I am a 42-year-old male. I am about 100 pounds overweight (and working on that).

I started experiencing nausea back in 12/07. It was assumed by myself and doctors that it was related to a long-term headache I was experiencing at the same time. The headache finally cleared up in April but the nausea did not. I started belching a lot too. This prompted me to see my doctor again.

He thought he felt an abdominal mass which he suspected to be a hernia and sent me for an abdominal CT scan. The CT scan (about two months ago) showed no hernia, all organs were normal, bowel was normal, no mass, no hernia. It did show a fatty liver and gallstones. The doctor thought the gallstones might be causing the nausea and recommended the gallbladder's removal.

I went to a gastroenterologist for a second opinion. He recommended an endoscopy and a HIDA scan and some blood work. The blood work and the HIDA scan were normal. The endoscopy showed esophagitis and minor gastritis. Nothing serious from the biopsies - no Barrett's, no ulcers, etc. I had been experiencing NO heartburn. He put me on Nexium, said the nausea and belching could be from reflux. And he recommended that I not have the gallbladder out. Then I saw the surgeon anyway, and he concurred with the gastroenterologist - no surgery at this time.

I've been on Nexium for seven weeks or so. I still experience nausea frequently daily (no vomiting) and now I have discomfort in the abdomen (about 2-3 inches above the navel in the center, sometimes mild pain, other times just noticeable discomfort) and I still belch like crazy.

No issues with stool, no vomiting, appetite is fine (strange with nausea, no?).

I'm sorry for the winding road my story is. It really happened this way - started out with the loooooong-term headache with nausea and ended up with abdominal discomfort and belching. The nausea is the one constant thing - I've wanted to vomit every day since before Christmas.

Thank you for any opinions.