Dr Nikola, the pain is worse when hungry and once ive eaten it feels like my body cannot digest the food. and i have had to cut alcohol out of my life completely. as thats what caused me to have an excess acid build up.
and rebecca, I now know that long periods of not eating and then eating most of my daily intake in one go, stress, smoking, drinking, on an empty stomach are some of the reasons why i was suffering. the acid that my stomach was producing was burning my insides because i was putting nothing in my body for long periods. ive found smaller portion meals more often helps alot.
ive had about 7 days off work and the pain has mellowed down to a degree, i still have a bit of trouble with it but i now have enough knowledge to make the neccessary changes to help my body.
im just waiting to hear from the hospital about an endoscopy. hopefully they will find out whats wrong and i can get rid of this for good.