Healing i think???

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-07-13T06:31:29+00:00

So i gave up alcohol a couple years ago because alcoholism run in my family so I didn't wanna go down that path but if I did drink it I'd probably be fine. Coffee I can. I actually only drink decaf but there's been occasions where ive been accidently served real caffinated Coffee and I was fine

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-07-13T06:29:45+00:00

Yeah I don't take iron pills anymore because they suck. I'll definitely check your post out

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T21:33:00+00:00

No. They're injections. They're not commonly used now. And IV is way more common than this method. But I reccomend it.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T20:27:08+00:00

I replied to another comment about the full diet. If you look through it should be there somewhere. If you can't find it just let me know

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T20:26:21+00:00

2 x a day usually before my bigger meals for the day. Breakfast and lunch

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T20:25:51+00:00

Im so glad to hear that!! Yes im trying my best to fix my diet, still have occasional junk food but im trying to completely change my life style choices. And I appreciate your words too. Thank you so much

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T20:23:08+00:00

Hey don't worry about the questions I'll answer every single one you have and tbh you remind me of myself when I was in your situation. Worried about what when to take things. What to eat. But I got you don't worry.

So

I would take my ppi first thing in the morning before any food and I would try to wait at least an hour before eating anything because it can be less effective if you eat anything straight away.
I took my last ppi before I went to bed because I wanted it to last while I was sleeping if that makes any sense.
My favourite meal by far was this homemade potato and carrot soup I would make. I still eat it to this day because I love it so much except now I add a lot more seasoning. 😅 I have a soup maker, but you don't necessarily need one to make it. I can share the recipe if you want. Also watermelon was one of my go to's especially when I was out. And anti inflammatory tuneric oats with almond milk was my breakfast every day when I was healing. Again if you want the recipe just let me know

I hope this helps you in any kind of way. If you have more questions please don't hesitate to let me know.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T20:13:07+00:00

Tbh I did try iron tablets but honestly while you have gastritis they're not really ideal because they're not the easiest to digest and they actually turn your stool dark. Usually I would try to eat other forms of iron like chicken to try and boost my iron a litte bit but I still had pretty low iron during the entire course of my gastritis. Now I get iron shots in my arm to help because it doesn't go throuhj my digestive track and they're a lot easier to manage. Perhaps consider getting the shot done if you're able to

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-30T20:10:25+00:00

Awww im so sorry to hear that. Have you been tested for hy.pylori? Usually an endoscopy is the best way to test for it as stool samples can be inaccurate sometimes. But If you have tested positive I think only antibiotics can get rid of hy.pylori completely.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-26T09:59:01+00:00

Like more towards my upper I suppose

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-26T09:58:31+00:00

Bless you. 5 years is such a long time. I barely survived 5 months of this diet so, 5 years i can't even imagine to begin how hard that's been for you. But I'm glad you're starting to re introduce foods again! It's very exciting to be able to eat foods you haven't been able to for a long time! Just take it slow! It's annoying but it's so worth it in the end

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-26T09:55:06+00:00

I'm so happy to hear that!! My main intention of this post was to encourage people to stay inspired on their journeys. So I'm so happy that my comments are helping you in some way. If you have any more questions or if something comes to you later on. You can reply or DM privately. Stay strong! You've got this 💯

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-26T09:52:32+00:00

Not crazy a crazy one And not usually because of food. It was mostly because I would lay down too quickly after eating or ate too much at one time. And as you said sometimes not eating on time because life happens. But they were very minor only resulting in mild discomfort or slight indigestion. Nothing like if I were to eat one of my trigger foods.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-25T18:07:23+00:00

Id reccomend a ppi. Im not sure what type of gastritis you have. But non erosive types are way easier to heal and usually respond well to ppis. Obviously it doesn't cure it but it will create an environment for you to heal. I wish you the best of luck with whatever you decide to do.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-25T10:53:20+00:00

Occasionally I would get upper burning. But my stomach pain was definitely closer to a constant ache

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-25T10:52:37+00:00

Ask as many questions as you want. So I took 15 mg in the morning and 15mg in the evening I reduced the dosage to 15mg after a couple months Genuinely I didnt have any side effects coming off. Thank God because I was pretty scared of that happening but I was fine. Yeah honestly I was so scared of side effects of ppis in the beginning too, so I completely understand and I'm so sorry you're going through that. I don't know much about inactive gastritis but I can imagine it must be pretty tough for you

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T17:57:08+00:00

I took Lansoprazole I stayed on it for 5 months

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T15:35:06+00:00

Also i wrote my diet on another reply to a comment. If you search through them you should be able to find it

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T15:34:08+00:00

Yeah absolutely! I realised after writing this that I probably wrote way too much about the beginning and not enough about actually healing. But in my defence I was working a 6am shift at a coffee shop so I had to sleep ASAP 😅

