still having problems
Please forgive me for posting again, I seem to come and go. I also dont feel like I should be posting because so many doctors have told me I have IBS, which for some reason I dont believe completelty.
So my problems have been going on for over 2 years, but have much improved over the last year after cutting out gluten and lactose.
However I still have times where Im having lots of bowel movements, sometimes formed, sometimes not, feeling really tired and feeling sick.
About 3-4 months back I saw a doctor (I also had pain low down, near the pubic area and above that). I was told that all that is there is my intestines. That I have IBS and just have to get on with it eg change diet and maybe take something to bulk my motions. Well I go through times of just having 1-2 bowel movements a day and didnt want to chance getting blocked up.
After about 2 months I saw another gp who seems to be taking me seriously, she was concerned I had damaged my stomach lining (took too many tablets a few years back) so prescribed me a proton pump inhibitor for a month. I noticed an improvement, we then had a break and Ive just completed another months course.
In the last 4 weeks Ive been going to the toilet upto 6 times a day. Ive also had a really sore bum, it burns/stings if anything touches it, it itches etc.
Plucked up the courage to see the doctor again, she examined me and said my bum is very inflammed and I have a small pile. Which shocked me quite a bit, with me being 26 years old. Have been given some ointment with steriod in to help the inflammation. She wants to book another appointment to discuss my stomach issues. She didnt mention what could be causing the inflammation. Also in the past two weeks Ive had the pain again low down to the left. Also feels tender to touch.
Im just so confused, obviously it concerns me because my mum had crohns (well she was really bad with it when I was young and had an operation to remove some of her bowl and touch wood she has been ok since).
I just hate going back to the doctors and being told its IBS.
Sorry to moan, for the last year or so Ive been so routine with my meals eg eating at a certain time for fear of feeling sick, it controls me so much.
Please forgive me for posting again, I seem to come and go. I also dont feel like I should be posting because so many doctors have told me I have IBS, which for some reason I dont believe completelty.
So my problems have been going on for over 2 years, but have much improved over the last year after cutting out gluten and lactose.
However I still have times where Im having lots of bowel movements, sometimes formed, sometimes not, feeling really tired and feeling sick.
About 3-4 months back I saw a doctor (I also had pain low down, near the pubic area and above that). I was told that all that is there is my intestines. That I have IBS and just have to get on with it eg change diet and maybe take something to bulk my motions. Well I go through times of just having 1-2 bowel movements a day and didnt want to chance getting blocked up.
After about 2 months I saw another gp who seems to be taking me seriously, she was concerned I had damaged my stomach lining (took too many tablets a few years back) so prescribed me a proton pump inhibitor for a month. I noticed an improvement, we then had a break and Ive just completed another months course.
In the last 4 weeks Ive been going to the toilet upto 6 times a day. Ive also had a really sore bum, it burns/stings if anything touches it, it itches etc.
Plucked up the courage to see the doctor again, she examined me and said my bum is very inflammed and I have a small pile. Which shocked me quite a bit, with me being 26 years old. Have been given some ointment with steriod in to help the inflammation. She wants to book another appointment to discuss my stomach issues. She didnt mention what could be causing the inflammation. Also in the past two weeks Ive had the pain again low down to the left. Also feels tender to touch.
Im just so confused, obviously it concerns me because my mum had crohns (well she was really bad with it when I was young and had an operation to remove some of her bowl and touch wood she has been ok since).
I just hate going back to the doctors and being told its IBS.
Sorry to moan, for the last year or so Ive been so routine with my meals eg eating at a certain time for fear of feeling sick, it controls me so much.