That clearly tells you 1 thing — they don't know of any way to treat it. So there's no point in trying to use a medical solution — they don't have a solution. To get different results you have to do something different.HelpMePlease wrote:I have spoken with two GI's in the past 24 hours. Both said after nine months my stomach is not going to heal any further. It's so upsetting.
That's exactly the reason why the members of this discussion board use a treatment method that most gastroenterologists insist won't work to control MC — diet changes to eliminate all inflammatory foods. And guess what? It works.
If GI specialists were always right it would be nice. But while they're right about many things, there are a surprising number of things that they are wrong about (such as prescribing iatrogenic drugs such as PPIs and bisphosphonates for example, and denying that diet changes can be used to control MC).
When my digestive symptoms got so bad that I finally broke down and went to see my doctor, he examined me and announced that I had colon cancer. He sent me to a GI specialist who told me the same thing. But guess what? They were both wrong.
5 years later, I had a blockage so I went to the ER. After running some tests they prepped me for surgery and removed a section of my colon. After I regained consciousness the surgeon advised me that it appeared that the section they removed was malignant, but he thought they got all of it. Guess what? Wrong again. It wasn't malignant after all.
So I've learned by experience to take all medical claims and advice with a grain of salt. Some of the time they're right, and some of the time they're not. The trick is in figuring out when they are right and when they are wrong.
We don't keep statistics on gastritis cases, because gastritis is just another satellite issue out of many for MC patients. But one thing most of us learn here is that inflammation is the root cause of disease (especially digestive system disease), and the best way to treat or prevent disease is to prevent inflammation from developing. That beats the heck out of trying to treat inflammation after it develops (which is the medical approach).
If you want to prove those 2 GI specialists wrong, you have to do whatever it takes to change your diet so that your diet is no longer generating inflammation every time you eat a meal. And as Erica suggested, you need to stop taking medications that cause inflammation. Your stomach will heal, if you let it. But you have to help it out by not feeding it things that promote inflammation. You have to avoid inflammatory foods and drugs 100%, even in trace amounts. The damage to your digestive system developed over time and it will take time to heal. But you can do it if you truly want to do it.
In the past 24 hours you've learned some valuable information — you've learned (by their own admission) that those "experts" can't help you. You're in exactly the same position that I was in when that GI specialist who confirmed the cancer "diagnosis" that my own doctor made, informed me that there was nothing more he could do for me. Like I was, you're on your own. And like me, you can heal that inflammation yourself if you really want to get your health back. And you have a big advantage over me — you're much younger, and younger people heal faster than older people.
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