Michael gets his life back after Hiatal Hernia 

I can totally relate to him , so sad how many doctors are quick to try to put people on antidepressants 😭 that’s also me 😩

OMG! You are saying my story from the last 3 years! Thank you. It feels so good to be validated. I hope to make an appointment as well. So happy for you that you are feeling better.

Wow, so glad the doctor finally discovered what the problem was. I hate suffering. Wishing you all the best!🙏🏿❤

We were on the same boat. After all the years of suffering heartburn, chest pain, high blood pressure. To the extent my primary doctor thought i am suffering from depression so she ordered me an anti-depressant medication which i am not compliant to take it because i know myself emotionally & physically. I know something is going on not just psychologically. After GI consult, found out today i also have hiatal hernia after doing Endoscopy today.

Keep up the great work Michael.

Watching from tokyo japan. thank you so much for sharing this video.

I wonder if my severe resistant hypertension is from Hiatel hernia? I was just diagnosed with this last month with hiatal hernia. I suffered for 10 yrs! No one figured out what was causing my epigastric pain for years. Multiple visits to the ER. Doctors told me it was “anxiety “ causing my hypertension, then sent me home. They treated me like I was a nut case, that I felt insulted. So glad that I found a good chiropractor in my local areas to discover this. My heart goes out to this man, as I know what he suffered. So happy for him that he is healed thanks to great healers like you.

I need your help. I have been suffering with this for years. Please reach out. I'm so glad this video was on here everything this gentleman is talking it's all going on with me.

I have the exact same breathing problems for the last 12 months!! I’ve been diagnosed with a small sliding hiatus hernia a few months ago after a barium swallow test. Have been on ppi medication for 10 years. I’m scheduled to have Nissan Fundoplication surgery in 2 months time. The breathing issues have given me no choice but to go through with the surgery. Watching this video and reading the comments makes me feel like I’m not alone this is exactly what I’ve been going through. Been to so many doctors and specialists here in New Zealand

These are exactly my symptoms, I was almost feeling like you were telling my exact story.

Bro I’m crying because this is me 😢😢😢

This sounds exactly what I have. The emotion in his eyes is exactly what I’m going through.

Yes thank you for sharing.

THANK YOU

Wow! His story is similar to mine! I’ve been to the ER 50+ times from 2011 on, with severe high blood pressure, which eventually caused a stroke. Doctors couldn’t find out the cause, but did find a 1 inch Hiatus Hernia in an CT scan; so they sent me home and said to see my PCP along with taking pharmaceuticals. Got to a point that I stopped going to MDs because I was tired of them treating me like an Anxiety nut case and lazy to find the cause. I suffer from severe acid reflux that I need to sleep on three pillows and now have EOE eosphillic Esophagitis. I don’t know how to heal and cannot find a chiropractor in my area that’s specialized in treating a Hiatal Hernia. So until then, I’m stuck with a Hiatal Hernia, EOE, acid reflux, and resistant hypertension.

Thank you for sharing

This is me for 16 years I’m crying now

Im currently in the same shoes . Fatigue Acid reflux and Shortness of breath . Any movement leaves me breathless.

Omg am going through the same things omg omg I know what he was going through am here Still getting the run around from doctors here in Jamaica I wish I could have this treatment am so happy your feeling better am wishing for my better day

I know exactly what he means, I've been suffering with mine for nearly 20 years. I've cut foods and drinks from my diet that caused the acid reflux, and heart burn, after fixing that issue, I lost the weight, and things seemed livable for several years, but in recent, body isnt getting any younger and things seem to be breaking down even harder, I run out of breath just from walking from one side of my house to the other, can't really do simple tasks as easly anymore without help, and just the recent issue that popped up, I can't really eat much anymore. My stomach will swell into my lungs causing even more difficulty to breathe, and sharp pains will start to pop up all around that area. I'm down to eating a very small meal once a day now. I don't even really feel hungry much anymore. I have to force myself to eat the small meal, just to keep my family happy.