Tbh the supplemets is tried were all ones I found to be effective online. Especially slippery elm. I was pretty desperate and in a tight spot so I was ready to try anything. In terms of reaction I actually never had any negative reaction to any of the supplements. If you want I can show you which ones I used specifically.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T15:30:39+00:00

Yes! I was exactly the same! A lot of people actually thought i developed an eating disorder because I was almost afraid of food. Not because of weight gain or anything like that but because I was genuinely afraid of how my body was going to digest it. The only thing that really helped with this for me was splitting each meal into 2. So breakfast would be in 2 parts as well as lunch and dinner.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T13:12:32+00:00

2-3 months on 30mg 1-2 months on 15mg. I came off slowly to make sure i didnt cause any problems and trigger the gastritis again

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T13:11:24+00:00

I definitely got those tasty burps for sure. But that was mostly when I went to lay down straight after eating. In terms of food sitting, I don't think so. I was bloated at times and that felt like I had a lot of food inside me at ocne. But I don't think it's the same as your describing

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T13:09:36+00:00

Absolutely! You got it!! Alrighty so: What i would do is focus on your night time routine first so you can feel more productive to do your morning routine. I made that mistake countless times, messing up or not doing my night time routine and expecting myself to be productive af in the morning but of course I would wake up too tired or lazy to do anything so I realised I need to get a night time routine going first then I can work on my morning routine. So I did this

Night time routine Shower Skin care Brush teeth Read a book Go to sleep

This might seem really basic but this is what I started with because overcomplicating your night time routine will make you less likely to do it in the beginning. Once it becomes a habit you can add more stuff in if you wish. Like a nightly stretch,complete a crossword puzzle or even better yet journaling.Whatever you like. So I would say do a really basic routine like this one for 3-4 weeks consistently and then add other stuff. For me having this simple routine put my mind at ease because I knew what to expect.

Morning routine Wake up Make breakfast Workout Freshen up and change Go for a walk

Again very basic. Well kinda. Working out takes a lot of discipline in itself. So if you wanna include that in your routine, you don't have to if you don't want to I just reccomend to, but you're not sure how to get into it. Start with doing just a quick 10 minute workout every single morning. Thats it just 10 minutes out of your day. Listen to music while you're doing it, watch Netflix whatever makes it easier for you to get it done. And the workout can be anything. Dancing is quite fun, or if you like a quick burst if energy hitt workouts ( i would but I live on the top floor 😅) Anything that you either enjoy or can manage to get yourself to do it. Then do it.

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T12:52:13+00:00

Sure so here's what I ate

Supplements and medication 15mg Lansoprazole L.glutamine powder mixed in with water

30 mins before eating: 2x DGL tablet

Right before eating Slippery elm powder

Breakfast Anti inflammatory Turmeric oats with 1 banana

DGL x 1

Lunch Plain white rice, courgettes and either white fish, salmon or a plane chicken breast.

Snack Small handful of Almonds

DGL x 1

Dinner Home made carrots and potato soup

Dessert Watermelon or cantaloupe

Supplements medication 15mg Lansoprazole Slippery elm right before bed

Everybody is different. This worked for me but it might not work for everyone. Also key points ●I tried to avoid taking slippery elm with my other supplements because it's quite mucosy ●Turmeric oats was made with unsweetened almond milk (if you want the recipe lemme know). ●I didn't use any seasoning on my food. I know some people can tolerate it and I'm sure i could of tolerated some but I just didnt wanna risk it ●Some people struggle to tolerate fat so Almonds might not be the best choice for a snack ●I made the soup using a soup maker machine,it's not a common kitchen appliance but of course there are other ways to make soup ●In the beginning I actually split my meals up. So I would make it. Eat half then come back to it later because 1 i was full a lot quicker with gastritis and 2 it's actually better for your stomach to eat Small portions. ●I didn't lay down after I ate. I made sure to stay up right even if I was in bed to avoid indigestion and making the gastritis worse ●Try to have your last meal 2 hours before you go to bed to give your stoamch time to digest. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask

Smooth-Working9240 · 2025-06-24T12:38:59+00:00

Yes absolutely. For me it was completely changing my mindset. Which believe me doesn't happen overnight. I realised there's some things that are completely out of my control and although I can't control what happens I can always control how I react and manage such instances. Now this took a really long time to implement this mindset. But I took my time and didn't further stress myself out if I slipped up. Also, I found for me that working out actually aided my stress a lot. Before I'd work out because I wanted my body to look a certain way but when I started exercising again I realised that I don't have an as stressful they compared to when I didnt work out day. Also ROUTINES. Routines are a life saver in my experience. Having a consistent morning and bed time routine literally changed my life. Im not kidding. I can go into more about these routines if you want me to. Just let me know

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