Gastritis Support Group

Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.

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lu2013 07/14/2013

Yesterday for the first time in 4.5 months, I actually felt quite normal. Didn't eat anything crazy...although I did still enjoy a piece of birthday cake at a friend's party and then cheese pasta in a touch of olive oil (no tomato sauce of course). And I was amazed that I felt quite normal. My GP said to stay on 2 PPIs a day (prevacid) so was optimistic and thought 'maybe that's all I need...the extra PPI'.

But today again, my stomach feels full and I have that nausea feeling. Ugh....as the subject header says "what a tease". Anyone else have hope with a good day, and then it wacks you again and you feel lousy? I suppose this is always the way it's gonna be with no "cure"? Sorry...just a post to whine...

soretum 07/14/2013

Whine away. That's what we're here for. It takes a long, long time but more pain free days will come.

terri002 07/15/2013

Hi Lu2013

I have got up this morning with no nausea for the first time in about 7 weeks. (Am i tempting fate writing this?) i have my first day back at work after a week off sick so hopefully will have something to take my mind off things and will have a good day.

I read on here somewhere that sometimes its "mind over matter" and that's the way i plan to go from now on.

Hope you feel better soon

deleted_user 07/15/2013

Hello Lu ... I feel your pain.. was there too. But like soretum says more better days is lying ahead. This thing does mess with your head quite a lot. You think one day , yes I am ok and next day wham.... Please don't give up though. My emotions was all over the place, my poor husband had to really grin and bear it. But it does get better. I am now in month eleven and honestly have way way way more better days than not. Still don't eat all the goodies I used to but I am okay with that...

terri002 07/15/2013

Hi Lu
Just a brief catchup on this morning's post. My nausea never appeared today so had a "normal day" for once. Hopefully this will continue and i can get back to my normal self, who i haven't been for about a year.

Hopefully we will all continue to have more good days than bad

lu2013 07/15/2013

terri, crossing my fingers for you, that you are on a roll of feeling better.

Seeinglight, 11 months? Doesn't make my 4.5 months sound so long...but then I really wonder if this is going to get better. Doctors initially said it I would feel normal again, but I personally highly doubt it...and wonder if I can ever again eat what I want without worrying about how nauseous I'll feel afterwards. Also...I hear you about your spouse. I think that my husband is tired of hearing me complain...but it's not him who feels sick everytime he eats.

Hope to have more normal days, but we'll see..to be honest, not too optimistic.

deleted_user 07/17/2013

Lu ... had to smile when I read your last post. It was like I can hear myself a few months back.... I also struggled with nausea ( hate it with a vengeance ) but please don't give up hope Lu . It does turn , mentally might take a bit longer though ( in my case anyway ) . I have some issues now which I never had before this thing. Like I didnt mind trying foods.. Now I get anxious if I have to eat after 6 in the evening and dont even try and tell me to taste something thats not in the safe zone.... but when I do get past the initial anxiety and taste the "new" food , I am ok..... hang in there Lu you def. will get better days! :) and more often too

Nina1959 07/17/2013

I can tell you what my ND (naturopath) told me about what you are saying and it rings true to me. You had a decent day and ate some fun stuff, cake, cheese, sugar. So your brain gets all high on the good stuff and blocks out the pain because it wants more good stuff to make good serotonin and be happy. So you don't notice that it might be a problem to eat the yummy stuff (quite normal). But that stuff is actually irritating your stomach and causing inflammation, and you get the backlash the next day. It's kind of like a food hangover but you get stomach pain instead of a headache. Bites, doesn't it? hope you feel better!

lu2013 07/18/2013

Seeinglight, good to hear that you are doing better now. Can I ask if you are on any meds (over the counter or prescription) or do you take natural suppliments? Or is it strickly diet that got you better? So true about how it affects us mentally. I am scared to eat. I'm taking a friend out tonight for her birthday and wonder how awful I'll feel tomorrow.

Nina, yeah "food hangover". But on my good day, I didn't eat crazy..a small piece of birthday cake and plain pasta were the only things different. So it's frustrating when i can feel normal and be optimistic and then the nausea hits again.

terri002 07/18/2013

What is it with this nausea thing? Been not too bad for a couple of days and wham its back again. Am i ever going to feel normal again?

lu2013 07/19/2013

terri, am sorry that your nausea tricked you too and came out of hiding. :-( Sucks doesn't it? Have you ever thrown up? I have yet, but do get the nausea often.

Went out for dinner last night with a friend. Stuck with a simple meal...salmon, steamed asparagus and carrots, and quinoa (maybe a touch of spice but not much). Felt the nausea when done. Funny enough, we then had dessert (cookie and ice cream) and the nausea dissapeared. Go figure. Now this morning, it's just a full feeling.

terri002 07/19/2013

Hi Lu

It certainly does suck. I have never thrown up.

The most bizarre thing about it (as i have said on a different discussion) is that my nausea comes on at approx 6.15am in the morning and disappears between 7pm and 7.30pm at night. No other problems just this nausea. Sometimes think it might be all in my head.

I have just started some counselling for anxiety issues, may be that's what it is.

lu2013 07/19/2013

You're like me then...nausea main symptom but never thrown up (hopefully I haven't jinxed us). That definitely is interesting about how it's scheduled. I will wake up feeling ok, but then one I'm on my feet, it will come. Maybe your stomach is emptier by evening and so it settles a bit (but doesn't explain the morning)?

deleted_user 07/22/2013

Hi Lu
I took prilosec when first diagnosed , but after a month or so went natural route. I would say from about October 2012. From February ; March this year I was off all meds. Only thing I still take regularly is ensure, because of my limited diet. And when the nausea raises its head I take ginger tablets and ginger bon bons. Thats it . And you? do you follow the natural route or conventional meds? thinking of you

terri002 07/22/2013

Hi seeing light what type of ginger tablets do you take. Iam taking domperidone for the nausea which arent really helping. Thought about going down the natural route

lu2013 07/22/2013

seeinglight, good that you're able to control your symptoms naturally. I also take ginger bon bons. Not sure if they help (think nausea is too strong for it to help) but it tastes yummy.
I am on meds....up to 2 prevacid a day, which seems to make things better than it was as the nausea comes and goes as opposed to being constant. Also take slippery elm (when I remember inbetween meds), and DGL...and things like tums. Have been trying aloe vera juice or coconut water but can't tell if they help.

terri, sorry the domperidone isn't helping. I have an anit-nausea pill too, but it only helps if the nausea is very little.

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