Hi Everyone, Im really glad I found this forum. I wanted to post whats going on with me and see if anyone has any thoughts.
Im a 27 year old mother of 3 with number 4 on the way. For the past three years I've been having some vauge medical issues which are starting to get really bad and interfere with my life in a major way
BTW before I start I will say I have an older brother with Crohn's and a 1st cousin with crohns.
About three years ago, out of the blue I developed psoriasis, never had a skin problem before and then all the sudden Im covered in red scaly patches all over my body (even some on my face)
At about the same time I started developing gas pain, it wasnt too bad at first, I took Gas-x and had some relief. I did not even think that these two things had anything to do with eachother. Then the Gas-x stopped helping me. Over the next two years the gas pain got worse, I would become bloated and have these attacks occasionaly where I could barely move because of the pain. In the past year it has gotten so bad that maybe 6 out of 7 days of the week if I'm lucky enough to have a day off I have attacks so excrutiating that Im in tears, it feels like Im being stabbed by knives. I recently had a ultrasound to see if something else was going on as I suspected a hernia might be causing the pain, all that they saw was a build up of gas in my left side, oh and a peek at my baby's leg Now I have so much gas it cant be related to gassy foods even if i ate them which i dont. If Im able to pass the gas I am all day long, it even keeps me up at night, its very distressing, im also burping a lot and Im freaking out because I never had gas problems and now I cant stop burping or passing really heavy gas
I went to a doctor who told me to take gas-x before I eat and I started it again, Ive been popping gas=x all day long and although it helps some of the gas get out it doesnt help with the agony Im in.
I tried cutting out "gassy" foods and then I tried cutting out greasy foods, then dairy, then I tried not eating much at all, nothing helped.
On a side note, last year I was very weak and tired all the time and I had bloodwork done . The results came back that everything was fine except I had the lowest vitamin D my doctor had ever seen or heard of and very low B12.
Im trying to think of some random other symptoms that Ive had. Recently Ive been having D attacks, where I almost don't make it to the bathroom.... Horrifying! Thankfully no accidents yet. I thought it might be because of the gas-x, but maybe not. In general my digestive system is messed up, I used to be always constipated, sometimes having movements that were like passing large sharp rocks, I remember some of those had blood, but I figured it was because they were so hard and painful that they tore me a bit inside...but I should really stop figuring (btw these were far and few in between). So either I cant go for days and days or I have D, I dont remember the last time I had a normal BM. Sometimes I need to take a perscription laxative just so I can go a little. other times I have a hard time getting it out but when it does come its almost like water Uggg I know this is discusting.)
Meanwhile I am making a appoijntment to see the gastronterologist tomorrow.. I need to find out whats going on with me, I cant deal with this anymore on a daily basis. Its affecting my social life now too, i hate making plans because I never know if Im going to be in so much pain I cant move, and I hate being around ppl when Im like that and Im also afraid of being around people and not being able to pass gas because im embarassed, which makes the pain even worse! Im so embarassed even around my kids, im mortified that they always hear whats going on. Please any thoughts?
Im a 27 year old mother of 3 with number 4 on the way. For the past three years I've been having some vauge medical issues which are starting to get really bad and interfere with my life in a major way
BTW before I start I will say I have an older brother with Crohn's and a 1st cousin with crohns.About three years ago, out of the blue I developed psoriasis, never had a skin problem before and then all the sudden Im covered in red scaly patches all over my body (even some on my face)
At about the same time I started developing gas pain, it wasnt too bad at first, I took Gas-x and had some relief. I did not even think that these two things had anything to do with eachother. Then the Gas-x stopped helping me. Over the next two years the gas pain got worse, I would become bloated and have these attacks occasionaly where I could barely move because of the pain. In the past year it has gotten so bad that maybe 6 out of 7 days of the week if I'm lucky enough to have a day off I have attacks so excrutiating that Im in tears, it feels like Im being stabbed by knives. I recently had a ultrasound to see if something else was going on as I suspected a hernia might be causing the pain, all that they saw was a build up of gas in my left side, oh and a peek at my baby's leg
Now I have so much gas it cant be related to gassy foods even if i ate them which i dont. If Im able to pass the gas I am all day long, it even keeps me up at night, its very distressing, im also burping a lot and Im freaking out because I never had gas problems and now I cant stop burping or passing really heavy gas I went to a doctor who told me to take gas-x before I eat and I started it again, Ive been popping gas=x all day long and although it helps some of the gas get out it doesnt help with the agony Im in.
I tried cutting out "gassy" foods and then I tried cutting out greasy foods, then dairy, then I tried not eating much at all, nothing helped.
On a side note, last year I was very weak and tired all the time and I had bloodwork done . The results came back that everything was fine except I had the lowest vitamin D my doctor had ever seen or heard of and very low B12.
Im trying to think of some random other symptoms that Ive had. Recently Ive been having D attacks, where I almost don't make it to the bathroom.... Horrifying! Thankfully no accidents yet. I thought it might be because of the gas-x, but maybe not. In general my digestive system is messed up, I used to be always constipated, sometimes having movements that were like passing large sharp rocks, I remember some of those had blood, but I figured it was because they were so hard and painful that they tore me a bit inside...but I should really stop figuring (btw these were far and few in between). So either I cant go for days and days or I have D, I dont remember the last time I had a normal BM. Sometimes I need to take a perscription laxative just so I can go a little. other times I have a hard time getting it out but when it does come its almost like water
Uggg I know this is discusting.)Meanwhile I am making a appoijntment to see the gastronterologist tomorrow.. I need to find out whats going on with me, I cant deal with this anymore on a daily basis. Its affecting my social life now too, i hate making plans because I never know if Im going to be in so much pain I cant move, and I hate being around ppl when Im like that and Im also afraid of being around people and not being able to pass gas because im embarassed, which makes the pain even worse! Im so embarassed even around my kids, im mortified that they always hear whats going on. Please any thoughts?
