I got married two months ago and ever since I have had a series of stomach problems. On my honeymoon I suffered bad jet lag both ways which really made me feel sick and made my GERD worse. Then when I got back I had an IUD fitted (only for two days) which meant I was in a lot of pain. The doctor prescribed me some anti-inflammatory pills and said I would be ok if I took them with food. I seemed ok at the time but a few days later I got what I thought was a stomach bug (as my parents and sisters had it too) but I wasn't actually sick like them, I just felt nauseous. I didn't really have much pain either but I couldn't eat. That went away then I had a cold. Straight after that I started feeling really run down, tired and achy. The doctor said I had low iron in my blood but not enough to be anaemic. She gave me iron pills which I questioned as they are the thing that caused the GERD/Gastritis three years ago. I took a small dose of Spatone (which is meant to be stomach friendly) and that upset my stomach. So I started eating iron rich foods. I did that for two days then on the third day I had a really bad acid attack after eating a spinach, beef and beetroot salad (all of which shouldn't upset the stomach) with a cheese string (which I eat all the time) and half an activia (as I couldn't finish it as the attack had started). That was last Friday and I have been in pain since then. I have aching all under my ribs, front and back and left and right. It feels like my stomach is throbbing. I am having burps and reflux but not when my stomach is empty. My normal GERD I just get burps but not the pain.

When this first came on three years ago the GP diagnosed me with Gastritis but sent me to have a GI scope done. That revealed that my stomach looked fine but I had reflux. The trouble was that was a few months after the symptoms showed up so I guess that Gastritis could have healed? I was also diagnosed with IBS.

The symptoms I am getting now are exactly the same as I got when this all started. I believe that I have caused Gastritis due to the anti-inflammatory drugs and the iron supplements but I guess it could be GERD again? I take 40mg of Nexium daily yet today it didn't have much of an effect. The doctor things it is just a flare up of IBS as IBS can affect the stomach as well. He said that as I have had two GI scopes in the past (I had one before when I had Glandular Fever but I was complaining of feeling sick) and both showed my stomach was ok, that he believes if they looked into my stomach now it would be ok. But I can't seem to eat as much as I could before. Last night I had carrots, runner beans, chicken and plain rice and something in that upset me.

Sorry this is so long but I feel desperate as I have just got married and am unable to enjoy married life or even life at all