allieinwonder
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Hello. My name is Allie. I am an Army wife, and my husband and I are currently in Schweinfurt, Germany with the US Army. I am also a college student (online from the states) and am a proud Alpha Xi Delta member.
My story starts a long time ago, 6 years in fact, when I was 15. I started being very irregular digestive wise, and would have frequent abdominal pain. This pain would feel like my abdomen was shredding itself. I went to the GI and he said it must be IBS...my gut told me he was wrong. He put me on medication (I have forgotten the name of it) and I was allergic (it made my throat close up). I went back a month later and he told me I was a liar. I stopped going to him.
In May I started to have more severe problems. I had pain in a very certain spot, diahrea, and blood in my stool occasionally. The worst was the pain. I went to an urgent care center and an ER, and they said they could not figure out why I was in pain. I thought it might be ruptured ovarian cysts, which happened already last January, so I went to my OBGYN. She did a transviginal ultrasound and laughed at me...telling me all it was was constipation and to go home. I was so embarrassed...the pain meds I was on for the abdominal pain caused constipation, it was not why I was in such bad shape.
I went to a second ER and the doctor poked at the spot I was in pain and said it must be a hernia. I went to a surgeon, and he had a hard time finding one, and found a very small one, but it was not in the spot I was in pain. He went ahead and did surgery anyway. By the time I recovered from that, I was feeling better in my abdomen and went by to normal life.
About 6 weeks ago I ended up back where I was before. Abdominal pain in the same spot, very severe..I feel like I have been shot. Diahrea, sometimes blood is in my stool as well. At this point I went to another urgent care and they checked for kidney stones and did an xray of my digestive system. She did not find anything. I ended up in the ER again a few days later, and they did a CT scan of my digestive system. Again, nothing. The doctor barely even tried to help me, said there was no physical sign that I was hurt, and sent me away with nothing but more pain meds.
I finally went to a GI about two weeks ago. He said it was either crohns, ulcer colitis, or colon cancer. In the past 6 weeks I have lost 20 pounds at least, I am losing my hair, and I have only been eating about 1.5 to 2 meals a day because of the pain. The pain is in a certain spot and it gets much worse with excercise and eating. I feel very weak, and for the first time in my life I feel very depressed and I am having anxiety attacks. I have also had ulcers in my mouth for the past 6 years.
Through all of this we had to move to Germany. That is why it is taking so long for me to get treatment. My husband got sent off to Afghanistan, and he was suppose to get sent home because of my problem, but he isn't yet. I now have to start over here with my diagnosis, and I have been trying to wait for my husband to get back because I am scared of the colonoscopy/ upper endoscopy that I need to get. But at this point I am very sick and I cannot wait any longer. I have a doctors appt. on Tuesday.
What do you guys think? Sorry it is long...very complicated. I'm hoping to have answers soon...I am so sick I almost want to drive myself to the hospital to get help, but every time I have done that they have turned me away.
My story starts a long time ago, 6 years in fact, when I was 15. I started being very irregular digestive wise, and would have frequent abdominal pain. This pain would feel like my abdomen was shredding itself. I went to the GI and he said it must be IBS...my gut told me he was wrong. He put me on medication (I have forgotten the name of it) and I was allergic (it made my throat close up). I went back a month later and he told me I was a liar. I stopped going to him.
In May I started to have more severe problems. I had pain in a very certain spot, diahrea, and blood in my stool occasionally. The worst was the pain. I went to an urgent care center and an ER, and they said they could not figure out why I was in pain. I thought it might be ruptured ovarian cysts, which happened already last January, so I went to my OBGYN. She did a transviginal ultrasound and laughed at me...telling me all it was was constipation and to go home. I was so embarrassed...the pain meds I was on for the abdominal pain caused constipation, it was not why I was in such bad shape.
I went to a second ER and the doctor poked at the spot I was in pain and said it must be a hernia. I went to a surgeon, and he had a hard time finding one, and found a very small one, but it was not in the spot I was in pain. He went ahead and did surgery anyway. By the time I recovered from that, I was feeling better in my abdomen and went by to normal life.
About 6 weeks ago I ended up back where I was before. Abdominal pain in the same spot, very severe..I feel like I have been shot. Diahrea, sometimes blood is in my stool as well. At this point I went to another urgent care and they checked for kidney stones and did an xray of my digestive system. She did not find anything. I ended up in the ER again a few days later, and they did a CT scan of my digestive system. Again, nothing. The doctor barely even tried to help me, said there was no physical sign that I was hurt, and sent me away with nothing but more pain meds.
I finally went to a GI about two weeks ago. He said it was either crohns, ulcer colitis, or colon cancer. In the past 6 weeks I have lost 20 pounds at least, I am losing my hair, and I have only been eating about 1.5 to 2 meals a day because of the pain. The pain is in a certain spot and it gets much worse with excercise and eating. I feel very weak, and for the first time in my life I feel very depressed and I am having anxiety attacks. I have also had ulcers in my mouth for the past 6 years.
Through all of this we had to move to Germany. That is why it is taking so long for me to get treatment. My husband got sent off to Afghanistan, and he was suppose to get sent home because of my problem, but he isn't yet. I now have to start over here with my diagnosis, and I have been trying to wait for my husband to get back because I am scared of the colonoscopy/ upper endoscopy that I need to get. But at this point I am very sick and I cannot wait any longer. I have a doctors appt. on Tuesday.
What do you guys think? Sorry it is long...very complicated. I'm hoping to have answers soon...I am so sick I almost want to drive myself to the hospital to get help, but every time I have done that they have turned me away.
