to go out etc. Feeling sick but i seem to clear my mind and that has helped to a certain extent. Sometimes ones body must just get use to the PPI. Just ensure you take a good multi-vitamin when takling PPIs. Try to relax and clear your head, Good Luck.

    • Sarah112233
      Sarah112233 dave28404

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply dave smile

      yea I think my body has got used to them and for no longer working for me, am back at the doctors today so see what he says, hopefully give me something else to try. Thank you again.

  • mary98491
    mary98491 Sarah112233

    Posted

    Hello Sarah, This must be very miserable for you.  I have had a hiatus hernis for many years,,,I find it hepful to raise the bed head a little (I use telephone books)...this keeps the tummy slightly raised when you are sleeping...Also I try not to eat within one and half hours before going to bed, then the stomach is clear before lying down...(I don't always stick to my own rules), but it generally helps. I find that certain foods I have to avoid completely, but you may be different...such foods as cheese or pickles etc.........could help...good luck......
    • Sarah112233
      Sarah112233 mary98491

      Posted

      Hi Mary, thank you for your reply much appreciated smile

      When am having a bad day I do prop myself up in bed with a couple of pillows which does help, I know what you mean about eating late I don't always stick to it as I hate going to bed hungry. Am the same I have to stay away from onions, vinegar, and fizzy drinks, chocolate can also irritate it. I just need to narrow it right down to what I can eat and what I need to avoid completely.

      thank you for your advice. 

  • mary98491
    mary98491 Sarah112233

    Posted

    This probably won't help you,  but something that worked for me was cutting down on cows milk....I only have skimmed milk in tea, but on cereals or with porridge I use rice milk (with added calcium)....it works for me, but may not be suitable for you...maybe worth a try though. 
    • Sarah112233
      Sarah112233 mary98491

      Posted

      Thank you for the tip, anything is worth a try, I'll give it a go thanks. 
  • beut8
    beut8 Sarah112233

    Posted

    hi Sarah

                   Ive had a hiatus hernia since I had my son 2 yrs ago..I to feel sick and have acid reflux..well to be precise I feel like im regurgitating my food alot because it comes back on me for hours after eating..ive tried various medications and nothing works..doctors don't want to know..im back and forward all the time and they don't help..absolutely refuse to operate so its been a living hell for me..totally fed up feeling sick.. hot and sweating..bloated stomach which is always sore and food comming back on me..don't remember the last time I felt well..only thing I can say is don't stop pestering the doctors because I hope one day they will do something that actually works.

    • Sarah112233
      Sarah112233 beut8

      Posted

      Hi, your symptons are similar to mine, am the same backward and forward to the doctors it's a nightmare. I've actually been there today and they have changed my tabs to see if it gets any better, I just want it sorting now it's getting me so down it's not nice. It's even worse then you have a baby to look after like us. Can't wait for the day to come when I wake up and feel well again, back to the normal me. Same here they need to come up with something that works, good luck and thank you for your reply smile it's nice to hear from people in a similar situation to me. smile
  • Power1on
    Power1on Sarah112233

    Posted

    Hello all and Sarah I to have a HH for a little over 2.5 years now I'm afraid I do not have a lot to add I have food coming back on also hrs after I eat sometime up to 5 or 6 I burp up a chunk of something that perhaps I did not chew well enough I tried for a week to just eat soft foods IE mashers , peanutbutter yogurt that sort of thing and although it did help with the notorious chest pain that I can get daily sometimes 

    I was told just a week ago by a good friend in the medical industrie to try this stuff called PepZin GI to see if it would help with some of my symtoms I am to take it twice daily for 14 days ahhhh if only I could believe that it will somehow help even a bit 

    as I have tried practically ever supplement and natural cure out there and although some do I believe help like Ginger pills ,Turemic and a good multi vitamin with extra magnesuim and b12 on the side good luck chin up there will be good and bad days 

    but as long as there are some good 

    • Sarah112233
      Sarah112233 Power1on

      Posted

      Hi, thank you for your reply smile 

      i don't have that problem with food coming back but I do burp a lot. It's the burning of my acid that I have mag or problems with, the burning up the gullet. My doctor changed my tabs yesterday to see if they help.

      Thats a good thing to know incase I need to try other things. Let's hope they work for you and make a difference to your symptoms smile even if they improve your symptoms abit it's better than nothing isn't it. It's just a nightmare finding things that work.

      thank you for your advice it's much appreciated and good luck to smile 

  • andrew13025
    andrew13025 Sarah112233

    Posted

    Hi.

    I got very similar symptoms, even worse. Friends have even had breathing difficulties with Omeprazole. Y ou need to try various methods to control reflux. I switched to

    Lanzoprasole which initially made me sick and dizzy whch I could tolerate then gave me bowel pain which I could not. I use Gaviscon as a back up. Ask about H2-receptor antagonists and Prokinetics. You may get lucky. I feel the drugs Companies and the NHS grossly understate the side effects of PPi's.

    Keep smiling.

    Andrew

     

    • Sarah112233
      Sarah112233 andrew13025

      Posted

      Hi Andrew 

      my doctor's trying me on esomeprazole at the moment, I started them yesterday. And he's give me ranitidine to take at night before bed. I also take gaviscon as a back up to. It's just trail and error really trying to find something that works because I can't go on the way I am sad it's so hard.

      thank you for your reply and advice smile 

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