My husbands GI told me my husband did not need to change his diet, he was fine with him taking ppi's for life. My husband developed cancer while under his care. During that period, the doctor relayed he was getting an endoscopy soon and he hoped he didn't have Barrett's. He never expressed such a concern about Barrett's to my husband. Then, despite esophageal cancer being a relatively rare cancer, he recommended an oncologist who never treated EC, despite a regional university research hospital being 40 minutes away. He told me getting second opinions was confusing. He referred us to a surgeon with little EC experience, despite the fact that statistics show that experienced surgeons have better survival rates. He is a lazy idiot. So if you want to lean solely on what GIs tell you, you are taking a risk. If they are wrong, it is only you that pays.

Also, just so you know, Coca-Cola has a ph of 2.5. I am not aware of any food with such a high acid level as this. I didn't believe it myself but i asked the company directly and that is what they told me.

totally agree with prayinglots!

You have to take charge of your own health.

I have come off and on of the them several times in the past 5 years. It takes willpower, yes.

I just find it so bizarre when people are calling doctors idiots, when up until recently, most people knew nothing about the stomach and are just trashing people that have dedicated their life to it.

PPI's and H2's work MUCH quicker and when you work full time, not every has the time to do an elimination diet to determine triggers. For the vast majority, PPI's will be a huge benefit and for a lot of people the rebound period is miniscule.

And btw, as a person with severe eosinophilic esophagitis at a young age that isn't correlated to diet, I have to take PPI's unless I want to be diagnosed with Barrett's before the age of 30.

Ive been too many specialists for many different issues. Cardiologist,psycologists,nutritionists,rheumatologists, neurologists, etc. They are not incompetent, they all got it right told me everything gave me tons of copies,pamphlets about my condition some of them are even gone now and i dont need treatment for them anymore.

However, the first time i went to a gi doctor, no test no nothing stomach pain = omeprazole ? Months later...turns out i had a bad gallbladder which resolved itself overtime.

We are not saying all doctors are incompetent only GI doctors and most doctors when it comes to deal with GI Issues. The reason? Not their fault...I am sure they are smart, the school's are incompetent tons of bias in the food industry, gazillion dollar industry after all.

Check this out:

"Almost a quarter of British people suffering from gluten intolerance visited their doctor for 11 years or more before getting a proper diagnosis, research shows." That is not only in britain is worldwide. The reasons:
1. Doctors don't know much about GI issues, the school's are incompetent therefore theyre dumb
2. Once tested as Celiac they won't be tested again
3. The test most of the time is useless, there's an even better test today but unfortunately is not affiliated to the "industry" so you gotta do it on your own
4. Doctors are dumb and do not interpret the results well

There are more studies like that on how doctors on GI Issues are very incompetent ! very ! Not all but most of them.

You are right fusion I was getting a little emotional about the doctor's malaise/incompetency, I do not know which. But I can tell you I learned more from an ob doctor who did some research on the disease, and knew enough to select a highly skilled team. Why the GI did not go out of his way to investigate my husbands situation, I will never know. And to say second opinions are confusing? And to not even investigate the local university research hospital on his patients behalf? All it says is the doctors are not perfect and it makes sense to have a healthy amount of skepticism.

I still agree with praying lots.. Doctors are too laid back in general about heartburn and gastritis. We see the results of this over and over again as people develop erosions of their esophagus etc. They were not proactive but they also were not cautioned about the seriousness of chronic gastritis and heartburn.

It is ok to be emotional by the way after what you have been through prayinglots.

Some people like Fusion have to take a PPI forever. This situation is different. Most people on this site do not have what fusion has. I am not arguing taking a PPI or not to take a PPI. I also feel that many doctors only go by what is in the textbooks and dont look outside the box and some dont take the time to do what they need to do for the patient as we have seen over and over again on this site.

my GI told me to not worry about the silent reflux type symptoms. That is what I used to get. After a year and a half of self education I learned it can be as dangerous as typical heartburn is. My regular GP was better with this than the GI was. The GI was too laid back again in my opinion.

I also am pretty skeptical and do not trust doctors to take care of my well being completely. I am in charge of my own body and I do feel you have to question doctors advice regularly.

Have you guys seen/heard of the new issues discovered with prolonged used of PPI? I've seen two different reports on Dateline one saying that PPI use increases the chances of Liver damage and the other that it also increases the chances of dementia....I do use Dexilant everyday but hopefully I will decrease the use as my situation improves.... I know about other studies that link it to bone density and heart problems.....in any case, don't meant to alarm anyone I just heard these two reports and wanted to share with you guys.

Well, I want to eat whatever I want does not mean I eat junk all the time.

Probably I didn't say that before but I live in Turkey and we already have healthy diet traditionally: Mediterrean diet, which means we (lots of Turkish ppl) eat lots of veggies, fruits, whole grains, poultry, yogurt & goat cheese & kefir and very little to no meat. I rarely eat junk. I know most of American ppl eat junk/trashy foods on their breakfast, lunch and dinner. We don't. At least most of us.

Also I don't smoke and don't drink alcohol (I drank my last beer 2 years ago lol)

As a result, I already have healthy lifestyle. Training x3 times a week etc. But I have anxiety/panic attacks history.

GI docs keep saying me that your mild gastritis cannot cause persistent nausea. Almost all ppl have mild gastritis and you absolutely don't need any diet.

When I get busy, I rarely feel nauseous.

You guys keep saying you need diet. And docs keep saying absolutely no need of it, cause your gastritis is not much thing. You have to be calm/relax.

This is why I'm confused a lot.

I want all of yall to get better. You're all right, everyone is different.

I think I was speaking too much out of personal experience as well as I tried all the diets and stuff, being really strict and all and ended up with gastritis. Since I took that pill, I've been doing much better.

Good luck to you all.

@prayinglots,

One of GI doc that I met before said that reflux sufferer needs low-acid diet, but no need of it for gastritis or ulcer. Your story is about esophagus/reflux. My esophagus is not damaged. I just have mild inflammation in my antrum. And it seems every docs that I met before don't care about this.

we all had it mild with no symptoms at some point but we kept doing what we were doing and now we have it "mild" but with symptoms (some don't sleep from the pain) except for a few like me with "severe gastritis" and few symptoms.

It's live and learn at the end with gastritis and that's what sucks. Just go right ahead if you want, we'll still be here to help you when you come back screaming in pain and begging for help. We've all been there.

You know everything about stomach and stomach diseases and docs know nothing about it. Got the point, thank you.

Let me tell you something.

That was 2 months ago. I was going to birthday party with my girlfriend. We were in bus. Was feeling nauseous. Almost vomit. I said that to myself, "I think I have to go back my home, I feel really bad" But I remember that when I surrounded by many friends, lots of laugh and fun. My harsh nausea disappeared.

How do you explain it from "gastritis perspective"?

By the way, I'm not against you. I'm just thinking. I have lots of examples like this. I cannot explain this thing from gastritis perspective.

we all have that to some degree yours seems very pronounced which is bad. I get angry or anxious = gastritis worse. I calm down and play with my cousins for hours = symptoms get better. Why? Because I have gastritis regardless of what caused it it is connected to the brain too. Stay bland, get rid of your stress and this stuff under control before its too late otherwise you'll know more than your GI doctor in a few months.

I'm pretty sure anxiety has a bigger role than diet on this. At least for my condition. Thank you.