Glad you are checking the GI route but I have had this with my current flair. I am so tender and swollen in the stomach. It was painful just sitting up. It's always worse when I increase prednisone. That shape is part of the side effects. It has seemed to improve as I am getting better. You must be checked for ulcers. If they don't find anything try looking up Lupus and gastrointestinal on google. You may be surprised at what this disease can do.

Thank You. So far they have checked my gall bladder and it came back fine so they said gerd but everything they have told me to do for gerd just don't help the bloating or pain

I have nasty GI symptoms. My upper abdomen is always tender. Since March of last year I've lost over 40 lbs. The most they've been able to tell me is GERD, h pylori infection and IBS. I would ask to have an h pylori overgrowth test. It can wreak havoc on your GI sytem, is linked with Lupus and is hard to get rid of. I've done 2 treatments of heavy duty antibiotics and they still haven't wiped it out. I also bloat and get pains and nausea from eating... and sometimes even not eating lol. They've done all kinds of tests and don't seem to have much of a clue other than the h pylori

Thank you. I will do that tomorrow

Yes I had that it was a henia, I had it removed, and now I can eat without pain. And my stomach went down. Go to your gastro Dr to see if that what it is.