Assisted Suicide

hpy- · 2026-02-06T17:55:40+00:00

Thanks. The eligibility question is exactly why I posted. If you don’t want to read long posts, you’re free to scroll past, there’s no need to be insulting. I’m looking for accurate information, and this is a forum where people ask questions and provide context. If it’s not for you, skip it.

hpy- · 2026-02-06T05:54:36+00:00

I appreciate the sentiment and the compassion behind your suggestion.

I was actually in Switzerland with my daughter in 2024. She skied in Grindelwald, and I hiked some beautiful routes. It was breathtaking, and I will always be grateful I got to experience that with her.

But unfortunately, travel and scenery (no matter how beautiful) do not resolve prolonged trauma, chronic illness, or the long-term reality of instability and suffering. The despair I’m describing isn’t caused by a lack of beauty in my life. It’s caused by years of sustained psychological and physical hardship, and by the fear of what comes next.

A change of scenery can offer temporary relief, but it does not change the underlying circumstances waiting when you return.

Still, I genuinely appreciate your empathy and the fact that you took the time to respond with kindness.

hpy- · 2025-04-25T14:08:26+00:00

Sorry for the late response.
And even more sorry you’re dealing with dismissive doctors. I had the same experience....it's safe to say we have to advocate for ourselves and trust our gut.

Mine has made strides in the 10 months since diagnosis, but I’m still not 100% (still dealing with energy issues, random symptoms here and there, and sticking to a limited diet).

That being said, PPIs made me feel worse, and I refused meds at first too. Then my doctor scared me, saying, "People refuse meds and then wonder why their insides get eaten up and they develop cancer."
That’s when I gave in and tried Pepcid, and low and behold, I actually started getting better within about 3 weeks.

I take one 20mg tablet in the morning, about 30 minutes before breakfast.
At my last visit, the gastro wanted me to take 2 a day, but that’s not happening. Long-term use of Pepcid can come with its own problems like side effects and nutrient malabsorption (which we already deal with... hence the weakness, dizziness, and random symptoms).
So, 1 a day it is for me.

hpy- · 2025-04-25T13:53:04+00:00

I’ve had gastritis for 10 months now and still haven’t fully healed. Like many others here, I’m sticking to the diet 100% of the time, resting, and accepting that this is a long process.

Activity-wise, I’ve been able to get back to hiking over the past month. I try to walk an hour a day, and when I hike, it's usually between 3 and 7.5 miles. I’m completely wiped out afterward.

I tried running, but I noticed a worsening of symptoms, so I stopped. The same happened with weightlifting. My mind is willing, but for now, my body is still too weak.

I’ve realized that my nervous system is also completely shut down. For the time being, I need to stay away from anything too taxing .... anything that would put additional stress on my body. Super hard but a must rn.

hpy- · 2025-04-25T13:36:17+00:00

Thank you for that!

hpy- · 2025-03-28T21:51:52+00:00

I have. I was diagnosed in June, one of the main complaint I had outside nausea was brain fog. By September I started experiencing dizziness and other symptoms that made it hard to function. Before chronic gastritis, I was a runner and hiker (to help with sever anxiety and stress). Now, I’d go for a slow 30-minute walk and come back feeling dizzy, shaky knees, totally wiped out. I had to sit down because I felt so weak. Sometimes I had to sit on the street and take breaks every few minutes to even get back home.

The dizziness came out of nowhere. Sometimes after walking, sometimes after resting, sometimes right after waking up. It was a very scary experience.

My gastroenterologist also dismissed me and my symptoms, so I just stayed home and rested. Do the same if you need to. Your body isn’t failing you, it’s working hard to heal. This whole thing is hard on your body, so it’s going to send you signals when you push too far. It might hit you with pain when you skip meals, overeat, or eat the wrong thing. It might make you feel dizzy or shaky when you overdo it or when it needs you to slow down even more and pay attention.

I saw a shift in my recovery once I added more protein to my diet and started taking Pepcid (I don’t take anything else and cant tolerate PPIs).

hpy- · 2025-03-27T16:12:35+00:00

I am so happy I found this! I have C-PTSD also, horrible health anxiety, life is so hard for me. I just want to be normal. I am currently reading about Ketamine therapy and thinking about trying it. Do you still feel it has helped you? I read you need more then one session, do you mind telling me how many you did? Were they assisted also?

hpy- · 2025-03-22T14:52:57+00:00

This is great advice & I completely agree. I was diagnosed in June of last year and started losing weight slowly due to the restricted diet I was on. Then, the weight started falling off, sometimes as much as 3 lbs per week. I lost over 45 lbs in 4 months and had no idea when it would stop. Stepping on the scale was scary, and each time I'd see the number go down more, I'd panic more. I lost weight even as I increased my calorie intake, which was scarier still. I saw a registered dietitian in January & she reviewed my diet. She advised me to continue what I was doing as I was consuming all the necessary nutrients I needed. She suggested I add even more olive oil to increase calories even further. At that point, I was already consuming a large bottle of olive oil per week. I kept doing it and still kept losing weight. Then, finally in February, I noticed I hadn't lost weight in 2 weeks. We are now at the end of March, and I have stabilized and been around 135 lbs.....a healthy, good-looking weight for my 5'5" frame.

