More bad news "Hiatus Hernia"

[Frankiefocus]

Hi everyone, yesterday I had an endoscope shoved down my gut to see why I was regergating my food and yup hiatus hernia. Cant say I'm happy about it but at least its been diagnosed as I have been getting acid reflux on and off for over 30 years. This has stopped since eating a plant based diet but if i eat to much food I cant keep it down. So smaller meals for me now and PPIs if it flares up. Also I did ask yeall about me drinking load of water as I'm taking MTX...well my blood sugars came back good so no prediabetes. Thank goodness for that. Thanks again for all your great advice I really love this forum. Have a groovy day.

[hatshepsut]

Good news!! So much easier to cope with a named problem. Hope your new regime will work x

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Good news. Now you know. I have one as well can’t sleep flat.

[oldtimer]

At least you know what it is and know what works for you.

I find that even a small increase in my weight has an effect, and bloating foods even more!

I did try putting up the head end of my bed, but I found I slipped down and it didn't make enough difference while making it much more difficult to get out of bed!

[pauluk60]

hi frank i hh and regurgitating food but found out by endoscopy that i wasn't digesting food properly gastropareisis its called so food wast going out properly also constipated which doesn't help so the outcome liquid soft mushed food and what is very useful a hand held food blender i am eating less 800 hundred cals a day and it doesn't seem to be effecting me just had all bloods done and are ok and its a lot better than being bloated sickly/throwing up ill also had all those ppi tablets till they came out my ears ranitidine is the one that works for me

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My GP has taken me off ranitidine as there has been some advice or report on it he didn’t elaborate

[Leics]

I was diagnosed with a H/H too a few years ago found out I had really bad gall stones too. I’m lucky in some way that my hiatus doesn’t cause me too many issues. My dad however has really bad problems with his. Generally laying off the high fat foods works for me I think this is why I don’t get too much acid reflux. I must say getting rid of the gall stones made such a difference to my symptoms because I was very poorly for a few months so much so I think my GP thought I had stomach cancer. I’ve had cancer in the past so I suppose it wasn’t too much of a leap to think that lol. Hopefully the PPI will work for you and you’ll be able to live without too many problems from it. I have to say that I have restricted my consumption of cows milk because that did make me feel much worse. I’m not lactose intolerant as cheese etc doesn’t seem to bother me but I rarely eat that because of the fat content. I’m sure you’ll find what works for you in time.