I didn’t know what it was
Hi all, I just want to rant/vent a little.
At the end of March, I started getting chest pain which I attributed to my GERD issues. I went to see my primary care doctor and she told me to start on omeprazole again after having been off of it for a couple of months.
First week of April I started noticing I had a loss of appetite and would feel extremely full after taking like 2 bites from my food and when I would finish actually eating I felt complete emptiness in my stomach, but I ignored it thinking I was just tired of my food (I meal prep and rotate the same foods because I’m a very picky eater).
Second week of April I was still having issues when eating, but I started getting pain on my middle back and on my stomach right under my breasts.
Third week of April I felt so exhausted and I was only able to keep down chicken noodle soup and every single smell was making me so nauseas and by the end of that week I just felt defeated. I went to see my primary doctor again and she told me to continue omeprazole and referred me to a GI doctor.
Fourth week of April I was throwing up right after I would eat and my head would hurt so much until I threw up is when I would feel better. I decided to go to the hospital after work the day I started throwing up but they didn’t help, but told me to see a GI doctor.
Fifth week I went to see the GI and he said my symptoms sounded somewhat like H. Pylori, but he also thought it might be celiac disease and set up an appointment the following week for an endoscopy on May 5.
May 7th I got the results from the biopsy that tested positive for H. Pylori and I also have chronic active gastritis. So I was then put on quad therapy. It was brutal, but I pushed through and finished my treatment on May 22.
I’ve been in and out the hospital since then about 4 times due to back and stomach pain, kidney pain, gallbladder pain, other things probably hurt lol
I have my breathe test on Tuesday, but I recently went to the hospital again for the back/stomach pain because it was unbearable and I was just at work crying and that’a when the doctor explained what the pain actually was because I was never given an answer the many times I’ve gone before. It was literally just an acid reflux issue and the gastritis has been making it worse. Anyway, the pain never really left even after being given morphine and the following day it was worse and lasted 7/8 hours from like 3am to 11am. I was just sitting on my bed in agony and crying.
I’ve been struggling a lot.. this has made me depressed and I just want to be in my room crying. I don’t want to do anything or go out anywhere anymore. I haven’t cleaned my room in weeks because I just don’t have the energy. I’m scared of eating because I don’r know if it’s going to cause me pain. I’m just so tired.
I’m still pushing through, because like what else am I going to do? Just hoping it gets better soon.