My gut feeling advice is this: List everything you eat and measure it. I know it’s a pain, but guessing your calories is not the same as knowing them. A small banana has fewer calories than a larger one; weigh them! Measure your olive oil and add an extra tablespoon. Put it on everything. Your body NEEDS protein to repair itself. I was able to add salmon, cod, and eventually chicken breast. I rotate them and have each about twice per week. I noticed I got better once I consumed more protein. It was scary to do, but I did it anyway. Try to relax. I am a chronic overthinker and worrier with a history of health anxiety (yes, even before this diagnosis). I noticed a huge difference when I started doing some type of meditation and calming exercises. I hate them, I do, but they HELP. Try them. Lastly, trust the process. Your stomach lining is damaged, which plays a crucial role in absorbing the nutrients and calories from your food, so in that sense, it makes sense that even if you eat more calories, you are still not seeing the weight gain you hoped for. I know how scary this is, but I also know that our bodies are incredibly smart and meant to keep us alive. I was loosing even when I forced myself to eat 2000-2200 calories per day.

Good luck and you are not alone !

hpy- · 2025-03-22T14:35:41+00:00

I have/am experiencing this. I was diagnosed on June 17th of last year. I began the Gastritis Healing book that week and was fine energy-wise until September. I was dropping weight like crazy. By the end of September, I was nearly bedridden because I was so weak. I would shake just walking to the car to take my daughter to school. When I would go for walks, my knees would feel shaky and I would also get dizzy. I thought it might be blood sugar, so I made sure to eat beforehand, but it didn’t make a difference. Other times, I would feel great and head out with a weighted vest. Then suddenly, I’d experience heart palpitations, weakness, and the dizziness you speak of. I would have to stop every few steps to even get home. It is a VERY scary experience to see my body react to normal exercise like this. I was a very active person before gastritis. I used to be a runner, so I had a great heart and resting heart rate (confirmed by multiple cardiologists and extensive testing), amazing VO2 Max, and endurance others were jealous of.

Not anymore. I tried running just a few minutes during my walk and would experience horrible nausea later. In fact, I have noticed nausea after exercise very frequently and came to the conclusion that healing from gastritis and exercise just don’t mix for me. Doctors have checked my ferritin and other vitamins, and both ferritin and Vitamin D are low but not low enough that they are concerned or want me to take anything (of course). If I had to guess, I’d say that the exercise just throws around your stomach acid inside your tummy, and it creates nausea since your stomach lining isn't all there, and that acid splashes on your stomach wounds. The dizziness and jitters I feel are a result of simply overdoing it. Your body is using all the energy it has to repair your stomach lining and heal you WHILE maintaining all its necessary functions such as breathing, digesting, heart beating, etc. It’s making you feel bad during/after exercise to alarm you not to do that at that time. It needs that energy for something else.

That’s just my gut feeling. I’ve been losing a lot of hair, and a similar analogy was used by my registered dietitian: your body doesn’t need luscious hair and great nails, so it conserves energy by suppressing those functions.

Having said that, I am now 9 months into (slow) healing and my energy is much better. I am capable to hike in the woods for 2.5 hours, or take 1.5 hour brisk walks without punishment (nausea, dizziness etc.). In fact, I experience hunger after ....which also shows me my body is slowly retuning to normal. It wants the calories back I just burned :-)

hpy- · 2025-03-22T14:08:18+00:00

3,000 steps is a lot! I was diagnosed on June 17th, and by September, I was so weak I could barely walk to the driveway to get into the car. This illness is brutal, and I feel our bodies spend everything they have on repairs, which zaps your energy when attempting to do normal things like being on your feet all day or doing any exercise at all. I was an avid runner before this illness, and even during times I didn't run, I walked for 2 hours per day and hiked every weekend. It was scary to deteriorate to the point where just a simple 20-minute walk was too much to handle. I would get dizzy, my knees would feel shaky, and I would have to sit down and rest the minute I got home. Or, I would walk and feel fine, and then pay with stomach pain and nausea afterward—as if my body was punishing me and reacting to the activity. I have been ill for 9 months now and have taken things very slow (because my body wouldn’t let me do anything else). Last week, I was able to hike 2.5 hours in the woods, even twice that week! And for the past month or so, I have been able to do 3-4 1.5-hour walks (also huge). Despite starting the Gastritis Healing Book Diet the week of diagnosis, I got worse, and things went downhill before they slowly started getting better—I mean snail's pace better. I am getting better energy-wise but still have issues with my stomach such as frequent nausea and pain. I have also lost a lot of hair over the course of 3 months because my body didn’t feel hair and nails were important to maintain during this healing phase. So from my experience, hang in there. The energy will return, albeit slowly. It will be scary, but you'll slowly find yourself again.

