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awaiting dx
Hello everyone.
I have been reading the forum for a while trying to better understand CD. My grandfather and father both have it and my brother and I show signs of it, and I am waiting a dx. I have several dr app coming up including a ct, mri, colonoscopy, and whatever else I can't remember. Here is kind of what I have been going through, and I would love some suggestions about what I could do to make it better, etc.
For as long as I can remember, I have had problems with D. I remember being seven and just laying my head over on the wall and falling asleep while sitting on the pot. I also have unexplained weight gain and weight loss. In the last year, things have become worse. I have periods of D followed by C and then it cycles again. I also have terrible pains on the right side, and terrible gas pains on the left side under my ribs. Curly up in a ball is all that about helps. I also have migraines, terrible acid reflux, stomach aches, nausea, sore throat, night sweats, swollen feet and hands, numbness in my feet and hands, gas, bloating, dizziness, vaint spells, and dry skin between my toes and some sores between them. Some of these things related some not.
These last three or four weeks, I have a terrible cycle with C and D. Several weeks ago, I got C, I had it for six days probably. I ended up getting some milk of mag because I was sooo bloated. Then I ended up with D for the next week. Then the cycle happened again. I went to the doctor, he scheduled my tests, and I go back today. He also gave me miralax to keep me regular. It hurt so bad everytime I took it! So I stopped. I had D last Friday very bad. Then Sunday I have very thin pencil like stool, and only one or two small ones. I had C all this week. I also had pain on the lower right and upper left sides. Last night I finally had the pencil stools again and a little mucus. This morning, I finally passed a large stool that hurt really bad and then I instantly I had D. It was almost like a cork was pulled and the water come flowing! There was quite a bit of mucus, more then I recall seeing before. I didn't see any blood or black stool though. Now, I am having terrible cramps and noises so loud I have scared my dog off. I am running to the pot at least every 5 minutes, and the smell is awful. I recognize the smell from flareups with my grandpa.
When I was younger, I was treated for ulcers and I had my gallbladder taken out. I never told my doctors about the D or C because I was embarrassed. I never told my parents either. I wish I had now, because this has been going on for a while, and getting worse.
Anyway, I am waiting until my dr app and I am going to be calling into work sick. I can't go be on the sales floor while I have these noises and running to the potty every two seconds. The way things are now, I would get stuck talking with someone and not make it to the bathroom.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, or things I should discuss with my doctor, etc. All I know to do is wait.
Amber
Hello everyone.
I have been reading the forum for a while trying to better understand CD. My grandfather and father both have it and my brother and I show signs of it, and I am waiting a dx. I have several dr app coming up including a ct, mri, colonoscopy, and whatever else I can't remember. Here is kind of what I have been going through, and I would love some suggestions about what I could do to make it better, etc.
For as long as I can remember, I have had problems with D. I remember being seven and just laying my head over on the wall and falling asleep while sitting on the pot. I also have unexplained weight gain and weight loss. In the last year, things have become worse. I have periods of D followed by C and then it cycles again. I also have terrible pains on the right side, and terrible gas pains on the left side under my ribs. Curly up in a ball is all that about helps. I also have migraines, terrible acid reflux, stomach aches, nausea, sore throat, night sweats, swollen feet and hands, numbness in my feet and hands, gas, bloating, dizziness, vaint spells, and dry skin between my toes and some sores between them. Some of these things related some not.
These last three or four weeks, I have a terrible cycle with C and D. Several weeks ago, I got C, I had it for six days probably. I ended up getting some milk of mag because I was sooo bloated. Then I ended up with D for the next week. Then the cycle happened again. I went to the doctor, he scheduled my tests, and I go back today. He also gave me miralax to keep me regular. It hurt so bad everytime I took it! So I stopped. I had D last Friday very bad. Then Sunday I have very thin pencil like stool, and only one or two small ones. I had C all this week. I also had pain on the lower right and upper left sides. Last night I finally had the pencil stools again and a little mucus. This morning, I finally passed a large stool that hurt really bad and then I instantly I had D. It was almost like a cork was pulled and the water come flowing! There was quite a bit of mucus, more then I recall seeing before. I didn't see any blood or black stool though. Now, I am having terrible cramps and noises so loud I have scared my dog off. I am running to the pot at least every 5 minutes, and the smell is awful. I recognize the smell from flareups with my grandpa.
When I was younger, I was treated for ulcers and I had my gallbladder taken out. I never told my doctors about the D or C because I was embarrassed. I never told my parents either. I wish I had now, because this has been going on for a while, and getting worse.
Anyway, I am waiting until my dr app and I am going to be calling into work sick. I can't go be on the sales floor while I have these noises and running to the potty every two seconds. The way things are now, I would get stuck talking with someone and not make it to the bathroom.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, or things I should discuss with my doctor, etc. All I know to do is wait.
Amber
It must be absolutely awful.
