Pain and loose stools every morning - sound familiar?

Hi Kinder145101

snap!

I was told 9 months ago it was IBS, I thoight really but ran with it. Now I suffer bad constipation, blood in stool, indigestion and such bad gas.

I have altered my diet to, I noticed just eating White meat and fish my stomach settled and only had red meat once a week, I.e steak or bacon sandwich it's actually tough cause we actually eat a lot red meat when you think of, lasagne etc.

But it's now got so bad but I've lost a lot of weight, I will be doing that lovely stuff to get ready for my colonoscopy on the 8th June.

All I can say is hang in there, and your so not alone this test how ever odd it will be will give that finally ans no guess work!

Have you had your bloods taken yet?

Be good to see what you blood count is & iron level also liver function mine came back today.

My iron is not right which shows a sign of a bleed somewhere, they are telling me two things IBS or Celiac Disease.

I hope you get the results you need to get better, and if ever you feel fed up or need chat we are all here to lean on!

Good luck

Zara x

HI kinder,

Your symptoms sound nothing more then ibs to me. There isn't anything alarming there so don't stress at all. Poop is also almost never normal with ibs and as I said it doesn't look like there is anything there to worry about.

I have not had a ct scan but had a barium meal on two occasions before to look at esophagus and it is nothing to worry about . The most it will cause you is a bit of constipation and white stools for a few days . You can always take a mild laxative afterwards if you want. The side effects you are talking about are extremely rare and docs can take care of side effects that arise so relax. You'll be absolutely fine.

Have a good evening.

have you tried leaving of the smoothie , the oats and the salad 

these can cause problems in some people lettuce is totaly indigestable 

in fact if you give to much to rabbits you kill them with direeh . 

i have fibro and i can tmanage salad at all and i love it , oats rip thru me to and as for smoothies if you purifi veg its going to go through the same way it went in . 

trying leaving them of for a while,

and give your liver a gentle detox by getting bottled still water , poor in to a 2 pint fridge jug slice and peel half a cucumber into it and drink as much as you can

.my stools are normal now after months of problems worth a try .it cant hurt .   and just to say i can eat a mac donalds no problem but give me a salad and i am in agoney get constipated windy then direeh .

 

Hi,

I've done a colonoscopy 5 years ago... the prep is not too bad as long as you're at home - close to the toilet. The colonocopy itself - I didn't feel a thing - I was asleep. They did not find anything through it though. Good and bad at the same time. Good luck.

Hiya,

Have you been tested for bile acid malabsorption with a sehcat test? (BAM for short). It is a common condition in as many as 1 in 3 ibs-d sufferers & can be treated with simple prescription medication. I have had colitis(under control presently) for over 2.5yrs, have ibs-d, & recently been diagnosed with BAM & fructose malabsorption. I have been put on questran for the BAM, & in 3wks it has made a remarkable difference. My stools are more formed 80% of time, & my chronic stomach pain is now absent 80% of the time, & my stomach no longer sounds like the amazon rain forest! The sehcat test involves taking a safe mildly radioactive tracer capsule that mimics bile acid. You then get scanned & go back 1wk later & get scanned again. From this they can tell if too much "free bile acid" is leaving your body via your colon which causes the same symptoms as ibs-d. I had this done at my local hospital through my gastroenterologist on nhs. It really is worth asking about. diet wise, I keep off all fruit & veg for now as it seems to cause diarrea & it comes out of me looking like it went in! (undigested). I am waiting for a dietician appt to help me with a combined ibs-d/fructose free diet. good luck, hope this helps.

CT colonography is "colonoscopy light" really; it's less invasive. The major reason for performing CT colonography is to screen for polyps in the large intestine. As IBS is mostly in the small intestine it sounds like your doctor may suspect something other than IBS.

Mind you, your diet doesn't seem to be aimed at stopping IBS. If pasta affects you badly then you shouldn't be eating toast - that is if it's wheat, rye or barley-based. Too much coffee is also bad, as is milk and quite a number of fruits and vegetables, especially onion and garlic. Google Monash University Low Fodmap to see what foods are recommended for IBS sufferers. That said, we are all different and you may be able to eat some of those foods fine (I have no problems with pasta it seems) and some "OK" foods that you can't handle (anything made with cornflour in my case).

I am waiting for colonoscopy date having had diarohea for 9 weeks, no one seems to care drs, and when i asked for a ct scan first i was refused said i have to have colonoscopy and heard bad things that they are painful  so all a worry and the prep is bad as well  obviously worried as the dr told me to assume it is cancer which is pretty scary too wondering how long i have left

Same here every morning I am also waiting for a CT scan .good luck to you xx

Hi Kinder,

Everything you've said, the painful cramps in the morning, the loose stools, the stressy personality, the incompatibility with pasta,... It's an exact reflection of my own current situation. My own colonoscopy is only a few weeks away.

I know that I'm a bit late to this party, but could you please give us an update on what's going on with you these days? What did the colonoscopy reveal? Have you seen any progress or have you found any good coping mechanisms?

Thank you and best regards

I feel you I smoke weed to get rid of the pain but the worst are the mornings always wake up at around 5 am with horrible cramps n i get this morning sickness like i wanna vomit sometimes i do and somtimes it comes take me by surprise and the pain is just unbearable specially in public im just tired i dontwanna keep waking up w horrible pains every morning for the rest of my life yeah weed helps but it doesnt make it go away

Would love to know how some of test and procedure went? Pray all is well. 

I currently have symptoms similar to all and IBS. Now my child has started to experience as well. Very alarming and depressing. Praying answer are route to healing. 

Thanks in advance to any replys.