IBS? GALLBLADDER? I don't know anymore...
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I've been having issues with my stomach for years and have been diagnosed with IBS. I learnt my triggers as to what I can and can't eat as well as lowering a lot of other foods to help maintain a normal gut.
Since having my gallbladder removed my stomach has been all over the place and I want to know if this is normal ...
Last night I worked out that i was suffering with Constipation, kept trying to go with no bowel motion at all. I had some stomach cramping but nothing too bad. Went to sleep, woke up and ended up going to the loo before leaving for work.. although it was hard and had to do a lot of straining. An hour into work I had to go again. Similar but not as much straining. Finally after lunch I.had.to.go and when I mean I had to go I had to run to the loo... I had diarrhoea ... It wasn't completely water, more of a mush but it just came out and since coming home i've been having urges to go (like diarrhoea urges) but nothing comes out (maybe a tiny bit of wind). My stomach has been cramping and I feel really really rubbish. My stomach is making gurgling noises, the type of noises you get before you have to rush to the loo. All of this is stressing me out and I want to know if anyone has had similar ibs symptoms to this?
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lily65668 Bumblebee093
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Hi Bumblebee, I haven't yet been diagnosed with IBS (seeing GP next week - ours only shut one day each at Christmas and New Year) but if it's any consolation I can identify entirely with your symptoms. I'm just about at my wits' end.
To make matters worse I have a minor rectal prolapse - which usually goes back in spontaneously. However this means I daren't strain. Worse still, when I get into the state you describe, it feels as if something is pressing down on the prolapse - which comes out and stays out - as well as making the entire perineum bulge outwards. A couple of weeks ago the latter got so bad I couldn't urinate for an hour or so. I packed a bag ready for the hospital, but fortunately it resolved spontaneously in the end. I sometimes go days on end without being able to sit down, as that feels as if everything is pushing up into my abdomen, causing terrible cramps.
The weirdest thing is that when I eventually have a BM after these crises, the stools are always very large, soft and easy to pass - never impacted - so there's clearly no physical obstruction. I'm starting to think along the lines of a problem with innervation in the colon and rectum (I'm a former neuro nurse). Like you, I then progress to incredibly copious diarrhoea, which resets the clock for a few days. Sorry to moan, but this isn't the kind of thing you can discuss with your friends, is it?!
sam90321 lily65668
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this sounds like something i had 2 months ago i couldnt sit because it would hurt so bad, it was painful to urinated and i kept peeing constantly, i couldnt breath properly due to the gas i had trapped, i thought i was gonna die, it took me days to a week for me to sit properly again, i feel like ur describing what i went through, i had horrible pain in my tummy and lots of mushy poop TMI
lily65668 sam90321
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Thanks for posting that, Sam. It makes me feel better to know that I'm not alone in this weird, terrifying experience. Not that I'm glad that you've had it too. This isn't something I'd wish on anyone, and I hope you don't get it again. Unfortunately it's something I've lived with on and off for the past six months, though the really bad episode described in my post was a one-off. (So far anyway...)
I can also sympathise with your experience of breathlessness due to trapped gas. I sometimes have to get up in the small hours as I can't breathe properly. I can actually feel the gas trapped in my transverse colon. At times like this I often have palpitations too - which is not normal for me. This makes me wonder whether there's so much gas trapped in my upper abdomen just under my ribcage that it's actually pressing on my heart. This gas problem is the first issue I'll be discussing with my GP when I see him next week. It's really getting unmanageable now.
sam90321 lily65668
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yes same here, am scared that its messing with my heart, i do see a heart specialist so i will voice my complains, i get dizzyness with it as well , i really hope it doesnt come back, i got it after bareing down to have a bowel movement, the pain was so bad, i really hope your dr could help u cause mines couldnt i mean he tried all he said was it could be stress trigger my IBS and cause these issues, i get this sharp pains around ovulating time but i pray it dont stick around like last time
pippa58442 sam90321
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Dizziness is a symptom of IBS and if you get stressed, it can cause breathlessness.
pippa58442 Bumblebee093
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Your symptoms sound like IBS. Gallbladder surgery can cause IBS or Bile acid malaborption which causes diarrhoea. This can be diagnosed with a SECHAT scan and treated, , Normally, , gallbladder surgery does not cause any complications like this but it can happen. Abdominal surgery can irritate the gut.
sam90321 Bumblebee093
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this is what am going through now, i had my gallbladder removed and i was diagnosed with ibs, i thought i picked up a stomach or something, but any other time i go through but just not as bad, your not alone and on top of everything i have bad acid reflux, its stressful
sam90321
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Stomach bug
susand1408 Bumblebee093
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You need to be checked for bile acid malabsorbtion. Spelt wrong. I got it after my gallbladder removal. Easy to treat but need medication for the rest of your life.
Airyfairy Bumblebee093
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Been there for over a year now. No gall bladder and bowel resection and since lost gall bladder have had horrendous diarrhoea for over a year, bright yellow - bile one would have thought but no, I had to have gastroscopy and colonoscopy and still it continues with no diagnosis.
I think from research, it is BAD which is recognised , especially in the USA. Bile shooting straight down and through. They prescribe a pill which gathers the fat and passes it through normally.
I have given up and amleft to never leave the house in the mornings!
Sorry, but hope you have a result soon.
susand1408 Airyfairy
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I have it. In the uk its called BAM. I just take cholestagel. No more bam
Airyfairy susand1408
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thanks for this. I will see my doctor and ask for these . thank you so much.
karol1990 Airyfairy
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Good evening, I removed the gallbladder 1 year ago. After 3 months a diarrhea started as soon as I ate something, I had gas purring and I ran to the bathroom. Especially in the morning. I went to my doctor he said spastic colitis - (I have never had such a problem) It lasted about 2 months and stopped. For 3 months now I have had Diarrhea every day after breakfast within 5 minutes. Sometimes my poop has two colors (yellow-brown) while it is very soft. The rest of the day I am ok, with a little gas and belching. I have pain in my right side where I had the operation and it hits my back and leg a little. I closed for a colonoscopy on Wednesday, I'm afraid I do not have cancer. I get panic attacks every day and I think I will have a heart attack because of my stress 😦
richard12787 Bumblebee093
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What amazes me is people on this forum say they have been diagnosed with ibs I've had stomach problems since 2007 and all the doctors I've seen have said the same thing it's impossible to diagnose ibs are they all wrong?
pippa58442 richard12787
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IBS can be diagnosed when everything else has been ruled out and or by taking a medical history of the patient. Doctors go to great lengths to do this to make sure a correct diagnosis is given. Most doctors get it right; they are the experts. It isn't impossible to diagnose IBS; at the most it is difficult because everyone's symptoms differ and so does their response to treatment. My doctor didn't tell me it is impossible to identify although it can take a long time because it doesn't show on any scan or test as it is functional. It depends what doctor you see and his or her knowledge of the condition. I saw several doctors eight times. One suspected it but wasn't sure. Only one gave me a definitive diagnosis. It took me three and a half months to get a diagnosis of IBS.
In the end, it is down to whether you believe your doctor. If several doctors tell you that you have IBS, this is a strong indication that they are confident in their opinion. IBS is life long and while it is treatable, it is not curable. It can be daily and constant or come and go in cycles. I have had both scenarios. Sometimes, it goes into remission for many months or years but it can still come back often in response to stress or food.