OOH! thanks guys! I finally just got a hold of my doc's assistant and she said yes ( i was gone all day)! I just made some jell-o...but also bought some ready to eat jell-o at the market, and am...
Jell-O doesn't interfere?...
thanks! You are so lucky you got to use miralax prep... they wouldn't let me and I called around to other docs and they as well. So I'll be taking anti-vomit pills 1/2hour before the prep. :D I don't...
I already asked if they are going in at least as far as the illium--my doc's assistant said that's the goal. That is where MOST of my pain is located, especially after eating salad. But then I get...
...Celiac is the first thing I thought of too cuz that definitely causes atrophy. BUT I've been off of gluten for a year and a half, and honestly, it's really not that bad. As long as you have a...
I was diagnosed w/Osteopenia when I was 28---2 yrs ago. my Vit level was 12. Since then I've been on 2000Iu daily Vit D, and supposed to be on 1000calcium...and I take magnesium which is ALSO needed...
I know that feeling! It hurts so bad--I had to start sleeping w/a pillow under/between my knees at night otherwise I wouldn't be able to move out of bed! I was told to go to a pediatrist by my GP--he...
I am gluten sensitive--my MAIN complaint was CONSTANT migraines. My endoscopy was negative but my blood work was strange. It would seem that I am IgA deficient because that level was in the normal...
I read something similar once on another forum--I think it was the Crohn's disease forum....
THANK you! :D...
I can't afford a naturopath... and yes, all the other docs are way too far. :( I was looking at all the docs around my place and they all say general GI stuff...plus IBS but none say anything about...
ooh!! thank you!!...
Starbucks carries full leaf Vanilla Rooibos tea now--and it's WONDERFUL! they also make it in tea lattes for the peeps who can have milk....
Help! I need a GI doc for a backup. My GI doctor thought I was totally unreasonable about asking to set up a Miralax prep as a back up plan because I cannot control my gag reflex to stuff that tastes...
ATTN: SR5599 ---WHO is your doc and where?? I'm in WA too! I'm not on any meds... but there are times that i'll wake up in a SERIOUS hot flash--only beginning to sweat--and feel like I'm going to...
yay!! I'm still waiting for my doc's nurse to call me back to see if I can just do the miralax.. i hope my doc is down w/that.... WHY doesn't all docs do this?? it just seems like the EASIER on your...
Oh my gosh!!! You guys, thank you soooo much! I put a call into my doctor's nurse today and left a message asking about alternatives to nasty tasting stuff. But you guys were so helpful w/laying out...
wow... I'm a new member myself, obviously stated under my name, but have not been diagnosed w/anything except "it's probably IBS, no big deal," from my GI doc. Crazy thing is, my General practitioner...
I was scheduled for colonoscopy two years ago and was told to drink the Fleet soda prep. I TRIED AND TRIED to drink it but it just came back up and pretty soon the smell made me dry heave so the doc...
Get a GI doc. Ask about possible crohn's disease. Perhaps even post on the crohn's forum--they are all very knowledgeable and seem to have very similar stories....
I had the same problem! I paged my doctor yesterday and asked if I could take another dose of miralax and he said go for it. I had taken 3 doses in 24 hours--but the last two were yesterday afternoon...
This is very interesting... Do you guys feel 'hot' before waking up in sweat or do you just wake up drenched? I've had this happen once last week and the week before and didn't understand. I have not...
I've never heard of energy levels being upped, but that would be nice!! but I agree w/ Funguy that I hardly EVER get sick!! (besides all the stomach crap, that is) .. I used to get about FOUR sinus...
lol! Actually... I just got some Gatorade today. ..MOST Gatorade that I've found in the stores have modified food starch (gluten) and I just finally found some that doesn't have the gluten so I...
lol!!! "same crap, different pile"--awesome! ya... I haven't really seen blood like I've been reading here. I only see it when it's all swollen at the exit site and feels like acid went thru--and it...
Ya.. I actually had a stool kit and an endoscopy done about three years ago--and either before the endoscopy or right after, I had the barium small blah blah follow thru--whatever the exact name is....
see.... that's so confusing... Is IBS symptoms the same as Crohn's except w/out the intestinal disease (actual Crohn's present)... What's the difference?? Is the difference between symptoms only that...
...oh and to be clear.. I am NOT saying that IBS is as bad as Crohns--by any means. I meant that I think that IBS shouldn't be there in the first place and that it shouldn't just be an easy diagnosis...
Thank you to ALL! Ya... I don't eat fried food and am on a pretty easy diet--Gluten Free. I was Thinking that maybe it was the nachos--but they have never hurt me before. I didn't fall asleep until...
..oh ya... does anyone know what calms it down?... or what's causing it to spasm--as in, is it just a normal muscle spasm? I'm just looking for the right terms, if there are any, to use when talking...
thanks Biebs.... it's so weird too cuz I have felt so awesome the last three weeks I thought that perhaps I'm fine after all. But then it hit again... but this time not w/crippling pain--it's been...
"Adhesions"? ...what's that mean?? ... my new GI doc doesn't have anything open till March 4th. ....But I feel like he doesn't take me seriously, especially after I told him I went off of gluten and...
ugh... see.. i'm feeling things that I haven't felt before and it's causing a little anxiety. It's such a weird and gross feeling....
So I've been really distended for that past week--yesterday after nachos, EXTREMELY distended. And then last night it felt as though someone was yanking on my intestines on the right lower...
I can't get it sooner. They are booked up and on Dec 31st I'm having surgery and need about six weeks to fully recover before colonoscopy. :D...
Thanks guys!! Gail--i take 3 capsules of a mixture of magnesium citrate ever night too--for the same exact reason... but I'm thinking I may need to take 4 now. What stool softeners are you taking and...
IBS..Crohns...Gluten Sensitivity... WHAT is the difference?? I was tested for Celiacs but is believed to be IgA deficient while my IgG antibodies score off the charts for Celiacs, but for some reason...