Hey Howard, if you don't mind, I'd like to hear your educated opinion
on my latest status and how it appears to be baffling my GI doctor:
Background: Had Nissen fundoplication in 1994 (age 14). I'm now 28,
but in late 2006 I started getting severe heartburn symptoms for the
first time. This was immediately after I did some heavy weightlifting
exercises. Since then, all went down hill and I was getting heartburn
every 4 days, mostly in the evenings. I got scoped on 12/19/06 and was
diagnosed with a hiatal hernia, GERD, and Barrett's (no dysplasia).
Few months later I did a Barium Swallow as well as some xrays and
everything looked NORMAL. During this whole time (12/9/06 - NOW) I've
been on PPIs, but I have not been consistent in taking them and often
went days without taking them because I thought I was getting better,
etc.
1 month ago I had an esophageal manometry done and my GI doc said it
looked normal.
Today (4/1/08) I had an endoscopy done AND Bravo capsule placed. The
endoscopy showed a "good" wrap according to my GI Doc and nothing
looked out of the ordinary (the barrett's was the same, but he did not
take a sample for biopsy).
I guess all I can do now at this point is see what the Bravo re****ts.
Am I now out of options if this does not show anything out of the
ordinary? I still get terrible Gerd symptoms every few days....and I
still can't sleep level.
Thoughts on my progress? Thanks.
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