I hope nobody minds me starting this post, I am after some advice really. I have used the boards before, well a few years ago due to stomach related problems.
Quite a while ago I started suffering severe nausea and up to 10 bowel movements a day. With this came a big amount of weight loss. I was referred to the gastro team in my area and had a barium follow through and a colonoscopy. All came back normal, all I was told was that my terminal ileum was slightly inflammed.
I was discaharged and later found I couldn't eat gluten, after going gluten free in the past few years I put the weight back on and was basically normal.
Basically on my notes they say I have IBS.
Fast forward to now, I started training for a marathon at the start of the year and everything was great, then in June time my training runs were a struggle and when I did my marathon in July I struggled from the very start, meaning I was over by 30mins of expected finish time. That same week of the marathon I started getting night sweats which lasted for about 3 weeks, I was also very fatigued, wasn't able to start exercising and have pain in my neck (all over). On top of that for the past three weeks or so I have been having loose bowel movements, which has now gone to the past few days of it just being liquid and up to 7 bowel movements. I have lost some weight, not a lot, well I don't think it is a lot, but family have commented.
So the dilema, my doctors surgery don't offer much appointments, you have to give the problem over phone and they decide if you need an appointment regardless if you would like one. I keep getting knocked back, my neck pain was due to stiff neck apparently, but it is not pain with movement it hurts to touch.
In the end I paid to see a private gp who told me my symptoms are due to new medication I started in early June, that I should stop it. I made no mention of the dirrahea, just the tiredness, headaches, pains and burning up. My arms felt like they were on fire.
My mum has crohn's and went 10 years being told it was IBS, before she ended up havin surgery. She is obviously concerned.
I am not sure what to do next, I can never speak up for myself at the doctors, they tell me everything is fine, I walk out and feel awful knowing I still have no idea what is going on.
Thanks
Quite a while ago I started suffering severe nausea and up to 10 bowel movements a day. With this came a big amount of weight loss. I was referred to the gastro team in my area and had a barium follow through and a colonoscopy. All came back normal, all I was told was that my terminal ileum was slightly inflammed.
I was discaharged and later found I couldn't eat gluten, after going gluten free in the past few years I put the weight back on and was basically normal.
Basically on my notes they say I have IBS.
Fast forward to now, I started training for a marathon at the start of the year and everything was great, then in June time my training runs were a struggle and when I did my marathon in July I struggled from the very start, meaning I was over by 30mins of expected finish time. That same week of the marathon I started getting night sweats which lasted for about 3 weeks, I was also very fatigued, wasn't able to start exercising and have pain in my neck (all over). On top of that for the past three weeks or so I have been having loose bowel movements, which has now gone to the past few days of it just being liquid and up to 7 bowel movements. I have lost some weight, not a lot, well I don't think it is a lot, but family have commented.
So the dilema, my doctors surgery don't offer much appointments, you have to give the problem over phone and they decide if you need an appointment regardless if you would like one. I keep getting knocked back, my neck pain was due to stiff neck apparently, but it is not pain with movement it hurts to touch.
In the end I paid to see a private gp who told me my symptoms are due to new medication I started in early June, that I should stop it. I made no mention of the dirrahea, just the tiredness, headaches, pains and burning up. My arms felt like they were on fire.
My mum has crohn's and went 10 years being told it was IBS, before she ended up havin surgery. She is obviously concerned.
I am not sure what to do next, I can never speak up for myself at the doctors, they tell me everything is fine, I walk out and feel awful knowing I still have no idea what is going on.
Thanks
