Get check for Crohn's disease

I thought of that but I don't have diarehha. You'd think doctors would check for that, wouldn't you?

It's been really bad this past couple of weeks. Around the clock nausea. Really interrupts with sleep. Can't hardly sit here and type. Nothing helps.

This thread of is of interest to me, because I have been ill with gastritis since my endoscopy and colonoscopy.

How are you doing WIIX, better I hope?

My gastroenterologist advised me to take Align, which I am doing, because even though it only has one strain of "patented bacteria" the reviews for it are excellent. My plan is to use it for a few months and then replace it with a multi-strain probiotic.

I am chewing a DGL tablet before all food and not eating the foods on the avoid list, but I am only having marginal improvement.

In March I was in the ER after having a violent reaction to an antibiotic therapy for h pylori diagnosed from a blood test. I stopped after 3 days and continued with a holistic regimen for two months. I do not have h pylori now, but it is possible I never had it in the first place-I will never know, but all told it took me months to recover. And now I feel like I am back to being miserable.

I have read that Gaviscon coats the esophagus and forms a plug that prevents the stomach contents from back washing up the esophagus. This appeals to me since according to the endoscopy report mine is irritated, probably from allergies.

If it is allergies how do you find out? My doctor mentioned celiac at first, but it is not mentioned in his preliminary report.

No we will never know otherwise, I've often wished I did not do hip replacement and where would I be now better or worse or the same. I limp now, limped before, no less pain meds than before and the caution needed with these replacements....and the nerve damage mess I deal with.

I come from the old school of doctors and never bought into all the testing pushed in today's medical world. There are more of those like me.

I have some other friends with stomach issues and they have done the colon testing...So as I see it the medical industry is so powerful and so much influence on so so many.

Work with prevention as much as possible.

This past week I have been better. I have been sicker since my colonoscopy too. I think they left something behind in there. I get better then I get bad again then better then bad. This time I have had some really good days, almost no symptoms. As far as doctors are concerned, forget them. They don't know what the heck is wrong with me. I have NO confidence in doctors anymore. Might as well just throw your money in the street.

When the microbiome is washed out for a colonoscopy it may be difficult for it to re-populate. (I eat yogurt with live cultures, drink kefir and take probiotics)

My endoscopy report shows mild gastritis, but what I am now experiencing is not mild-it's murder. None of my holistic treatments has been helping me much, so last night in desperation I took Zantac. It helped enough to let me sleep.

I am gassy, belching and down. I was able to vanquish a UTI with D-Mannose, thank God, because the alternative treatment was Cipro, which I do not want to take.

Isn't Cipro an antibiotic?

Yes, it is, used to treat UTIs amongst other bacterial infections.

Dave.

I think it's in the doctors best interest to keep us sick and suffering. What a waste of life. I could be doing so much but I can't and no one will help me.

This morning I woke up to a new symptom. An odd feeling on my left side. Could be my heart but it wouldn't let me get back to sleep so I got up. I figured I'd take a nice, hot bath. But guess what? There's no hot water. We had a snow storm over night and the power cut out a few times. It must have blown the pilot out. Been most of the day now. Sure wish I had some hot water.