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  1. HorseLover!!

    In need of some advice...

    I have been worried about posting on here again as I haven't posted anything for a while, Anyway here goes I am not quite sure about what to do, I have an appointment with my consultant on Wednesday(3rd of August) and it doesn't always go well because I always feel like he hasn't listened to me...
  2. HorseLover!!

    It's been a while....

    It's been a while since I last posted anything but a lot has happened... Not sure how to start off but anyway I thought I post an update. For those of you that know I absolutely love horses, I brought my own last year in November everything was going really well until the end of July this year...
  3. HorseLover!!

    Gastro Doctor problem....

    Okay so I haven't posted for a while as I have been busy with my horse and sorting things out so here goes.... I went to see my gastro doctor today and as usual I came out fuming :mad2: He doesn't listen to a word I'm saying, I go in and tell him that I've been having problems and it just goes...
  4. HorseLover!!

    Really bad headaches....

    I keep getting really nasty headaches :( I have had one nasty one for the past 3 days :(, I can't concentrate, I keep forgetting things my memory's an issue anyway but it's not this bad :(, I have too put my hood up a lot and often keep it up, I have even had to turn the brightness settings down...
  5. HorseLover!!

    Strange spot, lump on leg Help??

    I've got this weird lump on my left leg, it's quite red, it did have pus but it popped earlier, it's really red in the middle but the redness has spread, it's hard underneath the area, it's swollen but only a little bit and it's quite hot :( I'm not on any meds at the moment, this has happened...
  6. HorseLover!!

    Well what to do next??

    I currently have no idea what's going on and neither do my doctors, the colonoscopy and endoscope they did were inconclusive but they showed something that they didn't know what it was, my blood test showed mild inflammation which they think has spread. When I last went to see my doctor he said...
  7. HorseLover!!

    My dose has been lowered....

    My doctor lowered my dose of Aza from 3 tablets a day to 2 tablets a day, he has only done that because of the amount of side effect I was having, but my only problem is the lower dose isn't working :( My doctor won't put the dose up higher because of what happened last time. Now I don't no...
  8. HorseLover!!

    Well they kind of found an answer...

    I finally got my results from the colonoscopy and endoscopy I had 3 weeks ago, it turns out I have Antral Gastritis, My doctors says I'm in remissions for Crohn's although I'm not so sure only because recently I've been having blood in my stool :( pain, weight loss, nausea etc accompany this as...
  9. HorseLover!!

    Something's not right.....

    I had a colonoscopy about a week ago and I haven't been able to pass a stool since I had the scope :((I was passing fine before) so now I'm starting to think that something's not right :yfrown: also I had and endoscope done at the same time which I now have trouble swallowing. The odd things is...
  10. HorseLover!!

    Disappearing appetite...

    I haven't had much of an appetite recently, I go to try and eat something but all I do is have a few bites then that's it I don't have much else :( my appetite I think is getting worse as I have lost more weight :( the problem is my doctors think it is all in my head and that there is nothing...
  11. HorseLover!!

    Had both scopes done today...

    Both scopes were done today, I waited 3 1/2 hours until they were finally ready for me I had a general anaesthetic so I didn't remember a thing :) Oh boy did I feel awful afterwards :ybatty: really painful :(. Anyway I told the nurse about the pain(severe) she just said that I should be fine...
  12. HorseLover!!

    Cracks on the sides of my tongue...

    I've got strange cracks on the sides of my tongue mainly on the right side, a little on the left side. I thought the cracks would go away after a few days, but it has been just over a week now :( the cracks on the right side go all the way along the side, they are quite deep and a few days ago...
  13. HorseLover!!

    Really bad dehydration...

    I have been suffering from really bad dehydration lately, I have been drinking a lot but it just seems to go right through me so it's like my body isn't even trying to re-hydrate itself :(. I get really dizzy, when I get up anytime during the day even sometimes at night I have to lean against...
  14. HorseLover!!

    I got the prep through the post today..

    Another colonoscopy coming up great just what I wanted NOT :tongue:, I'm not having the scope done till 11th of July, but thats not far away though :(, now I know that nobody likes the prep part, well neither so I :(, I don't have to start it yet but when I do does anyone have any, advice or...
  15. HorseLover!!

    Colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy

    I'm a bit confused as last week I had to do a stool sample and I don't what the result are but my doctor goes if there is anything then he is going to request that I have a colonoscopy done, so I got a letter through today and it says colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy :eek2: both at the same...
  16. HorseLover!!

    Wasn't to sure where to post, but...

    I have an MRI coming up for Pelvis SIJ-Sacro-Illiac Joint Dysfunction/Sprain :frown:. My doctor thinks that it is possible that I might have it after telling him that I have really painful lower back and hips the pain travels down to my knees as well, it effects me when I sit down, move around...
  17. HorseLover!!

    Well my last appointment sucked :(

    I've now been told that I could have IBD as well as Crohn's is that possible?? :confused: I've also got to have a pelvic MRI done, I'm having my calprotectin levels checked I have no idea what it will show hopeing that it will be ok :), but the way my life is going at the moment it might as well...
  18. HorseLover!!

    Questions to ask gastroenterologist

    I've got an appointment with my gastro tomorrow I'm going to be telling him a lot of what has happened, but is there anything in particular that I should ask him?? Thanks HorseLover!! :)
  19. HorseLover!!

    Any advice Need help!

    I'm scared to eat anything only because everytime I do I feel really sick and always feel like I need to vomit afterwards, I have dropped in weight gone from 56kg to now being 52kg :( people have started noticing and pointing it out :( I don't know what to do, this has happened before but not...
  20. HorseLover!!

    Is it possible to lose weight overnight??

    I was just wondering if it was possible to lose weight overnight?? I'm asking this because yesterday I weighed 56kg today I weight 53kg :confused2: So now I'm thnking what the hell?? :ybatty: Anyone else had this happen?? :confused:
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