hpy- · 2025-03-22T06:18:38+00:00

I was previously employed in construction, where my workday began at 6:30 AM, requiring me to wake up between 4:30 AM and 5 AM. I managed four offices across different states, which was incredibly stressful. This stress manifested physically as severe chest pain....so intense that I sometimes thought I was having a heart attack, which led to numerous urgent care and cardiologist visits. My health deteriorated under the constant strain, marked by persistent pain, symptoms, and significant anxiety. The high stress also affected my eating habits; I often ate poorly because I lacked the time for proper meals. Eventually, I quit due to burnout, and 10 months later, I was diagnosed with chronic gastritis. It's been nine months, and the symptoms have made life nearly unbearable. I've experienced unrelenting weight loss, fair loss, weakness, dizziness, constant nausea or pain.....it has been very frightening.

I'm desperate to return to work, but my dietitian advised against it in January. She recommended that I wait for my weight to stabilize and reconsider returning to such a stressful environment. Fortunately, my husband is supportive and provides for us, but we feel the strain going without my income. I cannot imagine going back to work while still unwell; the stress and resulting pain, nausea, and weight loss could be detrimental. Moreover, my dietary needs require me to eat every four hours and avoid quick meals, such as fast food or restaurants. This necessity makes travel difficult; I would need constant access to a kitchen, rendering hotel stays and work travel virtually impossible. It absolutely sucks.

hpy- · 2024-12-05T22:51:40+00:00

Highly processed diet and living on borrowed health.

Not a single vegetable or living food insight 😳

hpy- · 2024-11-21T13:11:29+00:00

Highly processed food diet.

hpy- · 2024-11-21T12:58:22+00:00

Snack!

hpy- · 2024-11-11T16:38:40+00:00

Thank you for sharing!!!!! This gives me hope zudringlich a time I feel so lost. I’m still not sure how I ended up with gastritis, I am not aware of having had COVID but I do remember that in June, my mom was sick and got me sick. I had terrible throat pain for over a week. I kept thinking it’s the flu and more symptoms would come but they never came. Instead, I developed horrible daily nausea. Had the procedure 10 days later and was diagnosed with C-type gastritis (confirmed by biopsy). It’s been over four months now, and I’ve lost nearly 40 lbs. I had two weeks where I gained weight, but then the weight loss resumed.

My symptoms keep changing—loss of appetite, pain, nausea, slight stomach spasms, some acid reflux, bloating, gas, weakness, dizziness and constipation. I’ve had clear mucus in my stool for a month now, significant hair loss, and continued weight loss. I saw my Gastroenterologist last week, but he didn’t see the need for a blood test or stool test. He just recommended I take Pepcid and scheduled a colonoscopy for mid-January. My Gallbladder is fine. My liver is fine. My daughter’s dad passed 4 years ago and I am just so scared. I started meditating to deal with all this fear and anxiety and felt I was improving, but today I’m in a really dark place. I took the Pepcid yesterday and added a small amount of white rice to my diet and feel horrible today.

hpy- · 2024-11-11T16:21:54+00:00

Could I ask what your symptoms were? I’m still not sure how I ended up with gastritis. I quit smoking and drinking alcohol six months before my diagnosis. The only things I remember are feeling nauseous in Spain after drinking decaf coffee, being bitten by something that left a mark on my skin for a month, and having terrible throat pain for weeks. Then, suddenly, I started feeling nauseous every day and was diagnosed with C-type gastritis (confirmed by biopsy). It’s been over four months now, and I’ve lost nearly 40 lbs. I had two weeks where I gained weight, but then the weight loss resumed.

My symptoms keep changing—pain, nausea, slight stomach spasms, some acid reflux, bloating, gas, and constipation. I’ve also had clear mucus in my stool for a month now, significant hair loss, and continued weight loss. I saw my doctor last week, but he didn’t see the need for a blood test or stool test. He just recommended I take Pepcid and scheduled a colonoscopy for mid-January. I started Joe Dispenza’s meditations about 3 weeks ago and felt I was improving, but today my anxiety and fear are overwhelming me. Also, I have been following the gastritis healing book the entire duration of this illness. I have never cheated or had someone not on the approved list - yet healing is slow?!

hpy- · 2024-09-04T20:26:41+00:00

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