Anyone did an endoscopy?

[RVR]

Update:

I did my endoscopy today, was literally 2 minutes (no lie). Gave sedation but I was wide awake.. Like seriously annoyed that i wasn't sleepy or anything. They probably gave me a weak dose.

Anyways no pain, Just uncomfortable.

Also he found no ulcers or any issue .... Im shocked because i have all these symptoms..I'm happy yet sad because I have no idea why im like This

Sad part is that he gave me (pantoprazole) for 2 weeks. Why it's sad is because I've been taking the same thing for 8 weeks before i even went for the scope and was not healed.

So yeah, i guess I'll take this same meds till i have no idea when.

 

[Sayf777]

Update:

I did my endoscopy today, was literally 2 minutes (no lie). Gave sedation but I was wide awake.. Like seriously annoyed that i wasn't sleepy or anything. They probably gave me a weak dose.

Anyways no pain, Just uncomfortable.

Also he found no ulcers or any issue .... Im shocked because i have all these symptoms..I'm happy yet sad because I have no idea why im like This

Sad part is that he gave me (pantoprazole) for 2 weeks. Why it's sad is because I've been taking the same thing for 8 weeks before i even went for the scope and was not healed.

So yeah, i guess I'll take this same meds till i have no idea when.

Generally if they don't find something they chalk it up to ibs.

Do yourself a favour and make a food diary, whenever you have symptoms that are worse try to narrow it down, it has helped me some.

Now that it's over, one thing I hated was the gaging because of the pipe.

 

[RVR]

Generally if they don't find something they chalk it up to ibs.

Do yourself a favour and make a food diary, whenever you have symptoms that are worse try to narrow it down, it has helped me some.

Now that it's over, one thing I hated was the gaging because of the pipe.

I have symptoms every day, even when i don't eat. Definitely not ibs.

Lol i didn't gag, went quite well.

Just didn't like " everything is fine" when I know I have symptoms

 

[blunt]

just throwing it out there, perhaps stress related?

 

[RVR]

just throwing it out there, perhaps stress related?

Could be, i was thinking that but I swear i thought I had ulcers /gastritis with the classic symptoms

But now everything looks fine. Except he said could be lots of acid... Didn't know acid made me get hunger pains etc or what ever caused this issue.

 

[pinball wizard]

Interesting. I also have a hiatal hernia and also take Topzole 40mg for life.

I have a hiatal hernia so I'm on Topzole 20mg for life.

Not something that can be fixed surgically according to my surgeon and if someone says they can they're just trying to pay off their boat...

I use Omeprazole (Lokit usually) but only when it flairs up really badly. Mostly I control it by watching what I eat and knowing what triggers really bad symptoms.

 

[RVR]

But what supplements are you guys taking??

I'm only 25, endoscopy shows nothing yet my upper abdomen has growling sounds with hunger pains,im literally eating half the time

I might have to be on pantoprazole for long term but then it doesn't absorb certain stuff.

@Looney @blunt

 

[blunt]

But what supplements are you guys taking??

I'm only 25, endoscopy shows nothing yet my upper abdomen has growling sounds with hunger pains,im literally eating half the time

I might have to be on pantoprazole for long term but then it doesn't absorb certain stuff.

@Looney @blunt

Nothing in particular related to the Topzole. I just take zinc and vit d and some Vit c (not a lot, I find if I take 1000mg vit c it messes with my stomach - diarrhoea, pain etc) but that's mainly out of covid-fear.

I do try to eat healthy... though it's been hard with a new born (now 8 month old) so I've switched to fitchef meals for now.

Used to love a lot of Mexican / Indian but I only have that on special occasions now.

 

[blunt]

But what supplements are you guys taking??

I'm only 25, endoscopy shows nothing yet my upper abdomen has growling sounds with hunger pains,im literally eating half the time

I might have to be on pantoprazole for long term but then it doesn't absorb certain stuff.

@Looney @blunt

My stomach issues started in my mid 20s, was put on lancap short term a number of times due to upset stomach. It would happen every few years things would just get really bad and I had to go to the doctor but inbetween things were fine.

