Hi :shifty:
I've been reading pages and pages of threads for days, and I just now decided to join and post something. I'm currently undiagnosed, but in the process of (hopefully) finding out what's wrong with me. I'll try to tell my story (so far) the best I can.
I've apparently had digestive troubles ever since I was born. My mother used to tell me that as a baby, I couldn't poop naturally, the way most newborn do. They had to press on my belly to create some kind of a bowel movement. I don't know for how long they had to do that, and I have not being diagnosed with anything at that time.
Then, ever since I can remember and until recently, I've always had MAJOR constipation, occasioning regular pains, and very irregular bowel movements. I sometimes would pass days, up to two weeks without having one. Many times, after weeks of not going, I would have these terrible cramps that felt like I was going to die on the spot, and after a very hard bw, finally feel a bit better, but completely exhausted.
About 5 years ago, I started to develop an eating disorder, and I'm mentioning it because i think it definately did not help the cause. I definately did some damage somewhere in my body by starving myself, abusing laxatives, then proceeding to eat everything in sight, etc. I don't like talking about this as they're not my most glamourous moments...But I feel like I should mention it. At some point during those times, I started feeling often very bloated, and not able to pass gas without ''pushing'' on my stomach in a certain way, and rarely able to pass stools without the use of laxatives. The issue with gas kept getting worse and became an almost everyday problem. In case you care to know about this, I'm doing okay now, regarding the Eating Disorder issues, at least.
About 3 months ago, I had belly pains, followed by a BW with hard stools and felt something hurts down there. I noticed afterwards a little bit of blood on the tissue. I thought maybe something tore, or maybe it was an hemmoroid, and it probably would go away by itself. I did have a few drops of bloods for a few BW after that, with some pain while passing stools, which reinforced my idea of a tear or H. Then it stopped hurting and bleeding and I was fine for a few days.
Then the real trouble started. The bloating intensified, to a point where I almost can't wear pants anymore because my waist size increase so significantly that I must look about 6 months pregnant. I started having D, with lots of mucus and blood, (bright red, but with a lot of clots) and urgency to go. I would go anywhere between 5-15 times a day which is just about the extreme contrary of what I'm used to. There is no pain that can explain the bleeding like the first time. It doesn't feel like a tear or an hemmoroid. Each time there was mucus and blood. I've also had 2-3 times a horrible ''crisis'' with the worst belly pain, nausea and feeling like I was going to faint or die on the toilet.
I finally went to the clinic (because I don't have a family doctor), and got papers for bloodwork, and urine and stools samples. She gave me the -Hum!- Fingertest? And found no hemmoroid or fissure that could explain the bleeding. The doctor said it looked a lot like CD or UC, which is what I was suspecting beforehand.
Since going to the clinic and explaining my symptoms, I had increasing back pain, on one particular day it was unbearable low back pain. I've also started feeling hungry in a very weird way, as in my stomach cramps up as if I hadn't been eating in days, therefore I eat something, and I end up feeling the same hunger pangs after 10-30 min. I'm still awaiting a colonoscopy, which is supposed to happen anywhere within 2 months...But it's long, and I don't know how I'm gonna continue, as things seems to constantly worsen.
I still have D/loose stools/ribbon stools with lots of blood, mucus, everyday, and I'm increasingly fatigued. I find it very difficult to go trough the motions of everyday stuffs, it seems lifting my arms and legs is demanding a great amount of energy that I don't have.
I am very sorry for the lenght of this. I didn't exactly know where I was going when I started writing this, as I don't even have a diagnosis, just suppositions. But I relate to a lot of things I have read here, so I thought maybe it would be okay to write down everything somewhere where people can understand.
Thank you for actually reading this whole novel of mine.
I've been reading pages and pages of threads for days, and I just now decided to join and post something. I'm currently undiagnosed, but in the process of (hopefully) finding out what's wrong with me. I'll try to tell my story (so far) the best I can.
I've apparently had digestive troubles ever since I was born. My mother used to tell me that as a baby, I couldn't poop naturally, the way most newborn do. They had to press on my belly to create some kind of a bowel movement. I don't know for how long they had to do that, and I have not being diagnosed with anything at that time.
Then, ever since I can remember and until recently, I've always had MAJOR constipation, occasioning regular pains, and very irregular bowel movements. I sometimes would pass days, up to two weeks without having one. Many times, after weeks of not going, I would have these terrible cramps that felt like I was going to die on the spot, and after a very hard bw, finally feel a bit better, but completely exhausted.
About 5 years ago, I started to develop an eating disorder, and I'm mentioning it because i think it definately did not help the cause. I definately did some damage somewhere in my body by starving myself, abusing laxatives, then proceeding to eat everything in sight, etc. I don't like talking about this as they're not my most glamourous moments...But I feel like I should mention it. At some point during those times, I started feeling often very bloated, and not able to pass gas without ''pushing'' on my stomach in a certain way, and rarely able to pass stools without the use of laxatives. The issue with gas kept getting worse and became an almost everyday problem. In case you care to know about this, I'm doing okay now, regarding the Eating Disorder issues, at least.
About 3 months ago, I had belly pains, followed by a BW with hard stools and felt something hurts down there. I noticed afterwards a little bit of blood on the tissue. I thought maybe something tore, or maybe it was an hemmoroid, and it probably would go away by itself. I did have a few drops of bloods for a few BW after that, with some pain while passing stools, which reinforced my idea of a tear or H. Then it stopped hurting and bleeding and I was fine for a few days.
Then the real trouble started. The bloating intensified, to a point where I almost can't wear pants anymore because my waist size increase so significantly that I must look about 6 months pregnant. I started having D, with lots of mucus and blood, (bright red, but with a lot of clots) and urgency to go. I would go anywhere between 5-15 times a day which is just about the extreme contrary of what I'm used to. There is no pain that can explain the bleeding like the first time. It doesn't feel like a tear or an hemmoroid. Each time there was mucus and blood. I've also had 2-3 times a horrible ''crisis'' with the worst belly pain, nausea and feeling like I was going to faint or die on the toilet.
I finally went to the clinic (because I don't have a family doctor), and got papers for bloodwork, and urine and stools samples. She gave me the -Hum!- Fingertest? And found no hemmoroid or fissure that could explain the bleeding. The doctor said it looked a lot like CD or UC, which is what I was suspecting beforehand.
Since going to the clinic and explaining my symptoms, I had increasing back pain, on one particular day it was unbearable low back pain. I've also started feeling hungry in a very weird way, as in my stomach cramps up as if I hadn't been eating in days, therefore I eat something, and I end up feeling the same hunger pangs after 10-30 min. I'm still awaiting a colonoscopy, which is supposed to happen anywhere within 2 months...But it's long, and I don't know how I'm gonna continue, as things seems to constantly worsen.
I still have D/loose stools/ribbon stools with lots of blood, mucus, everyday, and I'm increasingly fatigued. I find it very difficult to go trough the motions of everyday stuffs, it seems lifting my arms and legs is demanding a great amount of energy that I don't have.
I am very sorry for the lenght of this. I didn't exactly know where I was going when I started writing this, as I don't even have a diagnosis, just suppositions. But I relate to a lot of things I have read here, so I thought maybe it would be okay to write down everything somewhere where people can understand.
Thank you for actually reading this whole novel of mine.