This is me!!! I have been to so many er’s and it’s really impacted my quality of life. I had to quit my job due to this reason and dr’s could never figure out the problem. They always tell me it’s a panic attack or anxiety but I know something is wrong. I’ve been taking ppi’s for years but nothing is helping.

So glad this worked for Michael. Is it possible to get off PPIs if you have a large hital hernia? I have been on them for a very long time and have a large hital hernia. I have had acid reflux for 47 years found out I had a small hital hernia about 25 years ago. It has been probably been giving me issues for a really long time but the last 5 years have gotten worse with heart palpitations and shortness of breath sometimes. Also a slow heart rate at night. I also have SIBO that I manage with diet. I know I am gluten sensitive and lactose sensitive. I feel pretty hopeless with it all.

Thank you doctor Peterson

Do you guys do virtual consultations? I lice in the uk have a sliding heital hernia and need some advice.

It took me 12months to figure out that I have hietal hernia.. the worst 12 months of my life

Omg I totally relate with the breathing problems I have a small sliding hiatal hernia. And have anxiety big time

Everything Michael went through is what I went through and continue to go through. I'm at over 25 ER visits and things are getting progressively worse. I've lost 80+lbs, went fully Vegan, and have made other huge life changes but nothing is making it better. I just put your phone number in my phone and I'll be calling tomorrow. Happy tears after seeing this video!

I've been telling my docs for 5 years now that the anxiety seemed as if it was coming from something physical. And of course they just kept sending me to my psychiatrist. I KNEW it wasn't mental though.. & finally had it confirmed after begging my doc to check my hiatal hernia.. So they did a barium swallow which showed I have a Large non reducible hiatal hernia and severe spontaneous gastroesophageal reflux to the thoracic inlet level. Thankfully I have an appointment with a surgeon coming up on the 10th. I can't wait to have all these symptoms resolve. I'm willing to bet I don't actually have copd.. I think it's from the hernia.. Because all the symptoms all began right around the same time.

I'm going through the exact same thing! Ive been dealing with all these symptoms. They sent me for an ultrasound. That doesn't even show a hiatal hernia but they were ruling out things. Next i go for an endoscopy. I hope i can get this taken care of. Prilosec just isnt helping enough. This even cause uvulitus twice from the stomach acids. Not fun! I want my life back too!! God bless!

When I reduced my weight under a certain amount my stomach pain at night disappeared, some people just cant carry any weight, I have a 500 gram container of salad and a larger container of fruit and I eat that first before eating anything else ( tastes just as good as other junk food if you mix it right ) the fruit and salad didn't cure the pain, having less weight did. The fruit and salad is a very good long term fix

Im in tears because I am so very happy for Michael’s progress/success. For twelve years I’ve been enduring hell and have had to go to the ER to the point that my savings was depleted. I haven’t been able to work for twelve years and lost a music career just when I was about to go on tour. I was told I have a hiatal hernia in the past year and a half and they been trying to medicate me as well, I wont have it. Now, I have been diagnosed with mild dextro-scoliosis, when I never had it having gotten extensive scans of my spine and x-rays before. I feel like this hernia is causing my spinal instability. A slew of symptoms are being endured along with deficiency issues. So i feel so stuck, have had to do a tin or research to learn how to talk to these doctors who do nothing to help. Since I don’t want to take meds they are not really invested at all. I am glad someone is spared this anguish. I am in Pa, but would come to FL

I have a large hiatal hernia and have some of these symptoms. I avoid coffee and soft drinks and liquor. I have to eat smaller meals and get anxiety if I eat out because after eating I get lightheaded and semi dizzy for about a half hour. It has put a major halt in my socialite. Doctors answer is proton pump inhibitors, I.e. Prilosec, Protonix, etc., etc. They don’t work for me. I don’t get much heart burn, but get lots of belching and bloating.

I have same kind of problem . I have been dieting listening what doctor Peterson has been saying. it does helps me alot .

