The doctor is running a number of tests still at the research clinic and one thing came back that has him concerned. My gastrin levels are too high. Hopefully the results will come back soon for some followup tests they did over a week ago for b12 levels and a gastric parietal antibody test. But I was wondering if anyone else here has had high gastrin levels?
thank you,
Deb

Hi! Thank you.
Let's see, I still haven't heard back from the doctor. They like to stress me like that.
I'm not on any medication but I suspect my acid is already too low. I just went to an ENT who says (after going up my nose and down into my throat with a long tube to look) that I have no sign of reflux. That's good but I know I have reflux sometimes, like if I eat dairy, but it doesn't burn. Another reason to think I don't have high acid levels. But I know these things can be tricky so I should try vinegar and see if it helps or hurts. I know if it helps, I have low acid and if it makes me worse I have high acid.
I did have H. Pylori around 1998. They put me on this awful list of antibiotics that started my IBS problems within 3 months. I have been tested since then and it came back negative but it's been some years ago now. I would think it has come back because I don't have the burning in my stomach that I had back then when I had H.P.
I'm not due to have another colonoscopy for another few years.
I think the doctor fears a gastrinoma, especially since I have reactive hypoglycemia too.

If I had known then what I know now I would not have taken those antibiotics. Nature's Sunshine has a program to get rid of H.Pylori with herbs. It takes months but with no side effects I would have been happy with that. Or I would have taken probiotics starting the last day of the antibiotics. But I didn't know about that either.
So the damage is done. I think I had masto before then since I've had POTS since I was about 12 and now it seems EDS too. My guess is that it became manifest in my intestines after the antibiotics through off my bacteria.
As far as dairy, I don't eat much dairy except some organic, raw milk we get at a local farm that we are fortunate to have in our area. But even that sometimes comes back up as easily as it went down. It is not acidic at all. That is the only symptom it causes... I think. I will watch it a little closer to be sure. Corn and soy will cause me to double over in pain if I eat enough of it. I seem to be able to get away with just a little.
I don't mind the personal questions. I'm a naturopath now and talk about bowel movements with people all the time. LOL
These health problems caused me to leave the architecture field and go back to school to learn natural health. I'd always been interested in it but I had to find something and the doctors could find nothing. I was in pain for a solid 5 years before a naturopath told me about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. It helped so much because I cut out corn and soy and other foods that don't agree with me.
But this is tough and it's getting worse for me.