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  1. PVail

    Second op in four months and relief at last.

    Earlier this year in may i had a ruptured appendix removed and a load of scar tissue removed also. I started getting ill again after a month or so . I was repeatedly sent back and fourth from my GP to the Hospital with no conclusion as to was was causing my illness. So I got fed up with this and...
  2. PVail

    Abdominal Adhesions.

    So some of you will know my story and general history on this site as being diagnosed with Crohns of the TI. Earlier in may this year i got quite ill and had to go into hospital. So i got very ill and they eventually decided to remove my appendix as everything else was clear. Anyhow They got a...
  3. PVail

    Ruptured Appendix and discovery.

    So I was feeling really terrible the last few weeks. really bad colour and I had noticed that my bowel movement where slowing down and becoming a different shape. Feeling as if im going to vomit at every meal. Terrible exhaustion. It got so bad I started taking a few hours of work just to go...
  4. PVail

    Rigid stomach and nausea

    Hi folks . Ive been feeling not too bad for a while but for a few days now my lower abdomen has become quite rigid and im pretty nauseous most of the time. the pain is LRQ and comes and goes as usual. not sleeping well at all and feel very bloated .Bowel movements have really slowed down and I...
  5. PVail

    Helicobactor virus /infection.

    Feeling pretty crap for the last couple of weeks when I thought things where coming round ok . Then all hell let loose after a short trip to visit my son in london . All my horrible symptoms returned but now with nausea and upper GI pain . Went to the doctor and after a bit of faffing about i...
  6. PVail

    Sugar free = new me

    At the start of the year I had a real bad time and thought things were going to get scary but it eventually calmed down after I increased all meds and backed off eating a lot of stuff.. I had been keeping a food diary as I always believed there was something in it and there was . I realised that...
  7. PVail

    Fractured pelvis

    Ok so i had a bike accident about five weeks ago . I hit the ground quite hard when a car almost pushed into the kerb. I dislocated my left shoulder and had some cuts and bruises all down my left side. Wrist swolled and elbow swollen . So last week most this had cleared up in that i didnt feel...
  8. PVail

    New pain comming in waves LRQ

    So for the last two weeks Ive been feeling really weak. Noticed on Monday that my pooh was black . Not very nice. Have now got a weird sharp feeling below my belly button along the line of my belt and down to my Appendix. I spoke to my local chemists and she upped the dose of my Amitrypiline...
  9. PVail

    Return of the Alien

    So i havent been here in a while as I have been feeling pretty good and was making a big effort to keep fit and eat well . So a few days ago I noticed some blood in my pooh and Ive been feeling a bit dizzy. No D at all but when my bowels move it goes on for age s ,semi solid but quite painfull...
  10. PVail

    Fecal Elastase and Gut Hormone tests ?

    So i came back from holidays and got the call to go to my GI to have some more tests. This took shape of a stool sample and fasting for a day before getting four bottles of blood taken and then put on ice. This new GI is certainly going for a different set of tests but doesn't say much A Fecal...
  11. PVail

    Ist remission in three years

    So I have had this awfull thing for three years and was just on the verge of diagnosis.I was taken in to the clinic for a colonoscopy last month and it was pretty uncomfortable at the end when it felt like the GI pushed in very hard several times. I know he took several biopsies and at the end...
  12. PVail

    Appendix removal ?

    So i got a letter the other day to say i was going in to hospital on friday for some investigative surgery plus a colonoscopy .Needless to say i was both excited and a bit concerned since my doctor hasnt spoken to me about this . So i phoned the hospital this morning and was put to the...
  13. PVail

    Investigative surgery ?

    Ok folks Got a letter yesterday to tell me Im going into hospital on Friday for investigative surgery. What is investigative surgery ? has anybody had thuis and if so what is the general out come ? I had a whole barrage of tests done about 8 weeks ago and have only been told they are waiting...
  14. PVail

    Acid reflux doin me in !

    So i was diagnosed with IBD a few months ago and guess what I havent seen or heard of the GI since , when I rang to find out results they say all of them are not back yet. So What do they do with them ? Anyway i now have really bad acid reflux and pretty intense pain in my RLQ . Is this a normal...
  15. PVail

    New symptoms . Any advice or thoughts ?

    So for about three weeks now Ive been gettin some new symptoms that I havent experienced before. I noticed that my pee was smelling quite sweet and sort of strong almost fruity . Now my pooh is also smelling like this. Im getting small lumps in my armpits and they are quite painfull and i have...
  16. PVail

    IBD Testing guidelines 2011

    Just read this and I thought It is just so relevant to all who are wondering and waiting on diagnosis. I suppose its a way of knowing if you are or are not being tested for IBD ,Its not my original post , its worth reading http://www.bsg.org.uk/images/stories...d/ibd_2011.pdf
  17. PVail

    My experiment, 3 days of bliss.

    So I decided this week that I was goin to try something new for me to see if i could help my self get out of this horrible mess. So I decided rightly or wrongly to only drink fluids for a couple of days. This was only water and a sports drink called High 5 which is 4- 1 carbs and protein. Its...
  18. PVail

    Got new GI today !

    So i went for my review appointment today at the hospital and I have a new GI. Surprised i certainly was. He started by saying , You,ve got an inflammatory bowel disease and im here to find out what sort it is . He said that i also had some other symptoms that where causing confusion . So we...
  19. PVail

    Illeocal valve ? Whats that about ?

    So last week when i was in hospital i was told I had colitis and possibly some illeum involvement. Got a call from the GI secratary this morning to get me in for a CT scan on friday morning as they think Something has shown up on the scan from before . She said its to do with the Illeocal valve...
  20. PVail

    Back into Hospital

    I just got home from hospital after been admitted two days ago. I came home from night shift, rather I cycled home from night shift not feeling any worse than normal and woke up after 4 hours . I vomited for for the next 5 hours and felt really awful . When my wife came home and saw me she took...
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