About 5 months ago I began experiencing
some regurgitation of food. It wasn't a
significant ammount and it happened maybe
once a day or less. I was under some
stress at the time so I attributed it to
that. Since that time it has gotten
progressively worse to the point that
anything I eat and almost everything I
drink- starts to come back up. It isn't
vomit, as it's not acidic, the food is
simply undigested. Here is what happens:
I eat/drink something and about 10-20
minutes after consumption I regurgitate a
mouthful of whatever I just ate. So I
spit that out and a couple minutes (if
even that) later I get another mouthful.
This can continue for over an hour
depending on how much I've eaten.
Sometimes I am able to supress it, and
sometimes I have no place to spit it out
and the only option is to reswallow (yes,
very gross). When I do either of these it
keeps trying to make its way up and if I
hold it down I get stomach cramps. So
usually I just let it up. I'm a fairly
healthy person, 20y/o female, 5'4, 125lbs-
right where I should be. I'm not under
stress anymore (other than this) and so
far the doctors can't find anything wrong.
My physician thought it was GERD and had
me take Prilosec and Pepcid, neither
worked. I also was prescribed Reglan-
also did not work. She referred me to a
GI specialist. I have done the barium
swallow x-ray with normal results. And a
couple days ago had an upper endoscopy-
everything normal, waiting for the ruslts
of the biopsy. I've also had blood work
done for Peptic Ulcers- negative. I feel
like my GI doctor doesn't realize how
disruptive this is to my everyday life.
I've recently been losing weight because I
simply chose not to eat because I know
what will happen when I do. And when I do
eat, I don't chose food based on what I
would like to eat but on what will be best
coming back up. This is really affecting
my quality of life and I would kill to be
able to eat a nice full meal and not worry
about it coming back up. Please, if you
can help me out all I would soooo greatly
appreciate it, I truely am desperate.