I'm 36 now and was put on Topzole permanently only last year because I got gatvol of the burning and loss of appetite (when it gets bad for me I lose my appetite) and went to the ER (was a Sunday) where I got a full blood count, they then referred me to a specialist who did all the tests/x-rays/scope because I really thought I had an ulcer, end result was the hernia to be treated with Topzole.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

I have a hiatal hernia so I'm on Topzole 20mg for life.

Not something that can be fixed surgically according to my surgeon and if someone says they can they're just trying to pay off their boat...

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I had that done, which fixed my hiatal hernia. I still have some heartburn every now and then from stuff like gastritis, but it is MUCH less severe now that I don't have the reflux as well.

The only negative I have from the op so far (18 months in) is that burping sometimes takes a little more effort. I haven't tried to vomit yet.

I will recommend this op to anyone struggling with reflux.

 

[blunt]

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I had that done, which fixed my hiatal hernia. I still have some heartburn every now and then from stuff like gastritis, but it is MUCH less severe now that I don't have the reflux as well.

The only negative I have from the op so far (18 months in) is that burping sometimes takes a little more effort. I haven't tried to vomit yet.

I will recommend this op to anyone struggling with reflux.

Interesting, what I said in my comment was a quote from the general surgeon about no surgery being able to properly fix it, he basically said if they offer you surgery for it they're just trying to make some extra money.. I'll ask him about this if I ever do have a flare up again and have to go see him.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

Interesting, what I said in my comment was a quote from the general surgeon about no surgery being able to properly fix it, he basically said if they offer you surgery for it they're just trying to make some extra money.. I'll ask him about this if I ever do have a flare up again and have to go see him.

My GP at the time of diagnosis didn't talk about surgery until I asked about it. My current GP has had heartburn since being a kid and is pretty sure he has a hiatal hernia, but he isn't interested in surgery at all. I don't think he even had a scope yet.

I didn't want to take meds for the rest of my life and watch what I eat, so I decided to go see the best (or one of the best) surgeon for the NF surgery in the country and pretty much told him that I already decided that I want the op. It was this guy:

Prof Heine van Der Walt • Surgeon • Lyttelton Manor, Centurion

Prof van Der Walt, Heine, is a healthcare practitioner, specialising as a Surgeon, in Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

www.medpages.info

I had to wait a year for an initial appointment, and that was before covid. He did a full suite of tests as part of the inital consult. Gastroscopy, stomach valve check (very uncomfortable, as the camera goes through the nose) and a stomach acid pill thing that sits in your esophagus and monitors acid levels over the course of a day.

Stress seems to give me gastritis, and with a hernia it actually came to the point where I would need Gaviscon even though I was on Nexium or Trustan if I ate plenty of carbs. Thats no way for me to live.

As for how properly it's fixed, I don't really know. They say you can do everything you did before the op, but your diaphragm is still as weak as it was originally, since it wasn't strong enough to prevent the hernia in the first place. He suggested that when lifting weights that I should use lighter weights to not put too much strain on my core.
Online I've seen other surgeons say you can do whatever you did before, no worries... I think I will rather play it a bit safer.

If you decided to get the op, you REALLY want someone who is VERY experienced with it.

 

[blunt]

My GP at the time of diagnosis didn't talk about surgery until I asked about it. My current GP has had heartburn since being a kid and is pretty sure he has a hiatal hernia, but he isn't interested in surgery at all. I don't think he even had a scope yet.

I didn't want to take meds for the rest of my life and watch what I eat, so I decided to go see the best (or one of the best) surgeon for the NF surgery in the country and pretty much told him that I already decided that I want the op. It was this guy:

Prof Heine van Der Walt • Surgeon • Lyttelton Manor, Centurion

Prof van Der Walt, Heine, is a healthcare practitioner, specialising as a Surgeon, in Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

www.medpages.info

I had to wait a year for an initial appointment, and that was before covid. He did a full suite of tests as part of the inital consult. Gastroscopy, stomach valve check (very uncomfortable, as the camera goes through the nose) and a stomach acid pill thing that sits in your esophagus and monitors acid levels over the course of a day.

