Private health care worth it??
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Even thought I have been told I have ibs and had tests to rule out crohns etc.. was just wondering if it's worth going private? I am genuinely finding it hard to accept that this is just ibs! For 2 weeks I've had constant yellow water for 'stools', it's been so frequent I can't leave the house and the pain is unreal. The fodmap diet which works for 75% ibs people didn't work for me either, no medication is controlling it either and I've just started a new college course which my ibs is affecting. Feeling like a lost cause !
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mark6651 guest96
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emmaabercrombie guest96
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Yes, go private! This is what I am currently doing! After being told by my dr I could have possible bowel cancer I got referred urgent with NHS. Went to my appointment at the hospital and they just spoke to me, said doesn't think it's urgent so will just put on waiting list for an ultrasound scan. I had been upset for 2 weeks worrying what it could be and then to find out with no tests done I'm off the urgent list and have to wait for a ultrasound. So I went private! Within 2 weeks I had a endoscopy and colonoscopy, found out I may have Crohn's.
If I had waited on NHS then I wouldn't even had my ultrasound yet which my private gastroenterologist said wouldn't have done anything anyway as ultrasounds are not the correct scan for bowel issues!
Lotsofpain guest96
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lizzie67 guest96
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What test di you have?
Did you have the Calprotectin test?
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guest96 lizzie67
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I've had blood tests, ultrasound, stool sample and colonoscopy, all came back normal no I haven't, what's that? x
lizzie67 guest96
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Apparently a colonoscopy is the gold standard for colon problems.
The Calprotectin is a stool test. It measure inflammation.
Anything under 50 is IBS and over 50 is inflammatory bowel disorders.
During your colonscopy, I pressume your doctor took samples looking for inflammation.
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