Hi all,
The reason i'm posting on this forum is to
hopefully get another opinion on my
medical condition. Forgive me if the post
is long, but I want you to have all the
necessary details
It all started a couple of years ago, I
was 19 years old and had acid probs,
severe heartburns as they say... Because
my father+grandfather have the same prob
:p I went to the hospital and made an
appoint for a gastroscopy.
They saw my "cardia" (dont know what it
is, if you could enligten me please) was
slightly red and possibly infected.
Treatment : take omeprazole for 3 weeks
(20mg)...
About omeprazole... It's a miracle
medicine, for me that is... If I start
taking it, 3 days later my acid problem is
gone.
So I discovered this medicine that fixed
my acid problem... cool.
from my 19 years - 24 years, I had to
regularly take it for 2-3 weeks (couple of
times a year), and it always fixed my
prob.
Oh.. the stomach sample after the gastro
: "NO helicobacter pilori"
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Part 2 :p
3 months ago I started feeling the
following :
- when I wake up in the morning, empty
stomach --> pain (feeling like having
air pumped into your stomach)
- when I eat --> pain is gone, 2 hours
later pain starts again
So, I went to the hospital again,
explained them the above symptoms...
Doc asked me to stop taking omeprazole for
2 weeks and come back for a gastro so he
could see what was going on... So I did.
those 2 weeks were hell for me :p, I had
that acid problem all day long for 2
weeks, couldn't sleep well at night etc...
But I didnt touch meds, cause I knew the
only one who would be cheated was me !
To make a long story... well longer, after
the 2nd gastro (5 years later) the doc
diagnosed me with the following problem :
- 3 very small ulcers with infected tissue
around, so small they looked like scars
the doc told me, he also took a sample of
the infected tissue, just to see "how
infected" it was...
- and again the famous "cardia", but this
time he told me I had a "gaping cardia"...
whatever that means, he didnt explain me a
thing...
- He did an echo, of my kidney's, liver
and all other organs round my stomach,
they were all A OK
- The doctors also took a blood sample to
check the "gastrine hormone level" (what
does this hormone regulate ?), didnt get
the results on this one yet.
- Stomach tissue sample for the
helicobacter pilori test was negative
* He basically told me I had 2 probs now,
gaping cardia & small ulcers
The doctor prescribed me omeprazole,
again, told me to take it 3 weeks, 20mg a
day and further "as necessary" ???!!! ...
3 days later my acid problem was solved
, but not the
pain...
It's been 2,5 weeks now, I still have the
same pain symptoms in my stomach like I
described above, I have to admit the rib
cage pain is gone, but the pain in the
morning and 2 hours after eating isnt gone
yet...
important info 'bout me :
- I dont smoke, drink coffe/alcohol or eat
spicy food (after 5 years of having an
acid prob you learn to live with it and
you just avoid those things).
Well I suppose my small ulcers are not
fully healed yet ?
How long does it take for them to heal ?
Is 20mg of omeprazole a day enough ? Could
I take another type of medicine to put a
coating on the ulcers or something
(obviously during the night your stomach
is allmost empty I suppose...)
I would love to have some advice on
mediaction and how to proceed with my
problem... lots of people 'round me say
I'm too young to start having ulcer
probs... And to be honest I'm tired of
feeling that pain, it's starting to weigh
mentally on me, getting a bit depressed,
loosing weight (60kg now)...
thx ! and sorry for the long post
