For the last couple of months, since starting to gain weight ( which I was advised to do) , I started adding a balance of things- iron levels are fine, I been consciously taking in more protein and drinking water. However then I started to experience GERD symptom like never before , instense hunger feeling in middle of my stomach but excessive gas above it, when it starts to shift and I go back to normal for a couple of days, it starts to find another exit.
There seems to be no pattern as to what am eating or not eating that then relieves it , but I have been experiencing this for a week or so with an intermission of a couple of weeks before it starts again. Last time it went away for a good amount of time my period returned after a few months absence. (I was getting them every 6 weeks as irregular anyway). I asked the doctor about the link to this and she didn’t seem to have an opinion on it.
I was on Omeprazole- ( 2-4 weeks)- felt ok for 1 week while taking it, symptoms returned 3 days before end of first course (was only 10 mg) at first and then went onto a higher dose at which point, when I finished it, it had done nothing . I then had an h.pylori test which came back clear.
The doctor said she would send me for blood tests to check for anemia- my haemoglobin came back high and they redid the test at which point it was normal. I told the doctor that I had been suffering with the symptom with the first test and not with the second so, could there be a link? She said the high haemoglobin could be related to dehydration and to return in a month. However, I have been drinking no less than I was before.
I am starting to worry now and can’t book to go back due to the weather and the fact that I need to wait a week at least to even see a doctor. Am terrified of the camera down my throat. I was told they were not concerned though as food not sticking, not vomiting and all the concerning factors had been ruled out.
But I cannot go on like this. I have PCOS and though I had an abdominal scan recently after my bowel movements changed after a medication I was on last year (they did a stool test and came back negative for inflammation)- I am not sure if this abdominal scan would show the ovaries.
I have also been having a chronic post nasal drip which dries out back of my throat for about a year, but had it ages before these symptoms came along. I am so anxious and scared now jumping to all different conclusions of what is going on, given anything they are finding- which is really nothing at all bar the haemoglobin, they have no explanation for and no conclusions. I am only ever able to see the doctor for short amount of time and cannot in that time cover all that’s on my mind. I am not looking for answers here, just to vent and also if anyone else has experienced similar?
Reply With Quote
