Hi, about 8 months ago I was told I had IBS, [had the cramps, diarrhoea] and it tended to be after eating onions, sometimes having caffeine. Milk gave me problems occasionally, but not always. And wasn't a big red meat eater anyway.
October time i had D with a spot of blood in, about size of a one penny piece, and it was mixed with a gellatine substance. Was quite thick, and if I held the gellatine in one tissue and touched it with a second piece, then pulled them apart slowly, it would stick to both pieces then break off in like an elastic type way. [was told this is definitely mucus?]
Have had blood only once since. When the D and cramps come on now, they last for a day or 2, and the D exits me like a tap and while they're happening I feel really tired and experience nausea, but never am actually sick.
Noticed around early March, and about a week ago, both flare-ups caused D and cramps again, but mucus was also in the D. [no blood, have only experienced that twice] Have even had instances where only mucus comes out of me [if you imagine spitting into water and seeing the saliva floating, it was like that but a yellowish colour], this tends to be as the flare up is easing/finishing. There was 1 occasion where the mucus was white, sitting on top of a stool. The cramps I get are sometimes just above abdomen or below it. I also get mouth ulcers recurring every so often.
Anyway to cut a long story short[er] I'm awaiting my appt.date to see a colorectal surgeon, been put onto an urgent list with maximum 26week wait. Does anyone think in their opinion it is only IBS? Or possible IBD?
EDIT: Forgot to add, I'm 28yrs old, my mother has had Crohns Disease for about 29yrs. She had symptoms just before falling pregnant with me, the 9months carrying she had no flare-ups, then just after I was born they diagnosed her. [im told it can be genetic?]
*sorry to have rambled on
October time i had D with a spot of blood in, about size of a one penny piece, and it was mixed with a gellatine substance. Was quite thick, and if I held the gellatine in one tissue and touched it with a second piece, then pulled them apart slowly, it would stick to both pieces then break off in like an elastic type way. [was told this is definitely mucus?]
Have had blood only once since. When the D and cramps come on now, they last for a day or 2, and the D exits me like a tap and while they're happening I feel really tired and experience nausea, but never am actually sick.
Noticed around early March, and about a week ago, both flare-ups caused D and cramps again, but mucus was also in the D. [no blood, have only experienced that twice] Have even had instances where only mucus comes out of me [if you imagine spitting into water and seeing the saliva floating, it was like that but a yellowish colour], this tends to be as the flare up is easing/finishing. There was 1 occasion where the mucus was white, sitting on top of a stool. The cramps I get are sometimes just above abdomen or below it. I also get mouth ulcers recurring every so often.
Anyway to cut a long story short[er] I'm awaiting my appt.date to see a colorectal surgeon, been put onto an urgent list with maximum 26week wait. Does anyone think in their opinion it is only IBS? Or possible IBD?
EDIT: Forgot to add, I'm 28yrs old, my mother has had Crohns Disease for about 29yrs. She had symptoms just before falling pregnant with me, the 9months carrying she had no flare-ups, then just after I was born they diagnosed her. [im told it can be genetic?]
*sorry to have rambled on