Hello everyone!
My name is Sarah, I'm 19 years old and I just found this support forum today and so far, it has been really helpful to read all of your stories as you struggle with your diseases. The thing is, I'm in the middle of a fiasco. I really don't even know where to begin.
I guess I'll begin with, since the age of about 8/9 I have had an issue with constipation and stomach pain. I remember sitting on the toilet for hours and hours, crying out in pain. Well, my mother took me to my pediatrician and she just told my mother to keep me on a high-fiber diet, which she did. I've had a few run ins with those problems since then but nothing major - until now.
Anyways, fast forward nearly ten years and I'm having stomach problems again, except this time, way worse! It all started around two weeks ago when my stomach started feeling really funny. It was just uncomfortable, I had really bad gas and felt nauseous all day. Later that night, I ended up vomiting but just took it for the seasonal flu and attempted to go to bed.
After maybe twenty minutes in bed, I woke up in a dire need to get to the toilet. I mean, it was really disgusting. I couldn't stop vomiting, had constant diarrhea and severe stomach pain. My parents ended up taking me to the ER where they said it was just the stomach flu and sent me on my merry way.
I was okay with that until it started getting a lot worse. The stomach pain is out of this world pain. I mean, it brought me to my knees in tears while the nausea and vomiting has not since stopped. Along with an on-again off-again battle between constipation and diarrhea.
I've been in the ER FOUR times in the last two weeks, yes four times! That's why this week has been so miserable, ha. I really hate ERs. Anyways, in the ER they really couldn't find anything wrong with me. They've done X-Rays, MRI's, ultrasounds and CT Scans and nothing has shown up.
At first they were thinking the gallbladder but after all of those tests they ruled it out. So, I ended up being admitted to the hospital for two days just because they said being in the ER three times (at that time it was only three times) in one week led to an admittance.
When I was discharged from the hospital, that's when the doctor gave me an all-clear on the gallbladder and suggested that it may be IBS or another IBD disorder. My mother has suffered with IBS for nearly 25 years now and says that my symptoms are a lot worse than the ones she's had or has ever even heard of.
I have an appointment with a GI doctor on the 18th and am really hoping for some answers. I'm really suffering here and I'm starting to feel like everyone (including the doctors) think that this is all in my head.
Does anyone have any kind of advice to offer me? Or does this sound like anything anyone else has ever gone through? I'm really feeling helpless.
My name is Sarah, I'm 19 years old and I just found this support forum today and so far, it has been really helpful to read all of your stories as you struggle with your diseases. The thing is, I'm in the middle of a fiasco. I really don't even know where to begin.
I guess I'll begin with, since the age of about 8/9 I have had an issue with constipation and stomach pain. I remember sitting on the toilet for hours and hours, crying out in pain. Well, my mother took me to my pediatrician and she just told my mother to keep me on a high-fiber diet, which she did. I've had a few run ins with those problems since then but nothing major - until now.
Anyways, fast forward nearly ten years and I'm having stomach problems again, except this time, way worse! It all started around two weeks ago when my stomach started feeling really funny. It was just uncomfortable, I had really bad gas and felt nauseous all day. Later that night, I ended up vomiting but just took it for the seasonal flu and attempted to go to bed.
After maybe twenty minutes in bed, I woke up in a dire need to get to the toilet. I mean, it was really disgusting. I couldn't stop vomiting, had constant diarrhea and severe stomach pain. My parents ended up taking me to the ER where they said it was just the stomach flu and sent me on my merry way.
I was okay with that until it started getting a lot worse. The stomach pain is out of this world pain. I mean, it brought me to my knees in tears while the nausea and vomiting has not since stopped. Along with an on-again off-again battle between constipation and diarrhea.
I've been in the ER FOUR times in the last two weeks, yes four times! That's why this week has been so miserable, ha. I really hate ERs. Anyways, in the ER they really couldn't find anything wrong with me. They've done X-Rays, MRI's, ultrasounds and CT Scans and nothing has shown up.
At first they were thinking the gallbladder but after all of those tests they ruled it out. So, I ended up being admitted to the hospital for two days just because they said being in the ER three times (at that time it was only three times) in one week led to an admittance.
When I was discharged from the hospital, that's when the doctor gave me an all-clear on the gallbladder and suggested that it may be IBS or another IBD disorder. My mother has suffered with IBS for nearly 25 years now and says that my symptoms are a lot worse than the ones she's had or has ever even heard of.
I have an appointment with a GI doctor on the 18th and am really hoping for some answers. I'm really suffering here and I'm starting to feel like everyone (including the doctors) think that this is all in my head.
Does anyone have any kind of advice to offer me? Or does this sound like anything anyone else has ever gone through? I'm really feeling helpless.
