Andy,

We are all much stronger than we realise- and though you may feel like you are running on empty- you DO have more strength and fight in you left...I am the first to say that what you're facing can be simply overwhelming at times but with a great deal of patience, strength and hard work you will make your way through this battle. Keep doing as much research as possible and remember that the more information you arm yourself with, the better prepared you will be to fight this! Sending you much strength and positive energy and hoping very much that tomorrow will be a brighter day for you....

Keep on hanging on....

Karolina

I know it's hard, but PLEASE hang in there. Sometimes it takes extra long to feel better, but it WILL happen. I am sending positive thoughts your way. I felt EXACTLY as you do about two weeks ago. But the pain and agony has started to lift.

I am sorry. I am the same and I have been dealing with it for five years but have had more pain for the past 3 years. Mine is bile reflux gastritis which they did not tell me about until last year. I had another endoscopy then. I take Sucralfate and have just switched from Omeprazole to Lansoprazole to see if that will work. I am also trying natural remedies such as slippery elm and aloe vera juice. Ginger is supposed to be good too. Never give up hope. I get good days but usually end up eatign something I should not. It does hurt like mad I know though doctors say it does not hurt that much to me.

Hang in there Andy! It will get better.

Andy, We are all here to support you through your darkest days. We know what your pain feels like... & the fear of the future & how to carry on. It's ok to feel how you're feeling. You will get through this. We will all help you through this. You're not alone.

Thank you all for your kind words, I'm trying to stay strong, my anxiety is high worrying I'll never be rid of this but I do my relaxing techniques and keep it manageable.

To be honest my diet has been crap over the last couple of weeks, I've been eating sugary breakfast cereals, burgers, fatty sandwiches, huge amounts of bread at times, loads of soy milk, I think I've brought it on myself.

I'm back onto some well cooked brown rice, with a little fish boiled with it and slippery elm with every meal. The pain is bearable and I guess I just have to wait now and try and stay calm, let my stomach hopefully heal up.

Sounds like a good plan.

So really you have been lying to us about your diet.

Lying to who? My diet changes all the time, what i eat one week may be completely different from another, depending on how im feeling

But you were talking about how you were having burning the last few weeks eating anything acidic outside of foods would cause major burning for you. I have weeks where I feel continuously better but I know I am not healed. Then you tell us that you are eating whatever you want, I consider that being untruthful.

It's ok if you are wanting to sneak food. I am guilty of doing it but I remember each time I do it I am setting myself back from healing if it disagrees with me. If I flare up, I knew the risk I was taking.

Hi Andy,
Please don't beat yourself up for wandering off the path. We ALL do it now and then. I over ate last night and have some discomfort today.
This is a condition that robs us of comfort eating at rough times.
I hope we can support one another without judgement in this room.
Maybe break it down to one day at a time. It can be less overwhelming . Please hang in there. We are here for you.

I agree Andy.

We all can stray from the diet. We are not perfect and the diet thing is hard! It is very tiring.

Gastritis is horrendous and depressing!

Just know most of us understand and do not judge you!

This is a hard road. Just do the best you can.

The hard disciplined approach is not easy!

I am glad you are back on track. Just keep doing it!

tree, I think you are referring to my post a few weeks ago where i said everything was burning? I figured out there was a problem with my PPI, since I fixed it the burning subsided a lot, but in terms of diet since I've been far from eating what I want, that said my diet hasn't been strict, but personally sometimes I dont feel any difference between eating plain and eating a burger, so I just cave in and eat something nice. Sometimes I even think being strict on my diet makes me worse, although that is possibly due to me not realising potatoes have been causing me issues.

It doesnt help that when I do feel slightly better, my hunger kicks in and wants me to eat huge amounts.

But ye I haven't been anywhere near as strict as I need to be

Don't know if you saw my post about it, but I was on a cruise I could not cancel in the midst of a really bad attack. I didn't overeat, but I know I managed to eat things I shouldn't just because I was starting to feel better. AND I gained FIVE pounds doing it! We've all done it!! Please continue to post and let us know how it is going.