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Post by painttheseconds on Apr 27, 2011 14:32:12 GMT -5
I'm taking it easy. Had some ginger ale and saltines. Even though I'm hungry I still feel really nauseous from the anesthesia. I was completely knocked out, but the weird part is that I felt some pain here and there and then went back out of it. The nurse said that some people will feel gas pains and that's probably what I was experiencing. I don't remember anything else except coming out of the anesthesia crying. I tend to do that and since they wouldn't give me any anxiety stuff I think that made it worse. My Mom just came and held me which was sweet. I revert to little girl apparently when I come out of anesthesia. I don't have stomach ulcers, but he did say that the gastritis is probably what's been causing the abdominal pain. I don't take ibuprofen all that often if I can help it, but I did take it this past Monday which could have caused some inflammation. I'm supposed to have a follow up with my doctor and the pathology reports should come back in a week. I also have to get cleared so I can go back to work. My doctor is busy for the rest of this week so I won't be going back for awhile. Don't know how happy my work is about that, but it's obviously something I can't help.
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Post by gemstone on Apr 27, 2011 14:31:28 GMT -5
Glad you've had some answers sweets, feel better soon
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Post by JC on Apr 27, 2011 14:44:46 GMT -5
Oh screw work. You could use the time off to recover and shake off all the crazy medical stuff they have done to you. I'm so glad your mom was there. That is really sweet to have her there to help you through it. I hope this explains why you have been so sick and that you can get some help finally.
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Post by Karen on Apr 27, 2011 17:10:53 GMT -5
^ ditto what Jenaya said!!
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Post by painttheseconds on Apr 29, 2011 23:32:57 GMT -5
I got all my pathology results back and they were negative. He's given me a new probiotic to try and my diagnosis other then possible IBS is gastritis. He didn't really give me any suggestions to help with that so I pretty much feel like I'm back at square one.
I have an appointment with a naturopath the 18th so I'm hoping she can help me with all the stomach issues I've been having. I'm miserable today and in pain. My Mom left this morning and I'm just feeling alone and helpless.
I know things will get better at some point, but right now it doesn't feel that way.
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Post by hellsbells on Apr 30, 2011 6:38:11 GMT -5
Good news and bad - same story for all of us. Glad there's nothing wrong but that doesn't give you any answers. This situation is very frustrating. The probiotics may help. I still believe IBS is not a disease or problem in itself, but a symptom of something else. Inflammation maybe, or food allergies/intolerances. Thing is, effective bowels play such a huge part in overall wellbeing that until we get these issues sorted out there's not a cat-in-hell's-chance of feeling as well as we should. I do feel your frustration x
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Post by JC on Apr 30, 2011 6:57:43 GMT -5
Not that I was hoping something was wrong with you but I was at least hoping for some answers. I wish there was more that could be done. Do you have a follow up with your doctor? There should at least be something that can help alleviate your symptoms.
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Post by gemstone on Apr 30, 2011 7:10:11 GMT -5
Sorry lovely, it's horrible not having answers when you KNOW there's something not right. Keep your chin up
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Post by cherry on Apr 30, 2011 7:17:52 GMT -5
Helen I like your summation as IBS being symptoms for something else. Doctors forget this when they sometimes lump you with that diagnosis and then expect you to accept and get on with it. It's like a lazy diagnosis because further investigation is too complex in relation to what they feel are mild symptoms. I might start a 'I don't believe in IBS' society. It's a syndrome rather than a disease after all and seems to just sidestep any further tests because they've given you a name to knock yourself out with. Anyway, Paint I hope you can feel a little better in yourself soon and I wish you hadn't been left by your doc with nothing else to go on. One thing that keeps me afloat rather than letting me fall to pieces is when they give you some information to the go away and think about and research. I've been really lucky in that I've basically been able to work out what causes my digestive issues and BM issues, I really wish for you to find the same peace of mind soon. Helen what was the further testing you had that basically ascertained once and for all that you DID have an H. Pylori issue still? Is that a possibility in all of this guys? That it could be an H Pylori problem? Maybe amongst other things?
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Post by hellsbells on Apr 30, 2011 7:45:38 GMT -5
First time I was diagnosed was through a blood test, which picks up the antigens. Subsequesnt 3 times was through a stool test. Paint, didn't you have a biopsy that was checking for H.Pylori? Was that negative too?
Sadly, the improvement I had was fairly short lived after treating it, and I half suspect it was the antibiotics that helped 'clear me out' rather than eradicating H. Pylori.
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Post by painttheseconds on Apr 30, 2011 9:55:11 GMT -5
My biopsy for H. Pylori came back negative as well as my biopsy for celliac disease.
I know somethings wrong because my andoscopy showed inflammation in my stomach. The doctor is calling it gastritis, but I don't know if that's what it really is. I still have Bentyl for pain which does help it just makes me sleep forever.
I'm just going to keep working on my diet and keeping a food journal of what makes me sick and what makes my stomach cramp up. Hopefully when I see the naturopath she'll be more helpful.
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Post by Karen on Apr 30, 2011 11:04:00 GMT -5
I really hope the naturopath will help. I think we often look to 'regular' docs for answers because they are more educated, but at the end of the day, if something doesn't fit into their checklist of a disease, they often just seem to throw their hands up in the air and say 'well, I don't know!' and claim they can't to anything to help until they have a 'diagnosis'. It's incredibly frustrating! Naturopaths are trained to alleviate symptoms and get the body to work better in general, despite having a diagnosis or not, which sounds like something you could benefit from.
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Post by JC on Apr 30, 2011 13:57:09 GMT -5
Wow Karen I never thought of it like that! I'm always diagnosis driven too but it doesn't mean we can't make ourselves feel better in the process. Such a great way to look at it!
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Post by Karen on Apr 30, 2011 15:26:23 GMT -5
I'm always determined to get the diagnosis, too, but if there are things we can do in the meantime to get some quality of life and sanity back, I'm all for it! It's just frustrating that the traditional medical community sees things so much more linear. Investigation -> Diagnosis -> Treatment. The integrative/alternative side of medicine has a totally different approach of identifying and alleviating symptoms. Honestly, if I FEEL better, it's not so important to know what made me feel awful, though it certainly helps.
It's a damn shame that the healthcare industry often vilifies this approach and we're caught in the midst of it, feeling crappy, while being poked and prodded and feeling exactly the same throughout until we get that diagnosis. And then, once we have a diagnosis, it's often just an excuse to explain why we feel so crappy and nothing more.
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Post by painttheseconds on Apr 30, 2011 16:00:28 GMT -5
I would just like to feel better. I don't even necessarily need a specific diagnosis and besides medical diagnosis can be wrong at least in my experience.
Before my endo diagnosis I was diagnosed with a million other things before I had my lap and then the Dr.'s were like oh it's endo.
I'm just ready for it to be May so I can meet my naturopath.
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