Desperate for Help!

So.. I'm brand new here and hoping I can get some advise.

I'm 24 years old, diagnoised with graves disease about 3 years ago, but show no side effects from it. about 3 years ago, I started having issues when eatting what I thought was fatty foods. I would become bloated and uncomfortable for hours after eatting certain meals. about a year ago, I decided to cut all dairy out of my diet and go completely low fat on every thing I eat. My normal day consists of a small bag of lifesaver gummies, a sprite, and maybe a healthy choice low fat steamer (which hurts me every time I eat it). I absolutely CAN'T eat anything until around 6 o'clock in the evening bc nothing will digest and can't afford to be in pain and in the bathroom all day while at work. I'm at a complete loss. I've been questioned by my work with them thinking I have an eatting disorder because they haven't seen me eat anything while I'm there in about 2 years and at 5'5 weighing 100 pounds, I'm not even looking healthy anymore.

To give a little background. Pretty much any food I eat gives me diarrea with TERRIABLE cramps. It doesn't seem to matter anymore if its low fat or not, I still end up in the bathroom within an hour after eatting it. (shorter if its higher in fat) I was just given the test to do the stool sample by my doctor and as gross as this sounds.. its basically mucus and blood. And the only meal I have eatten all day was a small amount of baked turkey plain which sent me to the bathroom within 40 minutes. Now, I know this isn't normal. I have had a my gullblatter tested and its fine, but I know something is wrong!! Can anyone give me any adivse??

 

Just keep working with your doctor to get an answer.  Sometimes it take a while for these problems to be diagnosed. 

ElaineNY

You haven't mentioned whether you have ulcerative colitis or not, so what does you doctor think is going on? Or are your symptoms because of graves disease?

No matter what, your diet isn't healthy. If you're having trouble with eating solids during the day, then try to drink some healthy nutrition -- vegetable juices, liquid supplement meals (not liquids with artificial flavors and sugar like Sprite).

However, it's still not easy to tailor a sufficient diet from liquids, so I would highly recommend seeing a nutritionist. If you're not giving your body sufficient nutrition then you're not giving it much of a chance to overcome whatever problems may be going on.

Also, when you eat solids try to eat foods that might be easier to digest. Are there any food that don't have you running to the toilet soon afterwards?

Hope you're better soon.

I agree that you need to see a gastroenterologist and try to eat a healty diet; maybe consider seeing a nutritionist as well. Gummy lifesavers and sprite are definitely *not* healthy foods just because they are low fat.