Hi all
To start off I've always had a poor stomach, never or rarely painful but often D. Over the years I've noticed some triggers such as energy drinks, junk food etc so I avoid those mostly but over all I'd say my diet is still poor.
Around 2 years ago a my stomach started to play up a lot more and I was getting sudden but brief severe stomach pain that would only last about 5 seconds. After a couple of weeks of ignoring it (stupid I know) I went toilet and past a lot of blood, tbh overall I felt OK, I'd been swinging a sledge hammer that morning so was far from ill. Bottom line I spent 7 days in hospital being told they think I had Ibd, I had a endoscopy (Clear) followed by a ct scan what found a inflamed appendix what was promptly removed and I was sent on my way with the all clear.
10 months later I had a few days of stomach pain and then one day it got alot worse as I was clearly out the garage and I passed a lot of blood that night, seen a out of hours GP and was assured I'm fine and was told to see my GP when possible. The following day it came back with a vengeance and I spent 8 hours in resus (not sure why as I didn't get blood or any thing) and again was told that it sounds like I have ibd so I got a emergency flexible sigmoidoscopy what came back all clear.
After all this I had 2 stool tests, one came back borderline and one normal. And I'm now to scared to go back to my GP.
Feel like a can't win this, wait and see if I get really bad again or go back to my GP and go through more horrible tests
To start off I've always had a poor stomach, never or rarely painful but often D. Over the years I've noticed some triggers such as energy drinks, junk food etc so I avoid those mostly but over all I'd say my diet is still poor.
Around 2 years ago a my stomach started to play up a lot more and I was getting sudden but brief severe stomach pain that would only last about 5 seconds. After a couple of weeks of ignoring it (stupid I know) I went toilet and past a lot of blood, tbh overall I felt OK, I'd been swinging a sledge hammer that morning so was far from ill. Bottom line I spent 7 days in hospital being told they think I had Ibd, I had a endoscopy (Clear) followed by a ct scan what found a inflamed appendix what was promptly removed and I was sent on my way with the all clear.
10 months later I had a few days of stomach pain and then one day it got alot worse as I was clearly out the garage and I passed a lot of blood that night, seen a out of hours GP and was assured I'm fine and was told to see my GP when possible. The following day it came back with a vengeance and I spent 8 hours in resus (not sure why as I didn't get blood or any thing) and again was told that it sounds like I have ibd so I got a emergency flexible sigmoidoscopy what came back all clear.
After all this I had 2 stool tests, one came back borderline and one normal. And I'm now to scared to go back to my GP.
Feel like a can't win this, wait and see if I get really bad again or go back to my GP and go through more horrible tests