Hi all,

My wife started having the following symptoms in the last month or 2:
1. Severe bloating after eating anything followed by excessive burping after 30mins that lasts for hours. Sometimes it causes her to puke and that relieves the pressure for a while.
2. Persistent stomach distension (she looks 5 months pregnant) - Her BMI is approx 27
3. Some dull pelvic pain every now and then but no bleeding/mucus, shes not on her period yet due to coming off breastfeeding.
 

So far we've been to a gastro doctor who refered us to a Gynae doc because he felt an enlarged uterus (he mentioned fibroids in the uterus after doing an ultrasound and small amounts of ascites), the Gynae is a doctor we had 2 years ago because we went in for fertility issues at the time (trying for 2nd child) and was scheduled for a keyhole surgery because he said she has cyst on ovaries/Endometriosis. That op was cancelled due to covid and we sucessfully had our 2nd son via C section.

6 months later, the symptions above started surfacing.

First I suspect she has SIBO (Small Intestines Bacterial Overgrowth) which can cause excessive gas, she cant control her burps as they just come out uncontrollably and sometimes farts too. She use to take Omeprezole on and off for about 1-2 years, she was on it last for approx 2-3 months (20mg a day from GP), I've asked her to stop taking it and her burping/bloating feeling seems to have reduced but acid reflux has started (i read it could be acid rebound) but could also be her food intake has reduced alot too (1 slice of toast, grapes/1 yogurt for lunch, soup for dinner with bread).

Omeprazole reduces stomach acid and I read this could be a reason for the bloating/not enough stomach acid to digest meaning it ferments the food? The last time she puked we saw a piece of mushroom ate 2-3 days ago, could the food be sitting in the stomach all this time? I read the stomach empties itself by approx 4-6 hours and it all goes into the small intestines. Her poop is a bit loose but goes regularly (every day or 2), partial intestine block?

Regardless of this, her stomach today is still large, she had MRI and CT scan today, the wait for the results is unknown as the next appointment is 3 weeks time. My mum passed away from ovarian cancer 5 years ago and this is the first thing I thought of due to persistant bloated stomach (physically large) but she didnt have the excessive burping.

Does anyone have similar symptoms or stories? I don't know if the symptoms are related or 2 seperate issues, I read endometriosis can mimic ovarian cancer symptoms but not found anyone/article with the same issues.

Thank you for your time!