Saw Dr Hadley today. Usual kind of appointment, she reminds me that i'm ill...
I've been thinking though, i've been seeing the doctor for 4 years and every appointment they just say it's IBS and then that's it... it's taken 4 years to be put on the Amitrip and have an MRI for this. I've given up caring what illness I have, I just want it to stop. In 10 years from now, I could be diagnosed with crohns or still get told it's just IBS. Who knows. I just want the pain to stop.
I just want them to stop reminding me that i'm ill and then not do anything about it. Atleast 2012, they've given me an MRI scan and put me on medications that seem to be helping, but I can't be on them long term.
My doctor said that other than give me Amitriptyline, they can't do anything else for me except for counselling. My counsellor has said because it's not my mental health, there isn't anything they can do for me.
I'm still waiting for June to come along to see my specialist and also seeing Doctor Snook in a few months at some point as well. If you've read any other posts, you'll know how much I want to see Snook as he deals with the rest of my family who have Crohns.
Not much else to say really. We're making progress but soooo slowly but this could have been done years ago. I honestly do not know what i've done for four years other than sleep and lay on the sofa.
As for my irregular periods, i've stopped taking Microgynam (might have spelt that wrong) pill and told the doctor I would like something else to regulate my periods and stop how heavy they get. She's just given me some tablet I was on last year that didn't help. But it's better than nothing I suppose. But she thinks I want to be on the pill for contraception (i'm not sexually active), she doesn't believe me that my periods are heavy and painful. I don't think I need to go into how heavy and painful they were :lol:
I'm still really poorly at the moment mainly at night, but the Amitrip should start helping more over the next few days.
I was just wondering though, should I just accept that I might actually have IBS or do I keep fighting? What if I do just have IBS? How do I know? I've read all of these charts IBS vs IBD and i'm in the middle. I don't know whether to give up fighting or not. How do I know when to keep fighting?
They told me four years ago that I have IBS but yet we're still fighting them to just help me and the pain. So I don't know what to do.
Just to note, for the past four years, i've just suffered and it's getting worse - how ill I am now, I wasn't this bad 4 years ago, but still poorly enough to miss school and just sleep on the sofa.
Hmmm.. that's all for now. I hope everyone is having a good tummy day. :thumright:
I've been thinking though, i've been seeing the doctor for 4 years and every appointment they just say it's IBS and then that's it... it's taken 4 years to be put on the Amitrip and have an MRI for this. I've given up caring what illness I have, I just want it to stop. In 10 years from now, I could be diagnosed with crohns or still get told it's just IBS. Who knows. I just want the pain to stop.
I just want them to stop reminding me that i'm ill and then not do anything about it. Atleast 2012, they've given me an MRI scan and put me on medications that seem to be helping, but I can't be on them long term.
My doctor said that other than give me Amitriptyline, they can't do anything else for me except for counselling. My counsellor has said because it's not my mental health, there isn't anything they can do for me.
I'm still waiting for June to come along to see my specialist and also seeing Doctor Snook in a few months at some point as well. If you've read any other posts, you'll know how much I want to see Snook as he deals with the rest of my family who have Crohns.
Not much else to say really. We're making progress but soooo slowly but this could have been done years ago. I honestly do not know what i've done for four years other than sleep and lay on the sofa.
As for my irregular periods, i've stopped taking Microgynam (might have spelt that wrong) pill and told the doctor I would like something else to regulate my periods and stop how heavy they get. She's just given me some tablet I was on last year that didn't help. But it's better than nothing I suppose. But she thinks I want to be on the pill for contraception (i'm not sexually active), she doesn't believe me that my periods are heavy and painful. I don't think I need to go into how heavy and painful they were :lol:
I'm still really poorly at the moment mainly at night, but the Amitrip should start helping more over the next few days.
I was just wondering though, should I just accept that I might actually have IBS or do I keep fighting? What if I do just have IBS? How do I know? I've read all of these charts IBS vs IBD and i'm in the middle. I don't know whether to give up fighting or not. How do I know when to keep fighting?
They told me four years ago that I have IBS but yet we're still fighting them to just help me and the pain. So I don't know what to do.
Just to note, for the past four years, i've just suffered and it's getting worse - how ill I am now, I wasn't this bad 4 years ago, but still poorly enough to miss school and just sleep on the sofa.
Hmmm.. that's all for now. I hope everyone is having a good tummy day. :thumright:
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