Congrats on stopping smoking 2 weeks ago, keep it up, that will help a ton!
So sorry to hear of your serious medical issues at such a relatively young age. The anemia (low red blood cell count) is concerning and the source of bleeding must be found, which should be apparent soon from the EGD esophageal-gastro-duodenoscopy (fiberoptic scope). A common place to bleed from is from a stomach ulcer, and herniation of the stomach into the chest cavity can increase the irritation of the top part that slips up into the chest. That part, the antrum, is where acid is produced in the stomach. Acid reducers such as proton pump inhibitors and antacids can help. A cardiologist can't help find out where bleeding is from. If the EGD is unrevealing, colonoscopy is reasonable to consider.
Thanks for the concern.
I did the gastroscopy last Monday as scheduled. Unfortunately they had to keep me in hospital for 24 hour observation since during the procedure I encountered some problems with my respiration under anaestisia.
As regards the gastroscopy my surgeon told me they found severe duodenitis and he is thinking that most probably I lost blood due to this very severe duodenitis. CLO test was negative. He put me on another type of medicine and removed me the Losec. Strangely enough he mentioned though nothing about the hernia and he said that there is no need for an operation and if I continue to see blood in my stools they will do a capsule endoscopy.
Today am going to a cardiac/lung surgeon since I am having some sort of problems with either my circulation or respiratory system.
Am still confused if I have to either change surgeon and take a second opinion as regards my stomach problems (hernia) or else stress my surgeon to try another Nissen since I think that if I have a hernia that is one third of my stomach this can create problems in my duodenum or other parts of my gastro system and medication never helped in my case.