Hi - I am asking for a friend who has UC and is having a lot of problems now. Is sausage permitted on SCD? Thanks!...
Hi Shelley I had a baby last October and the pregnancy cleared up a lot of my IBS symptoms, but after he was around 6 months they started rearing their ugly head. That's why I am on this site today-...
Hi Shelley- I had IBS-D for a year and a half straight, probably caused by all the bacterial infections I've recieved while living in a 3rd world country. When I got pregnant my D got even worse, but...
Canyonbabe- I've been to La Paz and do not wish to go back(I live in Santa Cruz - it is tropical like Florida)! La Paz is beautiful to look at, but the altitude gives me a splitting headache and I...
Yah- I have two boys now!! I have 3 brothers 0 sisters so I am used to boys, though!...
Hey everyone! I've been gone for awhile - I was pregnant and it totally cleared up my IBS-D since July! I was in the states during my delivery (I had a beautiful baby Boy) and for around 45 days...
Hi Shelly- Add me to the list of chronic diarrhea - especially in the morning. Every once in a blue moon, I'll make a normal bm, but after dealing with this for a year and two months, I've come to...
Hi! I am 6 months pregnant (25 weeks) and my IBS was HORRIBLE starting a few days after implantation! Every time I'd throw up I'd also have horrible diarrhea, stomach cramping, etc. My nausea ended...
Hey everyone! I haven't posted in a while because there has been no change for the better in my chronic D and loose stools. I am now in my 21st week of pregnancy and on Saturday my stomach finally...
Hi Shelly You're symptoms sound much like mine, except sometimes I do get painful cramps and gas pains. I also have to go as soon as I wake up (which means, if I happen to wake up at 4 am, withing 5...
As an American LIVING in a third world country, I just wanted to comment on this. While IBD is rare in these countries, I do know a girl here that was recently diagnosed with UC at the same time as...
Hi Ryleigh- I also get the rectal pain! Sometimes I'll be standing in line or something and out of no where the pressure and pain will start. It is hard to describe it! Sometimes it fells like my...
Dear Momof2boys1girl- THANK YOU for sharing your story. It really made my evening! Everyone calls my son 'Tank' since he is so darn big, so that gives me hope! I wanted to share about something I...
Oh, how upsetting. I am terrified waiting for my husband's test results to come back. If you'd never taken the test, you might of just thought Max had asthma or something. I wouldn't be so worried if...
Dear Max's Mom- How did you find out that Max had CF? Did he have symptoms or did you find out the baby you are carrying had it and then got him tested?...
Hi- I am currently waiting to find out if my husband is a CF carrier (I am pregnant w/ baby #2 and just found out I am a carrier). My main concern is for the son I already have - I am terrified he...
Hi Sarita! Our bad guts are so in sync, it seems! I just saw my GI here in the states to get the results of my last 3 stool samples, and only one showed a few white blood cells. So, basically, I...
Hi Everyone! Well, I am back in the US (from Bolivia) and so far my first stool test came back negative for anything. Hopefully I won't test positive for C-Diff again, because if I do I can't take...
Hi Sarita- It's your pooping buddy from Bolivia! I had a fever at the beginning of FEb and tried to wait thru it, but it turned out to be shigella and I HAD to take antibiotics for it. Well, since...
I agree with Bunnybabe - try to cut gluten out of your diet and see what happens. I am trying to follow the specific carbohydrate diet and it is helping me get thing somewhat under control, but my...
Hi - I came down with IBS one month after a horrible intestinal infection that had to be treated with Cipro. The intestinal infection put me in the Hospital with severe dehydration and copious...
Has anyone had any success by going low-carb? I am thinking about trying the SCD Diet because it seems to make sense, and there isn't anything to tempt me food-wise here in Bolivia anyway! I also...
Well, I am glad I read this post this morning and was able to check out the website. What a hopeful idea! When I go back to the states I'm going to insist on a breath test....
Thanks for the advice! My stool sample from this morning didn't have leukocytes, so my problem is not related to a food borne illness. I am seeing a Gastro here tomorrow, and if things don't start...
Hey everyone, Well, I thought I was getting better from the shigella, but I seem to have taken a turn for the worse, yet again. Why do I get infected with food borne illness more than any other...
