Hi Friends!
I had a ruptured appendix for 8 days and didn't know it in August. When I made it to the hospital, docs said that I had inflammation in the terminal ileum concerning for IBD.
When the appendix was finally removed after a round of antibiotics, the bowel surgeon said IBD was a consideration and there may be some re-sectioning needed. However, I woke up from surgery with the news that my bowels looked "completely normal", it was only a bad appendicitis, and IBD was completely off the table.
After surgery for the next few months I did have some aches in the abdomen, with headaches and some bloating, which intensified over the last few weeks. I came close to going back in to the gastroenterologist. Beautiful, normal stools though (in the IBD community, not weird to call a normal stool "beautiful"
), no fever, etc, the whole time throughout.
My girlfriend suggested that before seeing the GI, to try cutting out gluten and dairy, as well as artificial sweeteners, to see what that does before being sent in for a myriad CT scans, colonoscopies, etc.
After 5 days on the new diet, I feel great! No pain, aches, or bloating. No headaches, etc. The difference is quite dramatic.
Not sure what my next move should be, though? Should I get an allergy or other test?
My plan was to slowly reintroduce the sweetners first, then dairy, then gluten, and see which one seems to be the culprit. I'm kinda lost, though, for a next move.
I had a ruptured appendix for 8 days and didn't know it in August. When I made it to the hospital, docs said that I had inflammation in the terminal ileum concerning for IBD.
When the appendix was finally removed after a round of antibiotics, the bowel surgeon said IBD was a consideration and there may be some re-sectioning needed. However, I woke up from surgery with the news that my bowels looked "completely normal", it was only a bad appendicitis, and IBD was completely off the table.
After surgery for the next few months I did have some aches in the abdomen, with headaches and some bloating, which intensified over the last few weeks. I came close to going back in to the gastroenterologist. Beautiful, normal stools though (in the IBD community, not weird to call a normal stool "beautiful"
), no fever, etc, the whole time throughout.My girlfriend suggested that before seeing the GI, to try cutting out gluten and dairy, as well as artificial sweeteners, to see what that does before being sent in for a myriad CT scans, colonoscopies, etc.
After 5 days on the new diet, I feel great! No pain, aches, or bloating. No headaches, etc. The difference is quite dramatic.
Not sure what my next move should be, though? Should I get an allergy or other test?
My plan was to slowly reintroduce the sweetners first, then dairy, then gluten, and see which one seems to be the culprit. I'm kinda lost, though, for a next move.
