Hi Lia,
Sorry to hear this is happening to you. I get pain on the right side now and then and for me its been my liver. It works extra hard with the stomach inflamed and I know when I get pain there I simply increase my green vegies especially the leafy ones like spinach and silverbeet and it usually settles it down. Your naturopath might know more.
Good luck and keep us posted.
cas

Lia-
Hang in there and remember, even a small step backwards is still progress. Hopefully your naturopath will be able to figure this out- though honestly, even when healed, people post-gastritis can still react poorly to some foods for months or even years. Try to take it one step at a time and be thankful that you did have some good days in between. You will get there again.

Thanks for your replies.

It upsets because I was feeling so good - so good it was decided to have 6wks between appts with the naturopath. I guess I will be heading out to get some manuka honey which I stopped because everything seemed to be good! Started drinking aloe vera juice again.

Paranoia has crept in with what if they missed something on the scan last year... don't you just love late night pain!??

Was thinking 2010 was behind me and 2011 was going to be different. My diet is better even as I have cut wheat and dairy so I don't understand why this is happening.

that is the great mystery and horror of gastritis. we do everything right and can still get hit with pain. I'm still taking slippery elm (probably will for life) a probiotic and manuka honey. I have slowly reduced it down to once a day and plan to faze it over the next month or so and see where I am. I can always start it again if I feel I need to.
I've had good periods and then wham... where you are. I think something upsets the system and stirs up the inflammation and then time is the best healer. I agree with raven. A set back is still a step forward. I find with each set back I recover quicker.
Hang in there Lia. It will settle soon.
Cas
Are you as wet and soggy up north as we are in Melbourne?

Def gastritis coming back my pain is also right and left inflammation and burn. Nexium does little for the amount of burn I have and remind you this is mild gastritis. I am right now off the nexium and trying Aloe Vera, Silicol Gel to try to coat that burn better, and probiotics, mastic gum (retrying it again), and slippery elm type regimen to try. If it fails me and I can't get the burning back back to the Nexium but the problem for me is it will control some of the gas and bloat but def not even touch the amount of pain on the right and left the burn and inflammation. I guess it takes a longggggggggggg time for it to calm down is why. I get flare ups too thats the sickness of this illness. Even the wrong food will trigger it to come back and haunt me, even a tylenol, it doesnt matter!

Oh! did you have any thing with spices or season on it in the last few months I mean even the slightest will do it.. that will bring a flare up back? I've had to make diet a lifestyle change, going out to eat is consist with salad cause I'm afraid of the seasons, I ask for a stomach coater from my doc for even the smallest pill even a tylenol if I ever need one which is hardly but If I do that option is there cause the tiny bit of med will flare it back, and I have to watch stress or guess what reflare! I'm in a flare right now and don't know when or if it will calm back down its awful... wishing you to get well honey!

And in your case I was thinking with the cashews-salt easily could of done it! :( I know its crazy but Ive talked very deeply with my doctor about this and he says for some people gastritis is almost a disease, once you have had it so many things can irritate it a lot easier than people who don't have it and itll come back to give you the haunts!

i've only started eating out again after 10 months. I stick to grilled fish, steak or chicken with chips or the few veg i can eat. I can't eat raw veg so salads are out. How does your system cope with salads as they are harder to digest. Anyone elses thoughts would be welcome also.
cas

I am opposite you soretum! I can handle fish chicken and turkey no red meat or pork. I can do a salad and raw veggies if not done in excess a salad here and there is fine as in go out to eat salad, but I do better with steam. I cannot handle milk it increases the acid, I can do soy and almond okay if not over done I don't eat milk based yogurt but soy yogurt isn't to harsh for me. When I go out I usual get a salad and some chicken based soup or fish and veggies (but the seasons on the fish or chicken when you go out to eat is something to be wary of). :)

And I def can't do the chips or anything fried or over processed-to much unknown seasons and salts! Olive oil is about as far as oil goes for me it works nice in a veggie stirfry.

One more sorry... learn to use herbs on your food for they are better for gastritis than any spice or season! :)

Well I am feeling a little better this week apart from an awful migraine (before gastritis I would feed a migraine coke and chocolate - works for me any other time but wouldn't dare try it now).

I can eat salads that I make at home with olive oil as the dressing.

I also use Manuka Honey, Aloe juice, probiotic and Silicol Gell which are all brilliant. Have you tried Tumeric capsules for the inflammation, when I get a flare up (and cashews will certainly do it, especially salted) I clear up the inflammation within a day or two with tumeric caps. 1 twice a day. May be worth giving it a go to see if it suits.

Good luck.
Gwen

Lia- Happy to hear you are feeling better. Try upping your hydration if the headaches come on. I find that is when they hit me the most. Hopefully the good feelings continue.

Ravenfish - I haven't tried tumeric capsules yet but I will ask my naturopath as I have no idea what is in the herbal concoction she has made me up. The cashews I ate were salted and I had been eating them here and there since before Christmas thinking I had finally stumbled across a snack food I can tolerate which is dairy/wheat free. I think I am failing at this dairy/wheat free business it is so hard as everything seems to have these too things in.

This whole way of eating is so restrictive. My husband made me some rice paper rolls and vegetable sushi two weeks ago - it tasted awesome just to have something I didn't have to worry about.

Thanks for all your replies XXX