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And I am STILL having undigested food in my stools.

Should also mention that my liver tests came back fine, but my iron is very low as is my b12.

Hi all, an update: I went to the doctor this morning. It's not a peptic ulcer! My tests came back clean for h pylori, which is great. I'm coming off the losec, since my family doc feels it's not helping much and since h pylori isn't there, acid probably isn't the problem. So that's ruled out...

Got my GI appointment! Heading in for a consult (and then hopefully some scopes to figure out the problem) on July 8. Sore and tired but feeling good because this is a move towards feeling better!

Right?! It really does. My partner has done a lot of critical disability studies work in her thesis around invisible illnesses/disabilities and the whole time I sat there I kept thinking how right she is. Luckily my partner was there to support me and help tell the nurses what was what. Lots...

So I did it! Last night I was having awful bloating, bad pain and diarrhea. So I took myself to the ER. And after two nurses who kept implying I shouldn't be there and was wasting people's time, I saw a really great doc who told me she's referring me to a GI to get an upper and lower scope, and...

Currently at work and bloating and pain are back hardcore. Sounds like I'm heading to the ER after work.

Thank you all :)

So my doctor thinks it's an ulcer and is treating it with losec for the moment... if it doesn't clear up in a few weeks she's going to order a scope. I'm also having stool testing for blood and h pylori and my blood is being screened for that along with my iron, B12 and a complete panel. I'm a...

OK, I'll make sure to ask for a GI referral either way. Thank you for letting me know :) That's super helpful! Bloodwork is about six months old, so yup, kind of recent I guess. That's when I decided to take iron and B12 and I noticed they helped a bit with energy. (Cutting coffee out helped...

Hey Cat-a-tonic, That definitely sounds like what I had on my leg. It was on my right leg and was really irritated and was there for between 2-6 weeks. I'll mention this to my doc. You mentioned constipation - sometimes I get this really badly and there was a good week and a half when I was...

Hey Dave, Yup, it was! I started keeping a food journal this week so I can figure out what sets me off. I know gluten definitely does, but not sure about other things. I thought tomatoes were a problem but yesterday I ate them and was fine. I think corn may be a big trigger. I'm wondering...

Hi all, I've been having problems with cramping and bloating and awful gut pains for over a year now. I first noticed I couldn't really tolerate hard grains like bulgur about two years ago, and the bloating largely went away. It came back last year and I thought, 'Maybe my problem's gluten,' so...