I'm going through the exact same thing it's crazy I have been to the ER so many times Its insane. I had a endoscopy was told I had a hiatal hernia then a cardiologist told me after the fact and was told I don't have one Im always short of breath and I go through times I feel so tight in my diaphragm area and can't breathe correctly and take unconscious deep breaths like sighs every so often then it goes away after days. I have been told I have anxiety and no one knows what it is I really need a doctor like this it's unbearable I can't play with my kids and doctors say there is nothing wrong there is something wrong it has really impacted my life negatively the brain fog can't think clearly it's bad

He sounds just like me. My life has been a nightmare for a year and a half. All doctors say it’s anxiety. They know I have a “small” hiatal hernia. Chest pain, belching, gastritis, constipation, back pain, abdominal pain, SOB, heart palpitations, depression. Nothing but a nightmare. All day, everyday. The anxiety and depression are horrible and can’t be stopped I keep telling them it’s a vagal nerve dysfunction from hernia. They tell me nothing can be done, take some pills and see a shrink. I give them all my money for nothing. Good luck to everyone with this problem

My stomach feels stuck! I cant bring it down and its making me feel like its in my head!

I like the way this sounds. But I have to ask, is this a cure? Do these adjustments make the HH go away forever? Thank you

wow i have the same things. what are some simple tips?

I been suffering from cheast pain, palpitations and asthma attacks,and lately my stomach is always burping and heartburn.is it a sign of hernia?

I have a hiatal hernia, Gerd, HBP, Sleep Apnea, Asthma, Restrictive impairment of lungs. Whewwww...Sometimes so overwhelming!

Do you have any medical center here in Australia, Sydney ?

I have been in the ER 3 times already this year for difficulty breathing and acid reflux. They didn't see a hernia in my endoscopy but I had. a huge stricture at the base of my throat. Had heart, lungs checked out and all were fine. Was told it was just anxiety as well. But I'm sure it's related to my stomach.

Yes they diagnosed me with anxiety for the same symptoms. Dr. Vicky can you reach out please.

same in the UK. was diagnosed with Hiatal Hernia about two years ago, I had a back and forth for about 3-4 month because they kept telling me it was stress and anxiety. and even after they found it they still said that my breathing issues had nothing to do with it.

This sounds just like what's going on with me, I do have large hital hernia but they seem to think it's nothing serious, but when you can't breathe right and anxiety thru the roof then sometimes it feels like it's getting twisted...

Am goin thru most of these..n it feels so terrible..idk wat else I shud do..am goin to call

Is it full remedy or temporary treatment then all symptoms will come again.?

Have been suffering from this for many years now I can't even work, I need your help please 😔 😢

I was feeling sgortness of breath A LOT of chest pains. Been to ER at least a dozen times because of chest pains .I was told I'm suffering from anxiety depression and somatic system disorder. Felt a lump in my throat got an endoscopy done. Told I have a hiatial hernia . Told it won't bother me. Still having chest pains shortness of breath. Sent to see a cardiologist and lung specialist. Heart fine but have a little bit of asthma. Not sure if im truly convinced on that as im not winded working out or going for walks. Hearing others are experiencing what I have makes me feel im not crazy...thanks for this. Any recommendations for Ontario Canada?

Hi Dr Petersen, I've experienced the same symptoms as described in the above video. I've had severe constant shortness of breath, chest pain, acid reflux, and difficultly swallowing. I've been diagnosed with Acid Reflux and Anxiety, and have been prescribed PPIs and recently anti depressants. I've been The PPIs did not work and I'm hesitant to try the anti depressants because I don't feel these symptoms are caused by any anxiety, and I feel I am going through exactly what you have described in your videos. I'm 20 years old, and I live in the UK, would I be able to have a phone call consultation with the clinic?

I’ve been having problems for about a year now. It started with shortness of breath after eating. First they tested me for COVId which came up negative. They sent me to a cardiologist and all was good. Then they said its probably gerd so I started taking ppi blockers which caused the food and acid to come up which helped the pressure and shortness of breath temporarily but food now comes up which never did before. I still have chest pains and shortness of breath. I’m getting a scope done in October to verify if I have a hernia. I’ve been struggling to figure out what’s going on so I feel this guy’s struggle.

