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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littlemart 10/17/2015

I was doing great! Actually thought the thing was cured. Eating better, gaining weight, no pain. Then it all started again. The heartburn, the pressure in the esophagus, some nausea and IBS pain, back pain, just pain, pain, pain.

So now I have to start over, but I've kind of forgotten how to do it. I'm still taking Zantac and started back on the Pepzin GI. But as far as eating... I'm not sure what to start with.

I've had a tremendous amount of stress for months which probably contributed to this "relapse". I'm utterly exhausted again. I suffer from Fibro, MS, Graves, Osteoarthritis, Degenerative Disc Disease, Dry eyes.... you name it. And they are all punching me at once. My chest pains make me think "heart attack", but since they've been going on for so many months I seriously doubt it. And I've seen a doctor since it all started. I have a lot of muscular/skeletal pain above the waist.

So, can you all help me get back on track please?

faithful27 10/17/2015

I would follow Joham's advice to me: stick to easy to digest meals for a while oatmeal,rice(if you can tolerate it), potatoes, eggs, chicken breast, etc.

But make sure you don't go malnourished for too long.

Take zantac at night and I personally recommend Pepzin Gi at the start of a meal at least twice a day and the other two after meals.

Some of your conditions might be being worsed by Gluten and Dairy and if you can avoid both you can help your gastritis too. Try it for a few months.

I hope this helps.

shihonage 10/17/2015

My website is still in my profile.

littlemart 10/17/2015

Thank you both. And Shihonage I forgot that I have your website saved in my favorites! Silly me!

Back to the drawing board.

GwenY 10/18/2015

Yes thats me also. Thought I had kicked it apart from heartburn now and again. But all is back again. Just cooking a beef roast for my other half and relishing in the smell - creamed up some potatoes and tasted a tiny weeny bit for seasoning - and bang the cramps are back. I had porridge and blueberries four hours ago which felt fine then one tiny mouthful of mashed pots (with milk and butter) and it is instant cramp. This is so hard - weight dropping and not happy.

joham 10/19/2015

Im sorry littlemart you are not feeling well.My autoimmune condition is giving me hard time at the moment and even though the stomach is 100% better than it was when it all started I feel like there is always something to deal with.I wish I just had a break from all this.All I get is one week of felling somewhat "normal" and then it starts all over again.I recently started doing yoga seriously again and I must say it does something.At the very least it helps to forget about the pain for a little bit.Ive always been a yoga freak and I believe its great to have a hobby.I hope you will feel better soon.My thoughts are with you

GwenY 10/19/2015

Yeah Joham u r rite - when u r so down u don't want to do anything but exercise really does boost ur mood - I could happily sit at my laptop all day but a goof brisk walk reduces symptoms xx

joham 10/19/2015

Absolutely GwenY.I now live in a small town and I really enjoy being able to run my errands on foot because its another form of exercise.I get to leave the house and walk for at least 2h running errands then having coffee chatting with my friends and neighbors.I really missed this community spirit and social interaction when I lived in suburbian LA.

guskoburido 10/19/2015

Hey Joham i really feel for you I am in the same boat. Once gastritis is under control I still have to deal with other stuff, autoimmune as well but mine seems to be burning out over the years ever since I dropped the triggers like gluten for example and completely out of my diet not even traces. Also a lot of sugar seems to make it worse. The one that I really watch out for is my heart and colitis, both are autoimmune.

When my heart goes out of whack is usually because I have introduced something my inmune system does not like.....a lot of sugar....some medications...even the weather changes....gluten...too much dairy.

I recommend adding vitamin D through your diet and a high dose too ever since I added that I think I have seen some improvement. Omega 3 helps but it's hard to get it once you have gastritis.

joham 10/20/2015

Thank you GuskoBurido.Yes,I will surely be taking vitamin D supplement as my ND doctor already suggested it early last summer.I also need to find a way to increase my iron since my ferritin is super low but I refuse to take iron supplements with this weak stomach.It would make me sick again.So far im sticking with blackstrap molasses and it seems to work.

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