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  1. lorraine

    Nuvaring -> Rectal Pain?

    Question: Have any ladies experienced rectal pain with the nuvaring? I inserted it for the first time today and have intermittently been experiencing fairly intense rectal pain since then. Dunno if it could be some sort of referred pain from the placement or completely coincidental or what, but...
  2. lorraine

    Back Again

    I haven't popped into this forum for a while because I thought we had legitimately ruled out IBD. I'm not so sure anymore. I was diagnosed with IBS in '08. Since January, I've had a small bowel follow thru, a fecal fat test, a flexible sigmoidoscopy with biopsies for microscopic colitis, a pill...
  3. lorraine

    Food Sensitivities

    Hey all, I've suspected for a while that I have a soy allergy or intolerance. Last week an allergist ruled out a soy allergy, but I did show some sensitivity on the skin test, and also was sensitive to corn, rice and peanuts. Has anyone seen a decrease in their symptoms by avoiding foods...
  4. lorraine

    Red Stool after Mag Citrate?

    I'm currently prepping for my pill cam that I have tomorrow. I've used magnesium citrate before for a bout of constipation and for my colonoscopy, so the diarrhea hasn't taken me by surprise, but I was surprised to see red-orange liquidy stool in the bowl when things first got going. I haven't...
  5. lorraine

    Enbrel & Humira

    Quick question- I know Humira is used at times for CD, but is Enbrel ever used? We're looking at using one or the other soon for my autoimmune inflammatory arthritis, and thought it would sure be swell if it might also help my gastro problems. Still don't have a diagnosis for my GI problems...
  6. lorraine

    Anyone in North Texas?

    Hey All, I've been doggedly asking everyone I know in the medical field for their gastrointerologist recommendations, specifically who they think is the best diagnostician, as I haven't been very happy with the one I've been seeing for 3 years. I have a nice little list compiled and went down...
  7. lorraine

    Advice Please

    Is it any particular cause for concern to have swelling in the low right abdomen? I don't have a diagnosis yet so don't know exactly what's going on inside, but at least 75% of the time in the last few days, when I feel around in that area, I have a lump that sometimes extends as far as from...
  8. lorraine

    Small Lump LRQ

    Hi All, Quick question. In the last few days, I've noticed a small lump in the lower right quadrant of my abdomen, right about at my underwear line and in a few inches from my pelvis. It's also right at one of the worst sources of my abdominal pain (the other being in roughly the same spot on...
  9. lorraine

    Down the Diagnostic Road All Over Again

    Well, my GI doc is finally on board with me that I don't have IBS or that I have something else going on along with it. My fecal fat test came back positive with a pretty significant fat content. He's thinking it could be small bowel crohn's, chronic pancreatitis, a bacteria overgrowth...
  10. lorraine

    A "Woe is Me" Sort of Day

    I've mostly been taking my health problems in stride recently, but lord, I'm down in the dumps today. My husband is out of town and the brief minutes we've been able to talk this week, he's obviously been stressed and down too. I've been doing my best to keep distracted, but I've found myself in...
  11. lorraine

    Not Sure I Belong, But Here I Am

    I've been having pretty life-interruptive bowel problems since I was 17. Got diagnosed with IBS at age 18 but have recently been questioning that diagnosis. In November (Age 21), I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis/Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropothy. A number of forms of IBD are often...
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