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IBS or worse ....

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Mrs43andcounting · 15/08/2015 08:44

Hi , iv been diagnosed several years ago with IBS , diagnosed with sigmoidocopy , had this on and off mainly on throughout the years , went to see my gastrologist last year who reassured me was still the case as i got a little worried .

recently iv noticed a few changes and all through this year iv felt rough and not right , and have got myself very worried , so went back to see gastrologist .

symptoms are ,

Bloating
left side pain at times not constant or every day
mush BM / once a day morning sometimes better than others
tired
ingigestion ( this is the new )
slight weight loss

ok reading that back all sounds scary ...

my history .

i suffer with severe health anxiety and has really peaked this year , iv had a lot of emotional issues in my life to specially the past year , iv had various tests , recently
full bloods on everything , all normal
inflamitory stool sample - normal
inflamitory bloods -normal

pelvic scans on /internal - normal
stomach scans / liver , kidney , spleen etc all normal

i had a week where i took ADS for anxiety but had awful side effects , couldnt eat felt so sick , and then a week of severe anxiety and hardly ate , due to the indigestion and worry about it .
so far this year iv been utterly convinced iv had
leukimia ,
pancriatic C
ovarian C
MS
latest ones below
stomach C
Bowel C
Throat C

when i get very anxious i dont eat as well .

i saw my gastrologist last week , who has given me omeprozol to try for 3 weeks and to weigh myself once a week and note the findings , we will then meet again and go from there .
He isnt to alarmed at this stage , and see how i go but may well do an endoscopy/colonoscolpy

im terrified thinking the worst .....can IBS cause all this ?? i try to rationalise it all in my head but its very very hard ...

im looking for a little support or posotive replies if anyone has any ...
thanks for listening

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hiccupgirl · 17/08/2015 21:31

It's could be worth getting the indigestion investigated but how much is the endoscopy going to cost you if it's not under the NHS? Is it worth that money if a good result still won't reassure you?

I agree with LIZS that the money might be better spent on private therapy at the mo. Hope that doesn't sound harsh or dismissive of your worries.

Mrs43andcounting · 17/08/2015 22:00

Thank you both again , I will talk options through with my gastrologist next week take his advice , I just get myself in a state , , I know one who can give me answers on here I know , it's just a help to talk thoughts through thank you both for advice and I know I must somehow get on top of this anxiety ... I don't fancy meds so it's counseling again but not sure which type .. X

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Mrs43andcounting · 18/08/2015 14:01

Weekly weigh in as doctor requested

Last week I was
59.2 kl = 9st 4.5

This week
59.7 kl = 9st 5.5

So that's ok ...not huge amount but least gone up a little .. prob as can eat bit better with the idigestion tablets .

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