Gastritis After H.Pylori
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:21 pm
H.Pylori is making its way around my neighborhood, as I know five people recently diagnosed (myself included). I won't bore you with pages on how the diagnosis came about, we all know how that goes down. So instead, I'll get to the point: The endoscopy/biopsy said H.Pylori and acute chronic gastritis. During my H.Pylori treatment, I did not recover as well as other people I knew did. While they felt a little worn out and had a lack of appetite, I lost 25 lbs over 2 months and in the first week of treatment, called out of work because my stomach pain was so intense I couldn't even function, and it took me 30-60 minutes to eat a meal as minimal as a sandwich. (My gloriously indifferent GI specialist, who clearly flunked the bedside manner course, repeatedly told me as I called their office in tears that this was a "tough regimen", and basically my extreme symptoms were just too damn bad. )
Symptoms have improved since then, and I did finish the 14 day treatment, but eating is still touch and go and my appetite is nil. The H.Pylori is gone but, and I was told this almost as an afterthought, "Oh you were diagnosed for acute chronic gastritis... you should still be getting treated for that..." Brilliant.
So my query is such: Am I naive in thinking that, since I've been on omeprazole for almost three months (even a few weeks before the H.Pylori diagnosis/treatment), I should be having minimal symptoms? Such as, not having cramping/pain when my stomach is empty, and being able to handle a full meal, and having two bites of hot dog not make me sick? Google searches only give general overviews of symptoms, they don't go into the nitty gritty. Therefore, I'm hoping someone else has gone through a similar diagnosis and can provide insight. I am not asking my doctor anything unless I'm at least 50% certain I won't be received with a suppressed sigh of boredom.
Symptoms have improved since then, and I did finish the 14 day treatment, but eating is still touch and go and my appetite is nil. The H.Pylori is gone but, and I was told this almost as an afterthought, "Oh you were diagnosed for acute chronic gastritis... you should still be getting treated for that..." Brilliant.
So my query is such: Am I naive in thinking that, since I've been on omeprazole for almost three months (even a few weeks before the H.Pylori diagnosis/treatment), I should be having minimal symptoms? Such as, not having cramping/pain when my stomach is empty, and being able to handle a full meal, and having two bites of hot dog not make me sick? Google searches only give general overviews of symptoms, they don't go into the nitty gritty. Therefore, I'm hoping someone else has gone through a similar diagnosis and can provide insight. I am not asking my doctor anything unless I'm at least 50% certain I won't be received with a suppressed sigh of boredom.