Hi john,

I think that I am sure many people have gotten much better from all that I have read. I think most people will stop coming to these boards when they are improving or have improved and are not in a crazy stressful state over this the my. Basically the ppl who get better do not stick around

To really know if we are healed would we have to run another endoscopy?

I guess if it is true gastritis, then an endoscopy would be the only way t to tell if the inflammation is gone.

But I do believe that there is damage even though there is no inflammation visible to the eye, and it takes a long time to heal.

I think TooMuchPho posted somewhere that his GI said that most endoscopies come back with no visible signs of inflammation, however the patient is still in pain.

i thought i was healed of my gastritis for the last couple of months, and so i've been easily falling back into my old routines, i"m still watching what i eat, but i made the mistake of getting back into drinking coffee a lot about a week ago and no for the last 3 days i've been getting sick for hours at a time, i've refilled my prescriptions and am now taking 2 pepcid in the morning and one at night as well as carafate twice daily, im hoping with my experience and knowledge from before i'll be able to get over it mostly by thanksgiving in a few days as opposed to the 3 months it took last time

edit: i also have a peptic ulcer that was not fully healed and i believe the interaction between the ulcer and the coffee is what reactivated my gastritis

About 80-90% healed. I watch everything I eat and will always remain vigilant. With research I can now eat out at Thai, Malaysian and Indian restaurants. I can safely eat onion, chilli and garlic among other things. I still only add one new ingredient at a time. I'm happy to have my life back, even if I must manage this for life.

I think 80-90% is very good soretum, that's my goal too.
There are many people out there who can't eat just everything they want. And everyone has it's package to carry ... we have Gastritits, others have Headaches or Neurodarmitis.
As long as you can control your Gastritis and don't have that pain anymore everything is okay.

Yes, but it takes time and dedication to staying on meds especially the PPI's and watching what you eat. My first bout was a six month long battle and I've had reoccurrences since. You learn to live with Gastritis by avoiding those triggers that will bring a flare up.

Well i plan to stick around here, so that others can see the evidence of healing. put a little hope out there.

i really want to be able to eat good foods and workout again. every little bit of physical activity i do makes my stomach so sore. yesterday i was insulating the chicken coop for winter and i had to reach up and nail some stuff, man oh man my stomach did not like that.

i have spent very much time becoming physically fit and stuff and i really really don't want that all to be flushed down the toilet.

the weird part is that you all say you have pain. I never have much pain but i just feel so horribly sick all the time, and i have so much lightheadednss and dizziness. this makes me think that maybe i have something else. but my stomach always gets very sore and tender when i do anything on my feet. i sit here all day on the computer and just watching tv. its so boring!