Hi everyone,
I've been reading people's comments on here for a whole but this is my first post. I haven't been diagnosed with ibd but I think that is the gi drs preliminary idea. I suppose I'm on her to share my symptoms and see what you hunk, and partly just to share my frustration and worry!!
I have been having the symptoms over the past year and a half, they come and go but have been getting progressively worse.
My main problem is stomach pain and vomiting. Last week i vomited every day, but it has subsided this week thankfully. The pain happens every day and will come in waves, i am guaranteed to have pain when i get up in the morning and at least 10 times a day the pain is so bad that I need to stop and sit. It usually passes after 5 minutes or even less. I would have been someone who would have had diarrhoea quite a lot but now I find I am constipated more (which I much prefer!!). Ultrasound and barium swallow showed hint of inflammation in small intestine, and ruled out gallbladder cause. Blood tests have consistently evidenced inflammation and I have deficiencies in b12 and folate.
The symptoms that make me question whether it is ibd is the fact that I find the pain is aggravated by walking, especially up stairs. I find I need to sit down and let the pain pass, if I don't stop I will vomit and my bowel will sometimes go into spasm, leading to a bm. sometimes when I stop i be sick anyway. I have had my heart checked and it is not related to it.
At this stage I'm just so frustrated, I had been quite good at hiding it but it is getting in the way of my work now. My wedding is this summer and I don't want to pause going up the aisle to throw up!!
I have the pill cam capsule endoscopy this Tuesday and was drawn back to this site for advice on how to prepare for it all, thanks so much to everyone who shares on here! Its a wealth of knowledge! I sympathise wih those people who have to pay for treatment, luckily I have the nhs and although they are slow and over burdened, I couldn't imagine adding the stress of financial strain to an illness like this!
Wow that was a longer post than I had intended, sorry!!
Mia x
I've been reading people's comments on here for a whole but this is my first post. I haven't been diagnosed with ibd but I think that is the gi drs preliminary idea. I suppose I'm on her to share my symptoms and see what you hunk, and partly just to share my frustration and worry!!
I have been having the symptoms over the past year and a half, they come and go but have been getting progressively worse.
My main problem is stomach pain and vomiting. Last week i vomited every day, but it has subsided this week thankfully. The pain happens every day and will come in waves, i am guaranteed to have pain when i get up in the morning and at least 10 times a day the pain is so bad that I need to stop and sit. It usually passes after 5 minutes or even less. I would have been someone who would have had diarrhoea quite a lot but now I find I am constipated more (which I much prefer!!). Ultrasound and barium swallow showed hint of inflammation in small intestine, and ruled out gallbladder cause. Blood tests have consistently evidenced inflammation and I have deficiencies in b12 and folate.
The symptoms that make me question whether it is ibd is the fact that I find the pain is aggravated by walking, especially up stairs. I find I need to sit down and let the pain pass, if I don't stop I will vomit and my bowel will sometimes go into spasm, leading to a bm. sometimes when I stop i be sick anyway. I have had my heart checked and it is not related to it.
At this stage I'm just so frustrated, I had been quite good at hiding it but it is getting in the way of my work now. My wedding is this summer and I don't want to pause going up the aisle to throw up!!
I have the pill cam capsule endoscopy this Tuesday and was drawn back to this site for advice on how to prepare for it all, thanks so much to everyone who shares on here! Its a wealth of knowledge! I sympathise wih those people who have to pay for treatment, luckily I have the nhs and although they are slow and over burdened, I couldn't imagine adding the stress of financial strain to an illness like this!
Wow that was a longer post than I had intended, sorry!!
Mia x
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