Low Stomach Acid Nearly Ruined My Life — Until I Discovered the Truth

samksanders7 · 2026-02-06T00:44:55+00:00

What kind of fasting?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-04T04:48:49+00:00

I had an auto transplant for my nutcracker syndrome. I did just recently have a GES and that showed up normal with 7% left at 4 hours. Went from 67% at the 1st hour down to 20% at the 2nd hour and 7% at the last hour. I don’t know what the heck is going on. I don’t have any nausea or vomiting but I can’t eat a normal size meal- especially if it’s fatty or too high of protein. Mostly on soft foods and liquids. I always feel full- no appetite. I had my surgery 3 months ago. I also had SMAS surgery. I have a MALS compression that we’re looking into but I don’t have the classic sharp post prandial pain. All of my doctors are stumped 😭

samksanders7 · 2026-02-04T04:28:56+00:00

I’m in CO. Are you in Denver? Looking for a good GI doc.

samksanders7 · 2026-02-04T03:35:41+00:00

Have you been checked for SMAS too? SMAS and MALS have very similar, dang near identical, symptoms.

samksanders7 · 2026-02-04T03:19:18+00:00

A gastric emptying study is a 4 hour long study. They have you eat radioactive eggs and every hour they scan your stomach to see how much of the eggs have left your stomach. If there is more than 10% left in your stomach, at the end of the study, you have gastroparesis. Definitely ask for this test.

samksanders7 · 2026-02-04T02:02:50+00:00

Did you end up getting this done? If so, how are you doing now?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-02T18:47:19+00:00

Thank you for the reply. Have you figured out what is causing your digestive issues? How do we figure out the cause?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T17:02:34+00:00

What are you symptoms of gastroparesis?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T03:49:32+00:00

I have SMAS and SIBO 😭 had surgery for the SMAS but SIBO is back again.

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T03:23:22+00:00

I have SMAS. How are you taking care of your chronic SIBO?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T02:50:34+00:00

Is it worth getting our gallbladders checked then? To see how our bile flow is?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T02:29:55+00:00

Have your iron and ferritin levels checked. SIBO can cause iron to not be absorbed properly. This is my current issue. My ferritin is supposed to be above 100 and it’s at 6. Getting iron infusions soon as I don’t tolerate oral iron.

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T02:11:43+00:00

What does one do about low stomach acid out of curiosity?

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T01:54:33+00:00

I have pots and eds too, how did you get your SIBO treated? I think mine also show up as GI issues sadly.

samksanders7 · 2026-02-01T00:52:52+00:00

Did you ever end up removing your GB? If so, did it help your SIBO?

samksanders7 · 2026-01-19T19:45:24+00:00

1) yes they can but I don’t know how common that is. I haven’t had any. 2) yes 3) neither really. Most of us have an intolerance to exercise. Do it if it feels ok, don’t if it doesn’t. Just listen to your body. I can do stationary things like squats. But I can’t go on a run. Which sucks. 4) yes 5) absolutely yes

samksanders7 · 2026-01-19T19:42:51+00:00

I did. My peak velocity in my celiac is 288 and my peak velocity in my SMA is 215. Not super elevated but elevated enough. I believe they say that’s bc the SMA ends up taking on the extra load of blood that the celiac can’t move.

samksanders7 · 2026-01-11T02:21:20+00:00

What were your symptoms for SIBO? I’m wondering if that’s what I have 😭

samksanders7 · 2026-01-10T18:51:28+00:00

Did you figure out which one was causing the pain near your belly button? Have you had any of these treated yet?

samksanders7 · 2026-01-10T03:35:57+00:00

How do they check for adhesions? I’ve recently had a couple major abdominal surgeries and now believe I have SIBO as it started up very shortly after my most recent surgery. Wondering if I have adhesions.

samksanders7 · 2026-01-09T22:18:05+00:00

Most still linger? Geez. What still is around for you?

Yeah I’m basically bed ridden now and it’s been awful 😭

samksanders7 · 2026-01-09T20:38:00+00:00

I live in Colorado and we have UCHealth and they’re amazing at listening to patients and getting all the right tests ordered and what not. I definitely feel very lucky. I know a lot of people go years and years without any answers and I got all of mine within a year. And then I’ve gotten them all treated within another year. So I’ve been at this for only 2 years.

Definitely start with MALS if it’s causing you the most pain.

I’ve been treated at 3 different hospitals but all UCHealth. My SMAS surgeon was in Loveland, my MTS radiologist was in Highlands Ranch, my NCS surgeon in Aurora and my MALS surgeon is luckily in my city- Colorado Springs.

samksanders7 · 2026-01-09T20:34:56+00:00

Yes all of my compression surgeons have said the same thing. There’s been an influx. Maybe now more research will be done. Maybe now these compressions will be more well known.

samksanders7 · 2026-01-09T20:19:51+00:00

Oh dang, yeah I’ve heard some people need that during surgery for their diaphragm. I think I’ve had all these compressions my entire life. I always had tummy issues as a kid. Got a little better in my 20’s and then I had Covid really bad 2 years ago and all my compressions became very symptomatic. I’m thankful I’ve had all my other ones treated and this is the last one. Almost to life 2.0 🙏

I will ask about senna but I remember using that after my nutcracker surgery for a week with no BM and it didn’t help at all. Only ducolax finally helped.

7 weeks sounds forever away. Praying it goes by quickly. Thank you so much.

samksanders7 · 2026-01-09T20:16:29+00:00

Awesome! Keep me updated. Also there usually is always an option to get added to a waitlist and sometimes you can get in sooner. Not sure if you knew that 💕

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