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.
I have seen the gastro today. Im not happy as Ive not had any sleep all night due to pain and I had some reflux last night and this morning. He doesn,t seem to think that my pain is coming from gastritis,he thinks its acid on a sensitive gullet. It doesn,t feel like heartburn pain though it feels inflamed and its a biting,gnawing pain. It hurts when I eat. Anyway I can,t have an op for the reflux and he has told me to take 3 Pantoprazole a day. He also wants me to take antidepressants. I don,t want to be on all those meds. He did say to take Sucralfate though which will proberly be better than Gaviscon. He doesn,t know if I have bile reflux or not. I asked if he thought it woulod heal and he thinks it will. I really hope so,I just have to go back in ten weeks and be monitored by him. I don,t think he has a clue,if he had gastritis he would know how painful it is. Gastritis showed up on my endoscopy too. He didn,t know I had had my gallbladder out until I told him. I just don,t think he will help me. To top it all I went and had a coffee at the hospital and now Im in a lot of pain. So I will take Sucralfate and only 2 Pantoprazole until I see my GP.
He's either incompetent, ignorant or just plain stupid. Perhaps all 3. I would go to a doctor that treats gastritis for what it is, a very painful and life altering condition.
I had gastritis for looonggg years. So I know what you're going through.
My diet mainly consisted of avocados, carrot juice with emulsified spinach, oatmeal and cream of wheat. DGL and slippery elm was a tremendous help.
What helped the most and is pivotal to recovery is lowering your anxiety and stress. Without doing that, it could last indefinitely.
A word of caution, it is dangerous to mix Tramadol with anti-depressants as Tramadol contains an SSRI. Mixing the two can cause serotonin syndrome which is life threatening. Always let your doctor know you are taking Tramadol and ask what your options are for pain if you go down the route of taking an anti-depressant. And also be aware that Tramadol can cause pretty wicked withdrawals if you've taken it for some time and then just stop taking it. If you are going to stop the Trams, it would be wise to do a taper. The drug is hailed as a non-narcotic and non-addictive, however, neither is true.