This began in November. I was so constipated that I had to manually evacuate. I also vomited a couple of times, then had diarrhoea. I couldn't stand unsupported, was close to fainting, knees to chest with abdominal pain, mainly left sided but also around my navel and when my GP examined me 4 days later I was tender on the right aswell. I lost 14 pounds in 9 days, was more exhausted than I've ever felt in my life, and was also passing blood and mucus. This came hot on the heels of an incredibly stressful time in my life.
My GP did some tests and my calprotectin came back at over 2000 with a CRP of 16.8. I had a colonoscopy which showed slight rectal inflammation and nothing else. The biopsies have come back normal.
I continue to have pain ( left sided and around my navel), tenesmus, have up to 8 bowel movements a day (average of 4 which can be anything from a pile of ' mush' to something hard and the size of a raisin) and haven't had a normal bowel movement since October. Every BM since this started has had a distinctive odour which is chemical/ ammonia type (My elder daughter's nappies used to smell a bit like this when she was teething!). I'm still passing mucus but the bleeding has stopped. I'm tired, my joints ache, I spend much of the night throwing the covers on and off as I'm hot despite not wearing anything and not having heating on. I still have no appetite and haven't regained any of the weight that I lost. I'm eating because I have to, not because I want to.
I see the consultant again soon and have been prescribed suppositories (prednisolone and mesalazine) despite being told that I don't have IBD!
Nothing seems to add up, and I'm feeling very frustrated as I just want to know what is wrong with me.
My GP did some tests and my calprotectin came back at over 2000 with a CRP of 16.8. I had a colonoscopy which showed slight rectal inflammation and nothing else. The biopsies have come back normal.
I continue to have pain ( left sided and around my navel), tenesmus, have up to 8 bowel movements a day (average of 4 which can be anything from a pile of ' mush' to something hard and the size of a raisin) and haven't had a normal bowel movement since October. Every BM since this started has had a distinctive odour which is chemical/ ammonia type (My elder daughter's nappies used to smell a bit like this when she was teething!). I'm still passing mucus but the bleeding has stopped. I'm tired, my joints ache, I spend much of the night throwing the covers on and off as I'm hot despite not wearing anything and not having heating on. I still have no appetite and haven't regained any of the weight that I lost. I'm eating because I have to, not because I want to.
I see the consultant again soon and have been prescribed suppositories (prednisolone and mesalazine) despite being told that I don't have IBD!
Nothing seems to add up, and I'm feeling very frustrated as I just want to know what is wrong with me.
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