Postby PainInTheAss » Sat Apr 08, 2017 5:30 am
You shouldn't be worried, but you should get a colonoscopy and from a colorectal surgeon, not a GI. GIs handle the entire digestive track, but colorectal surgeons specialize in the colon and rectum. They do a lot more colonoscopies
My daughter, 19, has had similar symptoms, and I took her to my colorectal surgeon and we got a colonoscopy. The GI we saw first only prescribed a laxative.
It is a big relief knowing it isn't something very serious. But IBS is no picnic either. We have been controlling symptoms with dietary changes, fiber pills, probiotics, stool softeners and peppermint tea. With IBS, the colon can spasm and waste stops moving and too much water is removed and constipation happens. This causes nausea, abdominal pain and weight loss. She lost something like 15 to 20 pounds. Diarrhea can go around the constipation so you can actually have constipataion and diarrhea at the same time. She uses enemas sometimes to get constipation out if that happens. I feel bad for her, but I'm so glad it's not cancer. If we had not done the colonoscopy, I would be really worried about what was going on with her. With IBS, you can react to food immediately after you eat it so the problems start in the stomach and cause colon spasms, which cause nausea and even vomiting. It's a clusterf***.
By the way, I got a CT scan and they missed my tumor. CT scans are not very helpful for the pelvic area. You really need a colonoscopy.
47yo single mom of 4 (24, 21, 18, 16) at Dx
6/13 - RC T4b IIIc 5LNs on PET CEA 5.4
8/13 - Finish chemorad
10/13 - APR/hyst+ovaries/perm colostomy 2/12 nodes+
6/14 - Finish Xelox 6 rds
1/15 - CT clear CEA 0.2
10/15 - CT/MRI clear CEA 0.7
4/16 - CT clear
10/16 - CT/MRI clear CEA 0.6
5/17 - PET clear? Follow up MRI to verify inflammation