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to be slightly shitting myself

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Happyhippy45 · 09/08/2017 20:34

I had a follow up appointment with the dr today, to discuss my test results. (Gastric problems for weeks.) She wasn't sure if one of the test results (stool sample) had come back or not but said she'd follow it up.
Someone from the surgery hand delivered a letter this evening stating I should contact the surgery and see my dr to discuss my test results URGENTLY! I also saw a couple of missed calls from them this afternoon.
Tell me someone else has had this happen to them and it turned out to be nothing?

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amusedbush · 10/08/2017 09:34

Fingers crossed it's nothing too serious Flowers

PandorasXbox · 10/08/2017 09:36

It's good you have an appointment so quickly, let us know how it goes.

BannedFromNarnia · 10/08/2017 09:49

I have. I got a much quicker appointment than I've ever had come through before, and as it was for something gynocological I was assuming that was it, I'm never having children, I've got cancer, my leg will fall off.

Turns out there's something mildly interesting about my innards that doesn't really have an affect on anything but the doctor thought it was fascinating so she wanted to talk it through with me more quickly than usual.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 11:05

Turns out it was a case of crossed wires. They were trying to contact me to go in and get results. Which I had earlier in the day but they hadn't noticed. (Referred to gastrointestinal something or other. I have some inflammation. Probably going for a colonoscopy....oh joy.)
Bloody waste of time and energy for me and the surgery but these things happen I suppose.

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PandorasXbox · 10/08/2017 11:10

FGS!
Glad it was nothing worrying though.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 11:29

I'd convinced myself I had some sort of infection and would just need antibiotics as well. Bollocks. Dr today did give a bit more info on what to expect...camera up bum, not down throat...Dr yesterday was a bit vague so I suppose some good came out of it.
My mum has given me blow by blow accounts of her colonoscopy so I'll be expecting even more time sitting on the toilet after drinking the stuff they give you to clear you out....thinking of buying a padded toilet seat so I don't end up with a permanent imprint of toilet seat on my backside Grin

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CremeFresh · 10/08/2017 12:02

I had a colonoscopy and they gave me an up the bum tablet to insert when I got there , after following a low residue diet for a few days before. I would suggest you take them up on the offer of sedation, it's not hugely painful but quite uncomfortable. Turns out I have proctitis- the colonoscopy was worth going through to get the diagnosis and treatment.
Wish you well Op Flowers

Fintress · 10/08/2017 12:10

Good luck Happy. My mum had a colonoscopy recently and opted not to have anaesthetic although she was terrified. She said it was nowhere as bad as she envisaged. Personally I would take everything they threw at me, I'm a wimp.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 12:32

Thanks guys. I've had an endoscopy before. They sprayed some numbing stuff up my nose then left me in the waiting room for ever as they had some sort of emergency. I think it had worn off by the time I got the camera bunged in.
It's really silly but my main worry is about doing a massive wet fartGrin in front of staff and getting painful trapped wind. I expect the after effects of farting all the way home....should keep me and DH entertained.......I picked my mum up from her colonoscopy to come stay with us while she recuperated. She farted all the way home. She was mortified....but she is in her 70s
It's quite amazing that they can do these procedures nowadays and take away the guess work of what's wrong.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 12:33

...and I'll be taking whatever they offer me.

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CremeFresh · 10/08/2017 12:48

Wet farting is another reason to have sedation , so like me , instead of being mortified, I laughed like a drain Grin

AlmostAJillSandwich · 10/08/2017 12:51

It sounds like they suspect colitis. Camera down tbroat is for coeliac, up bum for colitis/crohns. Blood test showed i have inflamation but severe germ phobic ocd means i cant do sample or an arsecam.

SecondMrsAshwell · 10/08/2017 13:00

My Mum used to be great at this sort of thing. She has been in and out of hospital the last couple of years, so call or text from her always makes me worry before I answered the phone.

Her speciality was to send me a text that said "are you at home?" and when I texted back to say "No. Why?" there would be no answer. And she would turn her phone off, or bury it in her bag so she couldn't hear it. So I'd spend the rest of the day worrying that she was in hospital/doctors..... Usually to find that she and my dad were planning to drop something off at mine on their way home.

It didn't occur to her that she was scaring the shit out of me.

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AlpacaLipsNow · 10/08/2017 13:11

D s has ulcerative colitis. He had a colonoscopy and endoscopy for diagnosis. He was fine after by the way.

Dh didn't fart much after his colonoscopy. My brother on the other hand felt so pumped full of air his belly looked pregnant and he couldn't do his jeans up. He farted it out over a few hours. Makes for a good story.

Good luck by the way.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 13:16

Yeah they think it's IBD. I've got MS too and I think there's a bit of a link.
Re wet farts: might be kind of a novelty since the past 5 weeks I've not been able to fart with any confidence that I'm not going to soil myself.

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Yogagirl123 · 10/08/2017 13:21

Good luck OP, you don't need this on top of having MS.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 13:46

Fortunately the MS has been behaving itself. Though am thinking that if I have IBD that my body really doesn't like itself very much......

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AlpacaLipsNow · 10/08/2017 14:06

You poor thing, it does sound like you have a troubled relationship with your immune system. Hopefully treatment will sort it if you get an IBD diagnosis. Fortunately ds has been symptom free for over two years. His meds work wonders.

Crohn's and Colitis UK are worth contacting if you need info, help or support.

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 14:12

Thanks alpaca

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Yogagirl123 · 10/08/2017 14:38

It's good that your MS is behaving, I have MS too, quite surprising all the symptoms that come with it. Very complex disease. Wishing you luck.

starkid · 10/08/2017 15:16

I thought I had picked up a bug/eaten something dodgy, until it was still happening and getting worse 2 weeks later. Turned out I had Ulcerative Colitis and needed an emergency operation.
Hopefully your problem doesn't end up being so extreme!

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 15:26

Sorry to hear yoga
I've heard MS described as an unpleasant box of chocolates.
Also there are SO many crossover symptoms to other conditions. Very hard to figure them all out!

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Happyhippy45 · 10/08/2017 16:03

Dr surgery has just called me to arrange for me to go in and get tested for coeliac disease. Here was me thinking they'd already done it! I have a feeling that when I mentioned my food allergies and intolerances to the first any Dr I saw they just switched off and thought I was a 46 year old hipster Grin
Which condition would I rather have? Or will I hit the jackpot and have both?

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