Oh - I have to add this - my Dad fell off a jeep and got his foot run over when he was nine years old. Today, his foot has clumpy looking bones on top and he has to wear a different size shoe. Other...
Hey Sarita, I twisted my ankle really bad about a year ago and it turned blue and swelled up pretty much immediately. I called the local doctor and he said to ice it and if it got worse to come in....
My husband started having chills, fever and profuse diarrhea around 10 last night. His temp at 3AM was 102.1, and he was still having the big D this morning. I took a stool sample to the local lab...
Hi- I have been living in Bolivia for two and 1/2 years, and the first year and 1/2 I was totally fine. I NEVER had IBS before May 2005. Well, in May I got my first 'intestinal infection' and it...
Hi again ladies, I am doing so much better than I was a week ago it isn't even funny. Tho I hate antibiotics because they gave me c-diff, so far (knock on wood) I am handling it like a normal person...
OK- So I started an antibiotic for the Shigella on Thursday night and the diarrhea was gone by morning! I didn't go all day on Friday :) However, Saturday and this morning I've been awakened by mild...
My Aunt had something similar - she woke up one day in terrible pain, thought she fibromyalgia, but the doctor said whatever it was would go away 6 months, and it did just that....
That was a very understanding response, Sarita. My GI doc here thinks I should try to ride it out without antibiotics because I have been on several in the past year and don't have a fever anymore. I...
Hi ladies- I've been sick for a week (fever, cramps, D 10+ times a day filled with mucus) and I just got the culture back from the lab. It appears I have Shigella. I now have to take an antibiotic...
Hey Blondie- Just so you don't feel alone, I've had some sort of stomach bug since Saturday afternoon, and have had more Gatorade than I care to drink. I freaked out because I thought my c-diff was...
that is great news, and it seems like they got back to you pretty quickly! The worst part about medical tests is the waiting........
I am taking probiotics, omega 3 fish oils, florastor, iron, metamucil, vitamins - you name I am experimenting with it. My 3 yr old was recently hospitalized for pneumonia, and while there the doctor...
Hi fellow IBSers. I am so tired of this. I had a serious intestinal infection in May that required antibiotics - the antibiotics led me to have C-Difficile that wasn't diagnose until Sept. I thought...
Hey Sarita - I am 31 and moved in with my boyfriend (now husband) when I was pregnant. He is the anal retentive one and obsessed if I so much left a glass on the coffee table for more than an hour....
Ides is right. If you are diagnosed with Microscopic Colitis it is like being diagnosed with crohn's or UC - not IBS. You have a definite answer to your recurring diarrhea, and it has everything to...
I am Irish/German on my Mom's side and German/English on Dad's. My Maiden name is supposed to be Jewish in the way it is spelled, but who knows. I am also A-!!!...
Thanks you so much for that article. I now have IBS after having undiagnosed C-Difficile for 4 months. I was put on Prilosec during those undiagnosed months, so maybe that is why I fell prey to that...
Hi Sarita- I have to chime in because I also freaked out when the doctor said I had a skin tag. He seemed not the least bit worried- I guess because it must be more common than what is portrayed on...
Hi! I bet you have what I had: C-Difficile. It will really knock you on your feet and depress you. Ask for the C-Diff Stool Test, as it isn't standard practice to test for that first. It is a...
Sarita- I am still feeling so good, and I think you should definitely try the Flagyl. It is imperative that you replenish your colon with good bacteria, though, so that whatever is screwing up your...
I had the Panca Anca (whatever they're called!) tests done and had the results within days. It would definitely be something a doctor should check before making any decisions without seeing ulcers in...
I had to take a month of in September to go back to the states to find out what was wrong with me, and I was already in the hole for my sick time. Luckily I work with super nice people and we have...
Sarita- I think I corresponded with you via another website (medhelp). I feel so bad that you don't have any answers yet. Did you ever get the Panca and Anca testing to determine if you have UC or...
Thank you all for your advice. I have been feeling GREAT for four days since finishing the Flagyl. I am taking probiotics and yogurt and eating low residue foods that won't irritate things. I am also...
I have had many stool tests, and was starting to think that I was getting Crohn's because everything kept coming up negative. After the last round of tests in I got a new GI Doc while visiting the...