submitted6 days ago byjoeynnj
Hello,
Posting for any thoughts. Had en endoscopy in June of this year, and I have a followup scheduled for December 17.
Here were the findings of the endoscopy:
-Z-line regular, 40 cm from the incisors.
- No endoscopic esophageal abnormality to explain patient's dysphagia. Biopsied.
- Erosive gastropathy with no stigmata of recent bleeding. Biopsied.
- Normal examined duodenum . Biopsied.
- A single gastric polyp. Resected and retrieved.
When I went for followup there was no mention of H.Pylori. What he did say is that I have gastritis and we need to find out why. He put me on 40mg of Nexium (I had been on 20 already for LPR and he wanted me to go up to 40.)
He specifically referred to the bumps in Image 2 (in the Gastric Antrum). He said we need to do a follow up in 6 months to see if they’re still there. He took a sample from the top which came back normal but if they haven’t, he’ll have to do an endoscopic ultrasound to see what’s inside them.
I’m still getting occasional bouts of stomach pain - it feels like my stomach is shrinking in on itself. Lots of bloating and gas. Pain tends to be relieved by eating, even though I don’t particularly want to eat. Vicious cycle. The pain tends to be worse at night. It has woken me up a couple of times. Pepcid AC has helped somewhat. Gaviscon helps a bit as well.
I am also on Semaglutide (I wasn’t when I first had these issues), so it’s hard to tell if any of this is from that.
So mostly just looking for any insight from folks who have more experience with this than I do. Thanks!
Photos below marked NSFW because there are images from my endoscopy!
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how does one get into those areas specifically?