that stinks man. respect, I gotta learn to JUST DEAL like that. I really let this stuff get me down. not so much with the lyme disease anymore, but all this new stuff
idk they didn't tell me what a Z line is, but I gather it's a line in the esophagus (between upper and lower, or between the esophagus and stomach, I dunno). apparently it's usually somewhat irregular-shaped, but if it looks especially weird there's a chance it means something serious
the hiatal hernia is where part of the stomach goes above the diaphragm into the cavity where the esophagus is located. apparently, it can be caused by violent vomiting and coughing. I had both of those problems just before my stomach problems started, so my guess is that that's what's causing the problem, and it's been slowly healing all this time. when this all started, I used to feel like throwing up whenever I ate anything. to me, it sounds like the food was getting caught in the hernia (wow gross). that's just a guess tho, the doctors haven't ever been able to tell me anything besides "maybe these medicines will help"