I have a hiatal hernia 3cm. I have bad anxiety with anxiety symptoms like dizziness, tiredness , excessive sweating. Then I have lpr, shortness of breath, stomach pain etc. I am miserable and I hate it!!!!

I am having the same issues and the same medical runaround to a range of specialists. I am considered a troublemaker because I refuse to take the prescribed, side-effect-ridden medications.

Can people outside US get your help in treating this disease?

I have same symptoms have trouble breathing it’s serious acid reflux and pain is bad it’s burnt my toncils and one is swollen and feeling sick from acid all the time

Dr Vicki Peterson: I have that same problem I have acid coming up after I eat my sphincter is so louse and not closing where you located at!

How can I get in touch with you Dr?

Hello Dr. Vicky, I've had shortness of breath for the longest period of my life now - 10 months. I still have. I wanted to know if the shortness of breath sometimes becomes so acute that it appears as though the air was sucked out of your lung. Is that something your patients complain about at any time?

Also, what is the name of this place or where is it. Im trying to obtain some answers from you respectfully of course. Again, breathing issues out of nowhere, cant eat anything, stressed, panic attacks, and all i get is pills pills and more pills. Anxiety and antacid. Oh its not enough heres a higher dose. Why???

Did you operate him or just fixed his HH?

Did you have surgery to correct the hernia ?

I'm having the same problem. I was diagnosed with a small hiatal hernia. I was told that would not be why I was shortness of breath, chess pain, and brain fog. I can't take this feeling anymore and need help on treatment. Please help me start my heal.

Dr. Vikki are you also doing online consultations, I am from abroad I also experienced similar sympthoms

This is very sad so many of us suffered the same thing and we have to come to the internet to find answers. I’m dealing with the same issue for years now 😢

Do you know of a clinic in Alberta Canada that uses your same procedures? Thank you.

hello please explain to me ... I did blood tests and heart ECG and everything is fine, I have symptoms: bloating, shortness of breath that lasts all day I have to breathe deeply to breathe I have heartburn, stomach acid for years I trained and worked hard work eating fatty foods and drinking energy drinks I wonder if there is a possibility of having a hernia? I sleep well without any problems and I eat well and ride a bike for many years, I noticed that I get tired, I've had all this for a year ...

Can totally relate to everything this guys says.. In 2018 I started having heart palpitations then chest pains and shortness of breath. Sent for heart tests and given a device to wear to monitor my heart which proved nothing other than my heart was functioning properly then sent for angiogram nothing from that apart from being told my heart was in tip top condition and finally concluded the reason was I was having panic attacks and stress disorder.. Prescribed ssri meds which I refused coz I know how dangerous they are and I just went ahead with life.. Used to wake up most nights in panic no real reason apart from the vagus nerve deciding I shouldn’t be allowed to sleep.. Just recently went to doctors with what I thought was a sore throat and turns out to be a sliding hiatus hernia which is causing me to gag and choke all the time and is making my life miserable.. Also diagnosed with barrats esophagus which up to now isn’t too bad but for me the hernia is a bigger problem as im used to being active and regularly went to kick boxing and went out cycling but now as soon as i move i start choking on this damned hernia as it slides up..😢 I dont think I’ve ever felt this miserable and even getting out of bed to go to work is an effort

I have every symptom the fellow has described, except... no reflux, no GERD, no stomach or chest pain. The giveaway for me is palpitations after eating. The fatigue is often debilitating, brain fog big time. Wish I could afford the costs.

I feel the same specially about the shortness of breath and pain in my diaphragm. At times this pain has been horrible. I am scheduled for surgery in a months time. I have peripheral neuropathy so I have a lot of pain, so what’s 1 pain more after surgery if I am going to get better? Hopefully so.

