Hi Im sorry to say that Im not getting any better,in fact I feel like Im back at square one. I can,t seem to get the Sucralfate,Carafate anymore in England. I only have Gaviscon and that doesn,t help much. Today Ive had reflux too and the pain has got really bad in my upper stomach. I did see my gastro again recently but he isn,t going to do anything. He just thinks its a bit of acid coming up and a sensitive gullet. It feels much worse than that. He isn,t doing a follow up or referring me anywhere else. All I can do is try to get a referral from my own doctors. A few of them have left though and they brought in a telephone appoinment system so I may not get to see anyone. Im so depressed this is not going and the pain has seemed worse lately. Im going to plod on with the herbal remedies as the meds don,t work. Im now wondering if Im getting inflammation from the Pantoprazole,Protonix. Ive read they inflame the stomach or if its the hiatus hernia causing all the trouble. How will I know anything if they don,t do another endoscopy? We are suposed to get a choice of hospital here but in reality we don,t unless referred. Well Im losing sleep all the time with it. I get the odd day without pain which I look forward to then it flares back up. Im sure its the gastritis that has got worse but I don,t know why. Maybe stress too.