That sucks! What a nightmare this virus has ruined so much for people. I hope your able to get the care you need soon! I’m in Australia, I’m surprised some procedures are going ahead.
I’ve had a constant non stop sick feeling in my stomach for over 3 months now. Nausea was severe for a couple weeks and landed in the ED, which was no help. Gave me fluids, IV zofran, full body ct, which was perfect, so sent me home with a psych referral.
I was fine then one day out of no where I wasn’t and right under my sternum or zyphoid process, it’s just a heavy feeling there that makes me feel sick. It never goes away… I have no pains or anything with eating ect, just this constant sick feeling. this started last week of June 2020 and after 2 wks I saw my primary, he ordered ppi and reglan, zofran, then compazine… zofran and compazine slightly helped, but still felt unwell. Ended up going to a GI specialist and had another ct scan, blood, and endoscopy… all fine, endoscopy showed chronic mild gastritis and active mild duodenitis…
I was on ppi 40mg daily 2 months, no change, if anything maybe made me feel worse. GI told me maybe its visceral hypersensitivity and wanted to put me on a TCA antidepressant… desipramine… one day of that and horrible side effects, so stopped that. my GI doesnt seem helpful at this point and I have a new GI appt for a 2nd opinion on oct 26th… by then thatll be 4 months suffering like this. I also have a HIDA scan this coming Monday to check my gallbladder.
I had to quit grad school to be a nurse practitioner and I’ve been on leave from my job as a bedside oncology RN. This has been a horrible experience and one I dont understand… I’ve had ibs for 12 yrs but nothing I couldnt cope with and manage… nausea is a whole different level of suffering… I was healthy, 125lbs worked out every week, worked full time, grad school, to now I’m a shallow shell of my former self, trying to find anything in the day to keep my spirits up. I at least can eat again and sleep, for a couple weeks it was severe I thought I was dying from the severity of nausea. It’s been 3 weeks since that happened. This week I’ve started ginger root capsules and peppermint CBD oil. I just keep thinking I have to be normal again some day. Trying to be thankful I can eat and sleep again at least, but every day is a mental battle with this ongoing sick feeling in the pit of my gut. I hope you all become healthy again!
How is the nausea? Have your issues resolved??
Kate are you still on the road to recovery? Has the nausea completely left you?
hi Lacole
I was do very well for about 3 months so slowly reduced my ppi from 80mg per day to 20mg. unfortunately the nausea is returning again and intermittent stomach pain. I don’t want to be on high dose of ppi as I am 5 years taking it .
what type of gastritis?
was it chronic mild gastritis or like they could see it with their baked eyes acute gastritis?
I’m sorry you’re going through this. I had a similar trajectory to you which for me started in November (and three and a half months ago), though it began with mild stomach pain for a couple weeks, then progressed to almost non-stop nausea, fatigue, and loss of appetite. I did a CT Scan (found nothing except for a fatty liver, which I’m told is not a factor or not something to worry about), an Xray of my lower left abdomen (clear), blood work (all normal except very slightly elevated bilirubin) and eventually a colonoscopy and endoscopy. The endoscopy found mild gastritis, mild bile reflux and a small peptic ulcer. I’m told these are likely the cause of my symptoms. I was put on two 40mg of Pantoprazole a day and 2GMs of Sucralfate a day as well. So far I’ve noticed some improvement, but I will have several consecutive days of feeling extremely nauseas and terrible, which is making me suspect that perhaps there is another issue, though it seems that in some cases this is to be expected. I’ve been on the meds for about 4 weeks now, and I’m supposed to go through a two month course and see how I am after before I begin weaning off of them. I hope you find answers soon, I know how debilitating all of this is.
9 months… all the tests are normal, my 2gi has given up on me, I’m on amitriptyline and buspar with absolutely no improvement. I’m still sick to my stomach 24/7
2 ct
chest xray
ultrasound
brain MRI
hida
ges
stool test
2 endoscopy
blood work…
NOTHING can be found.
I’ve lost school, my job, everyday is misery, I’m very suicidal. I can hardly stand feeling ill anymore and when drs give up and cant find a reason wtf are u supposed to do!!?? I’m tired of suffering like this, it’s devastating to think the only way not to suffer is to take ur own life.
No meds work, nothing helps at all… it’s just always constant no matter what.
How tf did I just randomly wake up like this and its non stop!? I miss my life so much. I was happy, in grad school, had a great paying job, workedout a lot, I dont understand how this is possible:( I’ve never felt so hopeless in my life.
Hey hun, did you get sorted out in the end? Hope you did xx