My lifes in peices (Gastritis)

hi, Ditto the mild or a bit of gastritus for me, after having severe nausea daily from waking till bedtime, lost appetite due to it and 2 stone, worse on movement, debilitating near all the time, disabling on exertion, just the most miserable existence,very depressing, and lve had major ops all manner of other things, finally after 7months got scope and yes told a bit of gastritus, funnily ld, been diagnosed with acid reflux many years before on cimeitidine, but never aware of any symptoms, apart from a few month heartburn untill l had gall bladder removed then ok up to last year, l did get bloating along with the nausea belching with it, Put on 20mg omprazole once a day, which did settle it 90percent, felt like a miracle, just annoyed l,d endured it for 9month when settled with a common med one you can even buy in chemists. The gastrologist did say he didnt think level of symptoms went along with mild gastritus but he didnt know any more, said he,d refer, still wating near a year later, but guess its cos lve not complained due to it being settled, but found after a few month one tablet a day wasnt keeping it settled, rearing up again, took two a day many days, still have the odd days half days with it, and do worry it will stop working alltogether, dissapointed l,m still taking the meds, but like yours gps casual, tell me some are on them years. lve also changed to plainer diet, no processed or ready meals, just plain, probiotics, etc. l notice generally and more so today, masses of posts about stomach problems, and gastritus seems common, l also use spring water, just in case flouride, but dont know whats causing it. So sorry cant give solution, for me its just omprazole at present, and plain diet,  Maybe others will advice. with solutions, Good luck with it.  

Sorry to hear about your problems. Have they tested you for h.pylori? I too am suffering from "mild" gastritis having been diagnosed initially with stomach ulcers which have healed. I read on one website that the degree of gastritis doesn't always correspond with the amount of pain you feel. For example my husband's stomach lining bled after he took a lot of ibuprofen for hip pain and he had no pain in his stomach at all! He only knew about it after his hip operation and he vomited all this black stuff which the docs said was old blood which had been sitting in his stomach. My tests came back negative for h.pylori so I have no idea what caused the ulcers or the gastritis. I'm on lansoprazole at the moment but my specialist thinks it should have healed by now but it definitely hasn't. I've  been like this for six months and have lost weight because I'm wary of eating the "wrong" thing.i tried DGL liquorice but it upset my stomach so I stopped taking it. I'm trying manuka honey at the moment to see if that helps. Other people recommend cabbage juice so you could buy yourself a juicer and give that a go. 

Don't give up, keep putting pressure on your GP. Have they given you any idea on what is causing your problem? It's not right that someone as young as you should be going through this. We have unfortunately recently had our dog put to sleep but the care, kindness and compassion he and we received was far superior to anything I've experienced through the NHS or privately.

Keep us posted. Good luck

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