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Could I have IBS?

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gary96225
gary96225

Since about 11 days ago I have been having occasional belly aches, alternating between diarrhea and normal poops. I do have OCD and obsess a lot. Around the time that my symptoms started a close friend got a colonoscopy, then another and then another. I went to a few gastroenterologists just prior to my symptoms to have a screening for colon cancer. I want a sigmoidoscopy because I don't want sedation. I was addicted to benzodiazepines at one time and I am afraid to take them. In this stupid country I live in they will not do a colonoscopy w/o sedation. And now they will not do any sigmoidoscopes for cancer screening unlike the UK. So I am in a bind. I don't drink and I don't smoke and there is no history in my family of colon cancer. Any thoughts as to what to do?

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  • pippa58442
    pippa58442 gary96225

    Posted

    I would ask for a CT colonoscopy which doesn’t require sedation.  I can’t take sedation either.
  • dilys83010
    dilys83010 gary96225

    Posted

    Your symptoms sound more like stress and wrory because of the people that have had colonosopy I am not medical in any way but as your symptoms didn't start u toll you heard aboutvthose people and you have ocd anyway I am putting 2 and 2 together I am sure if you had colon cancer you would have far more than just the odd tummy ache and diarrhea

    • gary96225
      gary96225 dilys83010

      Posted

      You are probably right. If I were told today that everything was normal I would probably go back to normal right away. Thanx

       

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