Hi i expirience exactly the same 😢 its hell. Wonder how you doing now. Hopw you feel better

I've been to the hospital many times and now I can't breathe after doing very little activity. It's been a year and a half and I'm so depressed. Last time I went to the hospital I told them my kidneys were killing me, I have bad chest left pain and crippling anxiety, I was having dizzy spells, I throw up at times.They did a heart test, CT, urine test then discharged me saying I wasn't constipated. Not the reason I went there. I just read over my CT results from that visit- it says Bochdalek hernia, blood in my urine, swollen ureter tube and lobular kidney. Never mentioned any of it. C.diff. I feel like I will die before I find relief. I want to go back to work and my grandparents are in their 90s and I am struggling so hard to keep up. I sleep

Where is this place located???? What state

Aww man I love the feeling after visiting a chiropractor.

I started having issues with coughing, and I did have some burning, but that wasn’t my main symptom. A family member told me it could be acid reflex with a hiatal hernia. They only knew that because they have dealt with it before and sure enough I had a hiatal hernia, and my chiropractor pushed it down for me.

Is there anywhere like this in the UK, everything you have been through is me! I can’t bend now🥺

The issues Michael was having sounded similar to mine. I went for a endoscopy and was diagnosed with a large hiatal hernia. Over half of my stomach above my diaphragm. He sent me for a barium swallow. They said I did not have a hiatal hernia. I'm still suffering from feeling hard to breathe, bloated, a little burning in stomach and gurgling noises coming from right below sternum when I breathe in. Not sure what I need to do next. I already have anxiety issues before all this started and now it's worse due to feeling like I can't get enough breath. I'd appreciate you let me know if it's a possibility to be diagnosed with hiatal hernia but then a barium swallow says different. Thanks. Edit: Oh and the fatigue and brain fog is very much what im experiencing too. I can sleep 10-12 hours a day and still feel exhausted all day.

Very relatable! Any idea how he’s doing to this day??

I took doxycycline for allergies, but after the second pill, I experienced severe mental and physical side effects, including body aches, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness. I was unable to eat and had to call 911 for an ambulance due to my condition. I have a history of stomach issues, including ulcers, gastritis, a hiatal hernia, and a swollen colon, which was never treated. Since taking doxycycline, I've been experiencing constant brain fog for 8 months, which was initially misdiagnosed as anxiety and depression. However, I believe the medication has caused ongoing stomach problems that are affecting my mental clarity (brain fog).

Is there a clinic in Spokane Washington that treats Hiata Hernia?

My son is goin through exactly all that!! Am so confused the doctors keep saying he is ok & he is not !! He really need help ! Don’t know wat else to do

Hello Doctor. Do you have clinic in Utah? The same here. Struggle with my breathing for over the year now. On special diet, but still...having panic attack. Can not leave my usual happy social life

Hello Dr I got lots of problems after colonoscopy I did my colonoscopy 25 days a go and I still get Diarrhea and sharp pain in stomach and Hiatal hernia and right lower back pain . I wish I never did the colonoscopy I feel terrible. I went back to the doctor and he put me on pantoprazole sod DR 40 mg . Please let me know

I have been going through this for 12 months. I have no life all I can do is lie down. I’m in Australia and everyone tells me it’s anxiety. It’s ruined my families life my kids are young but distancing themselves because they are so sick of it. I have no life and I’ve spent 12 months fighting to live and now I just don’t see the point continuing to try and fight to live when it’s this miserable

could high cholesterol be a symptom? i have half of my stomach above my diagphram... i have all of these symptoms plus high hemoglobin hematocrit... im just curious about the chokesterol issue?

I am going through the same problem right now. I need to call

No night panic attacks when trying to sleep?

Do you treat people from abroad. I have symptoms on my right side. Had Gerd acid reflux. My diaphragm is up in my chest. Endoscopy done nothing came up. Lots of headache and tinnitus. Is there any way of helping me? I am in the United Kingdom. I am suffering.

I think this might be my issue. My quality of life has diminished. I have not worked since July 2020. Acid reflux, had 2 endoscopies , told everything is normal. Took omeprazole, pantoprazole now on dexilant. My chest flares up like this bad heartburn, it hurts sometimes to bend over, sitting is uncomfortable too. I sweat profusely, shake and get headaches . Brain fog and eye twitching as well. Told a million times it’s anxiety z

So what exactly did you guys do to fix this? Is it kiro adjustments?

