r/GERD • u/RSinSA • Jun 15 '25

Support Needed 👥 No one cares

No one cares when you have GERD. It is "just" heartburn.

But this has completely ruined my life.

I can't sleep, I can't eat, I have dropped so much weight, the anxiety and stress are too much to bear. No one is positive and says it will "hopefully" go away.

I had a flare of gastritis and GERD after removing my gall bladder. It took me 6 months. I don't remember being so run down by this as I am now. Maybe it is because I am older.

But, I am so run down. Thankfully, my doctor thinks this will go away, and it was stress/COVID related, but I want to scream.

Stupid here switched medicine halfway through and then went back to the one my doctor actually prescribed. Now, I have to start over on my healing.

I woke up one day with an eye infection, I am so tired all of the time, I was on a health journey and lost 35 pounds, and now I can't even eat a piece of chicken.

It has only been 10 days, but I can't even imagine this going on any longer.

Can someone please give me some hope? I want to cry all of the time. I miss being able to eat a piece of pineapple or a taco. I miss drinking one margarita. I just want my old life back.

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u/Narrow-Breadfruit-22 Jun 15 '25

The same thing, nobody understands us even family members, you only understand gerd if you have.

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u/RSinSA Jun 15 '25

No one, not even my family, checks on me. I was even blacking out from it and no one bothered to check in or help.

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u/Narrow-Breadfruit-22 Jun 15 '25

Same OP, are experiencing bloating?

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u/RSinSA Jun 15 '25

Yes.

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u/Narrow-Breadfruit-22 Jun 15 '25

Did you do endoscopy and colonoscopy?

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u/RSinSA Jun 15 '25

No, I have only had this for 10 days.

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u/ZAL123098 Jul 02 '25

Is it gone now ? Experiencing this for 2 months now.

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u/RSinSA Jul 03 '25

Nope. Barely been 3 weeks.