I've been having on and off lower left quadrant abdominal pain for over 2 years. my gp always puts it down to ibs but I have never really felt convinced of this diagnosis. I have been having a flare up and on easter Sunday visited the out of hours gp who admitted me straight to hospital as she thought I had an infection. I was put on paid meds, IV antibiotics amd eventually had a ct scan where they have found several pouches in my sigmoid colon. I was discharged on Wednesday to continue oral antibiotics at home.
I just feel so low from it all. I'm still experiencing pain......however the pain meds make me terriblely constipated. the laxatives they gave me to counteract this give me terrible stomach cramps and take me from one extreme to another with my toilet habits.
I'm finding eating really hard. Im off work at honest at the moment. I just don't know what is normal and how long the flare up should be expected to last. I feel totally alone......I'm in my 20s so it's a very unusual diagnosis to get at my age. just don't know where to turn for advice. I'm booked in for a flexible sigmoidoscopy in a few weeks time to confirm the diagnosis.
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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tigersbuddy · 24/04/2017 16:30
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