Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Venting / Another Colonoscopy / Questions

I did lose a lot of weight. I still lose anywhere from .5 to 2 pounds per week. I was losing around 10 pounds a week. I was throwing up all the time and what I could keep down, I pooped right out. It was extremly scary - for a long time I was scared to eat, so I would goes days without eating until my stomach was calm enough to try again. I have GERD really bad - I take Prevacid twice a day and it took over a month to start working. It's twice the recommended dosage, so I have to see a specialest just to get it. I don't respond to any other meds - not even Pepto.

I know I have a hyatal hernia and GERD, but from there I do not know whats wrong with me. My mom has ulcerative colitis and she started her symptoms at the same age as me. I know I had colitis and ulcers in my intestions, but my old doc never would say the words ulcerative colitis - he actually never gave me a straight answer.

As far as eating goes, I follow Heather's diet to the letter. I figure since it covers ulcerative colitis, then it will help me either way. I just made some changes for my GERD - like no tomatoes or uncooked acidy foods and I watch what spices I use, nothing hot. I also avoid anything with small seeds (they get stuck in ulcers - ew). Because of my hyatial hernia, I eat small meals frequently and chew everything really good and slow. I think the diet and some of the meds they have me on have helped me kind of stabalize. I still have attacks, but definitly not as bad and not as frequent.

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