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I am a 33 year old female that is scared to death with all that is going on...... When I was in kindergarten I was diagnosed with IBS and I had the diarrhea side of it badly and all the way up until I was 25 evertime I would eat, I would have a bowel movement within a couple minutes, it was always very loose stool and sooo embarrasing, I stopped going over to peoples houses and eating out because it controlled my life. When I was 25 something happened and my body did a total 360, I stopped having bowel movements and I would only go once every 2 or 3 weeks and it was hard to even have a bowel movement. Over the last few years it has became chronic, I was put in the hospital by my family doctor last year because it had been 64 days since I had a bowel movement and for the weeks prior to being hospitalized he had me cut out gluten completely and had me on a daily regimen of metamucil, benefiber, several stool softeners and of course all of these things did not work at all so then he said he would try the heavy duty things and that they would definately work, he put me on 2 bottle of magnesium citrate and the following prescriptions; lactulose, the rx form of miralax and metoclopramide 10 mg (which is a drug that increases digestive contractions) and I continued to drink my at least 9 glasses of water daily. Needless to say none of that worked either, he was stunned, it had now been more than 70 days since I had a bowel movement and the pain was unreal that I felt on a daily basis. He told me to keep taking all of that and it was bound to start working, well 5 days later I stated to vomit and called his office and he has me immediately admitted into the hospital because he was afraid I would start vomiting up stool. I was in the hospital for a week and they did some x-rays and saw no blockage, they continued the Rx regiment that my family doctor had me on and after a week still no bowel movement so they released me since I was not vomiting.A couple of weeks I had a small bowel movement that was rock hard and would not even flush and then I continued all the fiber and over the counter med's and it has allowed me to have a very small bowel movement once every 2 months or so, now a year later I am at the 70 day mark and last night I woke up with the most awful pain in my stomach, I felt like I was just going to explode! I was going to go to the ER but I knew I would just be told to go home and have a bowel movement and nothing would be done.....Here is my concern overall, everyone.... and I mean everyone in my family has had some form of cancer, all of them have passed away except my dad, mom and older sister, all 3 of them are still living but have had cancer, my dad had prostrate cancer, my mom had uterine cancer which required a full hystorectomy right after she had me and then my sister had ovarian cancer which was removed. On the passing people of the family, my grandmother (dads mom) had lung cancer which spread everywhere, my aunt had breast cancer and my dads brother recently passed from lymphoma. So you can see why the thought of cancer (colon cancer) worries me every day! But my doctor never orders any tests or anything and I do not have insurance so that of course does not help any, but from stories that I have read, people have the same issues that I have and do not get tested and then 10 years later find out that they have full blown cancer and pass away in their 40's. I am at a stand still and all I can wonder is how in the world does my body have over 2 months worth of food in it and is just sitting there?? How have my intestines not exploded yet??? What in the world is going on with my body?? Why am I the only one that seems so concerned?? It just makes me cry :(I am praying that someone feels my pain and can offer some advice or may have been where I am at and can offer some advice as to what to do..... Today my pain is at a level 10 and woke me straight up out of a sleep and I am just sitting here rocking in pain, can someone help? The only other information I can think to offer is that I have no children, I was told years ago that I have endometriosis and cannot have children because of all the scar tissue. I have gotten pregnant 4 times, all have ended in tubal pregnancies, one in which I had to have my whole left tube removed and the tube I have left is 100 blocked with scar tissue. I had my galbladder removed in 1998 because it had adhesions all over it, and that is all medical wise that I can think to offer that may help.Please help, I am scared and desperate! | |||
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I am a 33 year old female that is scared to death with all that is going on...... When I was in kindergarten I was diagnosed with IBS and I had the diarrhea side of it badly and all the way up until I was 25 evertime I would eat, I would have a bowel movement within a couple minutes, it was always very loose stool and sooo embarrasing, I stopped going over to peoples houses and eating out because it controlled my life. When I was 25 something happened and my body did a total 360, I stopped having bowel movements and I would only go once every 2 or 3 weeks and it was hard to even have a bowel movement. Over the last few years it has became chronic, I was put in the hospital by my family doctor last year because it had been 64 days since I had a bowel movement and for the weeks prior to being hospitalized he had me cut out gluten completely and had me on a daily regimen of metamucil, benefiber, several stool softeners and of course all of these things did not work at all so then he said he would try the heavy duty things and that they would definately work, he put me on 2 bottle of magnesium citrate and the following prescriptions; lactulose, the rx form of miralax and metoclopramide 10 mg (which is a drug that increases digestive contractions) and I continued to drink my at least 9 glasses of water daily. Needless to say none of that worked either, he was stunned, it had now been more than 70 days since I had a bowel movement and the pain was unreal that I felt on a daily basis. He told me to keep taking all of that and it was bound to start working, well 5 days later I stated to vomit and called his office and he has me immediately admitted into the hospital because he was afraid I would start vomiting up stool. I was in the hospital for a week and they did some x-rays and saw no blockage, they continued the Rx regiment that my family doctor had me on and after a week still no bowel movement so they released me since I was not vomiting.A couple of weeks I had a small bowel movement that was rock hard and would not even flush and then I continued all the fiber and over the counter med's and it has allowed me to have a very small bowel movement once every 2 months or so, now a year later I am at the 70 day mark and last night I woke up with the most awful pain in my stomach, I felt like I was just going to explode! I was going to go to the ER but I knew I would just be told to go home and have a bowel movement and nothing would be done.....Here is my concern overall, everyone.... and I mean everyone in my family has had some form of cancer, all of them have passed away except my dad, mom and older sister, all 3 of them are still living but have had cancer, my dad had prostrate cancer, my mom had uterine cancer which required a full hystorectomy right after she had me and then my sister had ovarian cancer which was removed. On the passing people of the family, my grandmother (dads mom) had lung cancer which spread everywhere, my aunt had breast cancer and my dads brother recently passed from lymphoma. So you can see why the thought of cancer (colon cancer) worries me every day! But my doctor never orders any tests or anything and I do not have insurance so that of course does not help any, but from stories that I have read, people have the same issues that I have and do not get tested and then 10 years later find out that they have full blown cancer and pass away in their 40's. I am at a stand still and all I can wonder is how in the world does my body have over 2 months worth of food in it and is just sitting there?? How have my intestines not exploded yet??? What in the world is going on with my body?? Why am I the only one that seems so concerned?? It just makes me cry :(I am praying that someone feels my pain and can offer some advice or may have been where I am at and can offer some advice as to what to do..... Today my pain is at a level 10 and woke me straight up out of a sleep and I am just sitting here rocking in pain, can someone help? The only other information I can think to offer is that I have no children, I was told years ago that I have endometriosis and cannot have children because of all the scar tissue. I have gotten pregnant 4 times, all have ended in tubal pregnancies, one in which I had to have my whole left tube removed and the tube I have left is 100 blocked with scar tissue. I had my galbladder removed in 1998 because it had adhesions all over it, and that is all medical wise that I can think to offer that may help.Please help, I am scared and desperate!