Hi, I'm Nina and I'm 17. This is my story. In June, I was prepping for finals but I couldn't concentrate. My stomach started bothering me and I ended up having diarrhea. At first, it started out with symptoms like the stomach flu, but it got worse. I was supposed to take the SATs, but I couldn't because of how bad it was. On June 9th, after seeing blood for a few days, my parents decided to take me to the doctors. My doctor gave my two tests. Both came back negative two weeks later. (Despite the fact we had to force them to tell us). They didn't bother contacting me again despite the symptoms until we made another appointment by force. (And to this, they called me an unnecessary test subject-like they didn't believe me)
On the 23 of June, they discover the pain spread and they saw the blood, this is when they realize I was right. From then on, I was sent to MRIs (failed since they took only HALF of my intestine ), bloodwork, etc but I was dehydrated to the point where they had to stick the needles three times. By this time, I lost so much weight.They came across nothing until July 18-my colo-endoscopy. During this time, my eating deteriorated badly. It was discovered my whole Large intestine was affected-but the first portion and the last were the worst. (Pus was evident and my intestines weren’t pink in the slightest)
My suggestion is to hammer in to your doctor, if you weren't told that you had a problem. My doctors (save for my GI) didn't believe me, and they ignored me continually. Some tried saying I had IBS and others just flat out called me a liar until the 23. The head doctor was the worst. Please don't give up-if you do you can't get better.
On the 23 of June, they discover the pain spread and they saw the blood, this is when they realize I was right. From then on, I was sent to MRIs (failed since they took only HALF of my intestine ), bloodwork, etc but I was dehydrated to the point where they had to stick the needles three times. By this time, I lost so much weight.They came across nothing until July 18-my colo-endoscopy. During this time, my eating deteriorated badly. It was discovered my whole Large intestine was affected-but the first portion and the last were the worst. (Pus was evident and my intestines weren’t pink in the slightest)
My suggestion is to hammer in to your doctor, if you weren't told that you had a problem. My doctors (save for my GI) didn't believe me, and they ignored me continually. Some tried saying I had IBS and others just flat out called me a liar until the 23. The head doctor was the worst. Please don't give up-if you do you can't get better.
