I am so thankful to have found this forum today! I have been feeling miserable for 2 weeks now. It started when I had what appeared to have been a virus. I had a fever, chills, body aches and watery diarrhea. I was sick in bed for 3 days and finally went to the ER on the 4th day. I gave a stool sample almost immediately after getting there and can you believe that they LOST it???? Yep, and of course they had given me anti-diarrhea medication so I wasn't able to produce another sample by the time they admitted it had been lost! :(
They also gave me IV fluids and Ativan as I was notably very upset after being sick 4 days. I have had a tremendous amount of stress on me the past several years but compounded even more so in the past few months. First, my precious mom died in November ... and it was a long cruel death from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. I was the one who had to plan her funeral and all arrangements thereafter as well as dealing with my 88 year old Dad! Bless his heart, he calls me every single night ... and I am thankful that he does and that he is well ... but it gives me knots every time the phone rings!
In addition to the issues with my mom's passing and caring for my elderly Dad, both of my precious daughters are having major problems. My youngest, "uninvited" me to her wedding that was nearly 3 years ago because her step mother was dying of cancer and I don't know, I think it was sort of a "gift" to her for the issues we had with eachother through the years. Anyway, not being in my youngest daughter's life for nearly 3 years has been daily torture! Now I found out that she and her husband are divorcing and I KNOW she is going through a very difficult time but yet she still won't let me back into her life!
My oldest daughter has had legal issues and been on probation for several years now. She kept putting off her sentence and fines over and over and over and now finally has been made to flatten her time and is in jail for at least 6 months or so. I found out that she was hiding out and had her bags packed trying to get a ride out of state. I guess she didn't think she could do the jail time but was she just going to leave us all behind and say nothing? She has an 8 year old daughter who is being raised by her other grandmother.
In addition to all of the above, I was just diagnosed (Feb. 5th, 2013) with Multiple Schlerosis. I have been having all sorts of problems (bladder and bowel, included) and been for test after test and doctor to doctor. I am stressed beyond maximum capacity!!!! Then .... I get the virus or bug or whatever I first mentioned and 2 weeks later, I'm still having cramping, and yellow/orange loose stools. I am terrified!!!!
I am 48 years old and back in high school had terrible bowel issues .... was hospitalized and went through all the upper and lower GI series .... diagnosed with IBS. Off and on through the years, I have had flairs with it but nothing so bad as these past 2 weeks. I "normally" take Benefiber but since they have quit production, I have been on Metamucil Orange packets in water. However, I have stopped them for the past week because I am paranoid of anything I put in my body at this point!
Like many of you have stated ... I wake up in the morning with bowel cramps and have to get up to have a loose movement. That terrifies me and gets my day started off in fear! Plus, I do not feel like eating! I have never been good about eating breakfast ... it just takes me a while to get my appetite going each day.
I am really just sharing my story and hoping for support and input!? I took a stool sample into the lab this morning and have an appointment with my GP at 2:30 p.m. today. I hope someone can read and comment on my post!
Thanks!