I had endoscopy and they dilated the glottis so I could eat and swallow. But they saw my hernia s 6 cm so now they want to do surgery. I am scared.

I am also suffered with haital hernia since last summer 2021 i think from an eating injury and poor lifestyle am also positive with h.pylori. I can't have job now because I always not feeling well. I DON'T have haital hernia before. -Jerome (i used my mom phone)

Hello, this is almost exactly how my situation is.. but when I lay down that’s when the palpitations start and I’ve had all the cardio test echocardiogram stress test and all normal they put me on beta blockers to try to stop the palpitations. I need to see you guys

Me too!! It's 4:25 AM in New York and all they keep doing is giving me medication and medication and I'm in pain and I know it's this hernia they run in my family and I had children back-to-back and I used to get extreme Charlie horses in the upper left quadrant of my abdomen and I just need help and my PC P won't help the gastro won't help😢 I've had this 42 and a half years probably longer but it's been hurting me and affecting me 42 and a half years I'm a caregiver for my mom with late stage Alzheimer's and I'm just begging for help

I have had a hiatal hernia for several years!! Recently at 69 years of age I am having heart palpitations and they are worse when laying on left side. So it is positional!! I am having horrific headaches that when I get up they either are better or go away?? They are wanting me to see a cardiologist. ?????

Im having anxiety attacks only when laying down to sleep, shortness of breath, heavy chest, . I always thought something felt like pressure pushing up . My doctor dismissed the HH.

I have a similar horror story about the medical merry go round. Multiple doctors no answers and the pc is useless except for my temperature and blood pressure. Dang I was diagnosed with many issues when I finally saw a neurologist who found I have anemia, 3 pinched nerves 1 in each section cervical, thoracic and lumbar, Neuromuscular Scoliosis ! What 😮 anxiety depression CPTSD, and MECFS. I was stunned as I had been to a dozen doctors spent a lot of hours and got jerked around. It really ignited my CPTSD I feel it every time now when I have to go to the doctor. I was pissed off that it was diagnosed 17 years ago by my doctor neighbor a prominent doctor, pediatrician. He only had a X-ray! No one has ever seen or paid attention when I told them. Multiple neurosurgeons 5, 1 Orthopedic surgeon, supposedly the best, multiple pcp two of who were the np and were verbally abusive! Dont see the np ! Of course I had to seek mental health treatment. It has robbed me of living for 17 years. The damn NP and the doctors and others from 11/19/2018 until today cuz they don’t read the prior documents they require you to have prior to a maybe visit. I offered extensive information and documentation they ignored it completely. 1 actually saying oh I don’t need that 😮. Just prior to Covid they wanted physical therapy and injections of which is well explained in the history as being unsuccessful. Physical therapy was out cuz I couldn’t do it physically. I earned a blackbelt in kickboxing just prior to the problem but they all assumed I was lazy and told me just walk for 10 or 15 minutes a day. I was doing that with my dog for a mile a day prior to 11/18 . Man I was extremely frustrated! Then came all the symptoms and bam that was over due to overwhelming anxiety and exhaustion. I am recovering from 2 of the 5 surgeries I needed and found a great doc. I am so ready for 3 and 4 being done in one day oh yes 2 surgeries were and are from carpal tunnel both right and left. I have a negative attitude hmmm I wonder why! More damage than good! But I have the right pc and neurosurgeon now so I’m eased for now. We need to gather all the patient stories 1 being from an actual neurosurgeon herself same situation different personal experiences pointing to the reason we allow them to treat us poorly. In Fl you cannot find a good doctor cuz now its effin connoisseur!

I am going through the same thing and it's scary.

I have the exact same situation which he describes. I got myself checked by a dozen doctors related to Heart and lungs. They say everything is fine. The shortness of breath and chest pain during office time become so much worse. Can Dr. Vikki and their team guide me on what approach I should go for? Should I go to a doctor specialist for a hiatal hernia in my region and get my endoscopy done?

what about people living outside the US

This is so my story how do I get into contact with someone that can help me