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Hi everyone! I'm a new member but I've been lurking the forum for about a month or so. Anyway, I wanted to share my story. I'm a 22 year old mom of 2. I'm typing from my phone so please excuse any misspellings!
Let me start out by saying I've literally been constipated since birth. Up until the last few years, I thought it was normal to cry during bowel movement and plug the toilet EVERY TIME because my bms were so large.
Fast forward to early April 2012, I start exercising and eating salads daily to lose the last of my pregnancy weight. After 2 weeks, instead of losing even a pound, I spend 48 hours in a large amount of abdominal pain that came on suddenly. I finally caved and went to the ER because I could hardly take care of my kids, the pain was so bad. The doctors assumed it was kidney stones, but a ct scan showed I had colitis. The doc prescribed antibiotics and sent me home. A week after the meds the pain was back along with bloody, mucosy diarrhea. A fecal test showed C. Diff and I was treated for that. Once I was cleared of c. Diff, I was/am still having symptoms. Diarrhea all day and night, constant urgency to go, pain, loud stomach noises, joint/muscle pains, headaches, dizziness.. the somewhat non liquid d is extremely pencil thin.. sometimes I just want to disappear and give up. To make it worse, I've been breastfeeding this entire time so I am completely drained. I am 10 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight, and while I'm thrilled, this is not how I wanted to lose the weight. I have never felt so unhealthy!
Also, I'm afraid to tell my doctor when I am in pain because I am a drug addict who's been in recovery for a couple years, and I don't want my doc to think I'm just trying to get drugs. Next week I have my first colonoscopy, so fingers crossed I get diagnosed! I just want to get on with my life, I hate feeling like my body is turning on me.
Let me start out by saying I've literally been constipated since birth. Up until the last few years, I thought it was normal to cry during bowel movement and plug the toilet EVERY TIME because my bms were so large.
Fast forward to early April 2012, I start exercising and eating salads daily to lose the last of my pregnancy weight. After 2 weeks, instead of losing even a pound, I spend 48 hours in a large amount of abdominal pain that came on suddenly. I finally caved and went to the ER because I could hardly take care of my kids, the pain was so bad. The doctors assumed it was kidney stones, but a ct scan showed I had colitis. The doc prescribed antibiotics and sent me home. A week after the meds the pain was back along with bloody, mucosy diarrhea. A fecal test showed C. Diff and I was treated for that. Once I was cleared of c. Diff, I was/am still having symptoms. Diarrhea all day and night, constant urgency to go, pain, loud stomach noises, joint/muscle pains, headaches, dizziness.. the somewhat non liquid d is extremely pencil thin.. sometimes I just want to disappear and give up. To make it worse, I've been breastfeeding this entire time so I am completely drained. I am 10 pounds below my pre pregnancy weight, and while I'm thrilled, this is not how I wanted to lose the weight. I have never felt so unhealthy!
Also, I'm afraid to tell my doctor when I am in pain because I am a drug addict who's been in recovery for a couple years, and I don't want my doc to think I'm just trying to get drugs. Next week I have my first colonoscopy, so fingers crossed I get diagnosed! I just want to get on with my life, I hate feeling like my body is turning on me.
