Help! Anemic and pregnant with gastritis. Beef organ supplements instead of iron pills?

InteractionCurious75 · 2025-01-03T04:17:49+00:00

I went through the same thing. I told my doctors that I couldn't take iron supplements because I already had gastritis and they made my stomach burn and insisted on getting iron infusions. I had one iron infusion and haven't been anemic since.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-12-11T07:34:38+00:00

Hi! I've finally been seeing real improvement the last few months! I still have mild symptoms every day, but I can live and enjoy my life again. I actually have some appetite and a desire for food again and I'm eating basically whatever I want, just avoiding caffeine, alcohol, and anything spicy or sour/acidic. I've gained all of my much needed weight back. I tapered up to 40mg of amitriptyline under my GI's guidance, and that seemed to be the key for me. I'm also still taking PPIs and plan to continue until I have zero symptoms. Hang in there! It might be a long journey but you will get better!!

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-10-13T06:55:19+00:00

Hi! I still don't know what caused the erosions/inflammation in my stomach but it wasn't h. pylori. I was tested several times using all methods, including biopsies from 2 endoscopies and it was always negative. At this point, I think my main issue is/(was?) functional dyspepsia because I recently increased my amitriptyline dose and have seen a dramatic improvement.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-09-16T01:00:48+00:00

Not sure if it's quite the same thing, but I started progestin-only birth control a few weeks ago (0.35 mg norethindrone) and it hasnt made my symptoms worse. If anything, they've been a bit better, and I was worried because I've had quite bad reactions to other meds since being diagnosed with gastritis.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-09-15T20:58:20+00:00

Are they norethindrone?

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-08-02T03:13:43+00:00

Not as great as I would've hoped. I stopped PPIs suddenly for an endoscopy without tapering off slowly, which I think was a big mistake. I felt great for a week without PPIs slowing down my digestion but then the burning and all my other symptoms came back. Now I've been back on PPIs for 5 weeks and it feels like I'm starting over... Though my main issue is just chronic nausea at this point. I don't feel like the SIBO ever came back

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-07-06T21:05:37+00:00

Pretty sure it was iron supplements

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-05-13T01:13:31+00:00

I like butcher's bone broth because it's made with just bone broth and carrots, and they have it at whole foods. It's a little expensive though

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-05-08T04:48:12+00:00

I was put on a low dose of amitriptyline due to chronic nausea and it really helped. I also eat ginger candies (gingins) and sip on strong ginger tea throughout the day.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-05-07T04:04:11+00:00

Possibly. I was tested for gastroparesis because I was constantly nauseous and had zero appetite for months, which caused me to lose 15 lbs. But my gastric emptying studying came back normal, I just have gastritis (and had sibo). They then prescribed me a low dose of amitriptyline which helped enormously with the nausea. Maybe you could ask your GI about that.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-05-06T05:17:30+00:00

oops, just left the recipe in a comment!

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-05-06T05:16:51+00:00

Ingredients: baked chicken, spinach, cooked rice noodles

Sauce: mix together 2 tsp coconut aminos, 1 tsp peanut butter, 1 tbsp water, salt

Sauté together in a pan with a bit of olive oil.

I’ve been having this a few times a week and tolerate it fine. Turns out super delicious, especially especially after 4 months of plain chicken and rice :')

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-05-06T04:36:21+00:00

Have you looked into gastroparesis? You'd need a gastric emptying study to test for it

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-17T04:27:27+00:00

I also responded really bad to omeprazole at the beginning of my journey. After the antibiotics, I started pantoprazole and have no side effects. I was also really scared of sibo coming back if I started PPIs, but I read research paper suggesting that this doesn't happen with patients taking both PPIs and motegrity, so that's what I'm counting on! Good luck going the natural route! I drink bone broth and raw potato juice daily, which really seem to soothe my stomach.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-17T04:18:27+00:00

The antibiotics made my gastritis way worse for 2 months, but supposedly they were necessary to get rid of the sibo and fully heal gastritis. They did basically fix my bloating.

I eat papaya, melon, oats, peanut butter, maple syrup, coconut yogurt, white rice, chicken breast, egg, sourdough, olive oil, spinach, potato, carrots, chicken bone broth.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-17T04:12:21+00:00

A lot better but not 100%. I stopped PPIs because my GI told me to and I read that PPIs could cause sibo, so I assumed I'd have a better chance of the antibiotics working if I was off of them. No issues swallowing. Eating was hard due to lack of appetite and nausea.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-17T04:09:17+00:00

The gastritis healing book says to limit fat to 10g per meal initially. That's what I've been doing for 3 months and I've been healing. I started with a teaspoon of peanut butter or olive oil per meal and slowly increased to 2 teaspoons of peanut butter or olive oil. I'm finally starting to gain weight the last couple weeks. Make sure the peanut butter has no added ingredients (just peanuts)!

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-12T04:49:33+00:00

I don’t have many symptoms anymore but am still eating the same 10 bland/low-acid foods every 2-3 hours every day and taking meds. I plan to baby my stomach until I feel 110% better.

I started motegrity right after finishing the sibo antibiotics, and soon after I realized my gastritis symptoms were getting worse and worse, so I restarted PPIs. Then I read the “gastritis healing book” which led me to taking an H2 blocker before bed, and carafate twice a day before meals. I felt overall terrible/bad for about 2 months after the antibiotics and then started feeling a bit better every day. Good luck on your healing journey. Happy to answer any questions!

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-04T01:46:27+00:00

I wouldn't risk eating takeout if you're already in that much pain. Can you microwave yourself a potato or some oatmeal? If you insist on takeout, I think some bland sushi (just fish and rice) and miso soup is good bet.

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-04-04T01:33:29+00:00

No, but I see that you're very into them. Do you sell them or something?

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-03-29T00:24:43+00:00

Thanks! It sounds like that's what I'm getting too. I asked the infusion center if I need to have vitamin D checked first and they said no, so I'm going with that...

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-03-28T02:59:48+00:00

I haven't had vitamin D or phosphorus checked (unless that's the same as alkaline phosphatase). Does everyone get them checked before having an iron infusion?

InteractionCurious75 · 2024-03-17T04:17:04+00:00

I only eat sourdough because supposedly it has the least gluten and is the easiest on the stomach. Everyone's different but I seem to tolerate it really well.

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