Stress seems to give me gastritis, and with a hernia it actually came to the point where I would need Gaviscon even though I was on Nexium or Trustan if I ate plenty of carbs. Thats no way for me to live.

As for how properly it's fixed, I don't really know. They say you can do everything you did before the op, but your diaphragm is still as weak as it was originally, since it wasn't strong enough to prevent the hernia in the first place. He suggested that when lifting weights that I should use lighter weights to not put too much strain on my core.
Online I've seen other surgeons say you can do whatever you did before, no worries... I think I will rather play it a bit safer.

If you decided to get the op, you REALLY want someone who is VERY experienced with it.

i see - i actually have no issues now that im on topzole and before it would only happen once or twice a year - your situation sounds worse than mine, glad i didnt have to have the camera down my nose.

as far as weights go the doc/surgeon said to me it's all fine except for when you are straining and on your back, then maybe take it a little easier - same reason why he said don't eat and then go right to bed - to stop the contents of the stomach popping up into the herniated area.

 

[RVR]

Interesting, sucks that i have all these symptoms yet nothing shows on the endoscopy.

I guess I'll take 20mg pantoprazole every day and get some supplements.

Although what concerns me is that besides hunger pains and burning. When i press down on the middle of my upper abdomen, i feel sick and it's like pressure on that area.

 

[RVR]

Nothing in particular related to the Topzole. I just take zinc and vit d and some Vit c (not a lot, I find if I take 1000mg vit c it messes with my stomach - diarrhoea, pain etc) but that's mainly out of covid-fear.

I do try to eat healthy... though it's been hard with a new born (now 8 month old) so I've switched to fitchef meals for now.

Used to love a lot of Mexican / Indian but I only have that on special occasions now.

Will look into these supplements, we're you advised by a doc or because you read about the problems PPI can cause.

Lol im Indian, it's hard to avoid curries

 

[blunt]

Will look into these supplements, we're you advised by a doc or because you read about the problems PPI can cause.

Lol im Indian, it's hard to avoid curries

No, doc didnt say I needed to take any supplements just to avoid the trigger foods.

Eish, good luck, love a good curry but luckily it doesn't cross my path unless I make/buy it

 

[karnuffel]

My GP at the time of diagnosis didn't talk about surgery until I asked about it. My current GP has had heartburn since being a kid and is pretty sure he has a hiatal hernia, but he isn't interested in surgery at all. I don't think he even had a scope yet.

I didn't want to take meds for the rest of my life and watch what I eat, so I decided to go see the best (or one of the best) surgeon for the NF surgery in the country and pretty much told him that I already decided that I want the op. It was this guy:

Prof Heine van Der Walt • Surgeon • Lyttelton Manor, Centurion

Prof van Der Walt, Heine, is a healthcare practitioner, specialising as a Surgeon, in Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

www.medpages.info

I had to wait a year for an initial appointment, and that was before covid. He did a full suite of tests as part of the inital consult. Gastroscopy, stomach valve check (very uncomfortable, as the camera goes through the nose) and a stomach acid pill thing that sits in your esophagus and monitors acid levels over the course of a day.

Stress seems to give me gastritis, and with a hernia it actually came to the point where I would need Gaviscon even though I was on Nexium or Trustan if I ate plenty of carbs. Thats no way for me to live.

As for how properly it's fixed, I don't really know. They say you can do everything you did before the op, but your diaphragm is still as weak as it was originally, since it wasn't strong enough to prevent the hernia in the first place. He suggested that when lifting weights that I should use lighter weights to not put too much strain on my core.
Online I've seen other surgeons say you can do whatever you did before, no worries... I think I will rather play it a bit safer.

If you decided to get the op, you REALLY want someone who is VERY experienced with it.

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I saw prof Heine today and he recommended a procedure where he fixes a hiatal hernia and sort out the valve between my esophagus and stomach.

@Barbarian Conan how are you doing 6 years later? I have to admit IM kaaaaaak scared and the diet thing sounds super hectic.