ms or not

Primary progressive MS
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A few weeks ago I saw my gp I told him I was occasionally having trouble swallowing and bloating his reply was its your ms as it’s progressive

That’s what will be the trouble I pushed him a bit more and he sent me for endoscopy .

So yesterday we a endoscopy day and it turns out I have some stomach ulcers caused by the aspirin he has me taking for

Angina so that has to stop imiededatly.

It’s been said before don’t put all your symptoms down to the ms and don’t let the quacks do it either .

And the endoscopy wasn’t to bad either I had the throat spray all was fine and carried on as normal afterwards. G

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Hi Hillybilly, thank goodness you pushed him for endoscopy!!! Yes even doctors can put everything down to MS!!!

I think treatment for ulcers is much better than it used to be. Hope so anyway.

Best of luck with it,

Pat xx

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They recommend a 8 week course of omemprazole and no more aspirin so mayby warfarin

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They recommend a 8 week course of omemprazole and no more aspirin so mayby warfarin

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Hi Hillybilly (love this name, it conjures up all sorts of pictures!)

I had asprin related stomach ulcers too. But, thank goodness you pushed your GP a little further. If you had continued to use it the results could be much more catastrophic if I can be this graphic. I suffered for years after being recommended to take the daily asprin. It wasn’t until a third episode of severe tummy pains that I finally had an endoscopy and my GP then said "I think it must be the asprin! ".

Anyway enough of my story. I’m just so relieved you had the courage to push your GP into further investigation. It does heighten the fact again that many unrelated symptoms can be put down as because of our MS.

Its funny to say it but I’d rather have stomach ulcers than MS! Well done you though. I wish I’d had the foresight too. It’s too easy to blame MS for symptoms and we do rely on our medics to find the right diagnosis. When they don’t it knocks our confidence in them. But, I suppose they must feel a bit “foolish” when they get it wrong. Well - they are human too!

Thanks for bringing this issue to the forum. And good luck with your ulcer treatment.

Anne

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Yeh, well done you for pushing your gp.

I take lansoprazole daily to stop acid reflux. But if it cures your ulcers then great!

pollx

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Bonnie Annie

The name fits it’s stuck to me since the school days only thing I’m in perthshire not the deep south of America

Boudica Mrs hillybilly has acid reflux and takes it to

Take I care folks g

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Well done on insisting on investigation! It is not easy to do this.

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I have had this gp for nearly 20 years in fact when I was first investigated for auto immune symptoms I trust him and he listens to me

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