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had endascopy done
| Thu, 08-25-2005 - 3:24pm |
Hello all. today was my endascopy day. all went well. the dr told me i have gastritis that had no actve bleeding at this time but stigmata of recent bleeding was found. biopsys were taken he change my meds to nexium ( if insurance will cover it) not quit understnading what gastritis is so can anyone give me any info in laymans terms here, he explained to me but im dence when it comes to this stuff.
thanks all
donna K
thanks all
donna K

I believe it is a inflammation and may be caused by the bile reflux and if I remember you did have a gall bladder removed correct me if I am wrong.
The bile is an acid and could be backing up in the esaphagus.
Linda
Hello Donna K,
Here are few things
Hey Donna,
Glad
Donna K,
Hello again! I have gastritis as well. It is inflammation of the stomach. I think the others explained it pretty much perfectly. I suffer with almost all the symptoms--nausea(the biggest one),loss of appetite, bloating, feeling full after only a few bites, "brick" feeling in the stomach for hours after eating, burping/gas. The only one I don't get is vomiting--thankfully.
The biggest problem I am having is curing it. I have been taking PPI's for what seems like ages and none of them seem to work. I started off taking Ranitidine(Zantac in the US) and it didn't do anything for me. Then I was switched to Pariet(Aciphex) and it helped for the first week then same thing--back to feeling awful. I am now taking Pantoloc(Protonix) and again the same thing--works for a week then stops. I had the H. Pylori breath test a week and a half ago thinking maybe that was causing my gastritis to linger but it was negative. I don't take any aspirin, ibuprofen or even tylenol so that's not the cause. I tried changing my diet to eliminate anything irritating to the stomach but that didn't help either. So I am going back to the dr. for some more blood tests to get this figured out. Something is irritating my stomach but what? I don't know!
Anyhow, Hope your feeling better soon. I know you ahve been through alot--almost the same things as me with the GB removal, feeling bad after the removal, etc.
Donna M
thanks
Donna K
Take care all
Donna K
That is great news
YAHOO DONNA!!!!!
Yea!!!
thanks
Donna K