Posted by rvanson on June 11, 2006, at 18:00:12 [reposted on June 11, 2006, at 18:11:53 | original URL]
In reply to Persistent Stomach Pain-Scared-Advice Please!, posted by Tom Twilight on June 8, 2006, at 14:51:17
> Apologies, I know really belongs on the health board, but I’ll post it here because I’m better known on this board.
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> I’ve long suspected that I suffer from some form of digestive “problem”
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> Its recently got really bad though, last two months
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> I Should have done something about it sooner but I’m to depressed and anxious.
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> To cut a long story short I’m experiencing a lot of er gas, for wont of a better word, bloating, persistent diarrhea /loose stools, having to “go” all the time
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> Worst of all is the pain!
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> I’ve been waiting to see if this will settle down by itself, but it doesn’t show any signs of doing so :(
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> Tried Imodium, Ginger, peppermint oil e.c.t with no results
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> When I mentioned this to my GP he told me that I probably had IBS which had worsened as a result of discontinuing Marplan (!)
> Even though the two things did not strictly co-inside
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> He didn’t want to do anything about it, no tests nothing
> Give it a few weeks he suggested
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> Question is Firstly: What the *Hecks* wrong with me?-Could it be Colitis or Crohn's Disease?
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> Secondly: What should I do about it?
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> The only idea I’ve had so far is to go and see another GP and beg for help!
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> Don’t have Hypochondria, and actually hate going to the doctors, because there so unhelpful, (this is the UK!)
>Sounds like IBS to me, but I am not a doctor.
Pepto-Bismol helps me better then anything I have tried.
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