u/brieb1981

I began having gastritis symptoms in late May for the first time in my life (I’m 44). I have struggled with acid reflux for 20 years though.
I had an endoscopy that showed a normal duodenum and mild gastritis, no ulcer, no hernia. They ruled out h. pylori.
My gastroenterologist doesn’t know why I have gastritis. For a month in June, I ate a 100% bland diet and took sucralfate 4x a day and Pepcid 2x a day in addition to my regular pantoprazole. Symptoms did improve slightly.
I currently take 40 mg of pantoprazole and a scoop of Glutagenics powder in water.
Now 4 months later, I’m still having almost daily mild burning pain and nausea and if I have even a small portion of a trigger food, I’ll have 2-3 days of severe pain with full body chills. I’m currently in a horrific flare up just because of a few bites of some fish that I didn’t know was marinated in lemon juice.
Everyone I talk to says I’ll heal once I remove the underlying cause but there doesn’t t seem to be anything to remove. I don’t take painkillers, smoke, drink any alcohol, drink sodas, or eat anything spicy / acidic / fatty / citrusy.

I thought I’d share my experience! I’ll be 45 in a week or so and I believe my first SVT episode happened when I was 42. It could have been sooner but I didn’t notice. I thought it was anxiety or perimenopause for a long time until the SVT rhythm was caught on an ECG.

My SVT episodes were 165-180 bpm but prolonged (4-7 hours) and usually required an ER visit and adenosine.
I went on metoprolol 25 mg and had 2 breakthrough SVT episodes on that dosage, so I increased to 50 mg, which kept the episodes at bay.

I had an EP study and catheter ablation this past Tuesday (9/29/26) and my EP was able to induce SVT very quickly and post-ablation, could not induce it again. She said I had AVNRT.
She feels confident she got it all.

The recovery has been easy. I felt pretty much normal 2 hours after waking up from the procedure. I’ve been a little more tired than usual.
I have had very minor stinging in my groin incisions but nothing that has really bothered me. I have had maybe 3-4 brief fluttering sensations in my chest over the last few days. (Similar to, but much more mild, than the feeling I used to get through my chest immediately before an SVT episode started)

I am currently off metoprolol but my EP put in a prescription for 25 mg to use if needed (for palpitations or high blood pressure)
So far my bp and heart rate are staying well within normal range so I haven’t used the lower dose metoprolol yet.

I’m hoping SVT is behind me and won’t recur! But if it does, I’ll do a second ablation because it really was a breeze.