Bowel problems

[Iworryalot]

Hi ,anyone els have anything like this going on ???
Soft shreddy BM
undigested food
Wind
bloating

Waiting to have a sycosipy not sure if spelt correct ,
went to see gastro specialist and he said IBS he asked me at the time if i got oil droplets at all , i said no ,but now taking a closer look[shook]i can see clear oil lying on the water
Have called to tell him this, and waiting for reply ti see if i need more tests ,in the mean time i m worrying myself silly and wondered if anyone els had or knows similar ....plaese help if can .....thanks

Hi cositjustisok im back , well update .....have been taking all your advice and eating lots of natural yoghurt and fruite seeds etc and see how it goes , , have got my appt this Friday for the Sicospay cant spell that ...
Freaked me out a bit now i have appt
IF you had this done is it ok .........
they said i have to have an annenima ? havent a clue what that is .......
How are you anyway ?

Hi Iworryalot..been thinking of you and how you are doing. Yes I have had the sygmoidoscopy (sp)..and it is a bit uncomfortable if you dont have the sedative. So ask for one cos it makes such a differnce. They will put you on your side and start the procedure by inserting a tube filled with air to inflate the intestines, and gently move the camera up and around the large intestine. I find the air ging in a bit uncomfortable but is great with a sedative. They will give you an enenema(sp) before this to clear the bowel out (like a laxative)...be aware this is probably the worst part of it cause you need to be near a toilet and obviously the clear out is sometimes crampy.

Glad you got an appointment really quickly, and so pleased you got the food sorted..keep up with it cause it really will help you.

Let me know if i can be of any more help..happy to answer any questions. I am soing great now and thankyou for asking. {smile} x

thankyou will be back in a while just doing tea x

sorry cositjustisok , back at computer and now ds up AGAIN so may not return tonight will check in tomorrow ,sorry ....

Hi IWAL, I had computer problems last night so could not get on. Here today on and off if that helps {{Hugs}}x

Hi cosit ,just back from taking our dog to vets ,well update today ....through post got all information for the SP and having kittens now ............. they said dont usually give sedation .... will i be ok if i dont have it ...also had stitch type pain in right side ,not all the time just now and again goes off when i lye down ,had it the past few weeks ,did the sin of googing it now worried that i have gallstones or pancriatic problems .....
or could it just be digestive things ?
Getting worried bout tomorrow to doesnt help ...
close to tears today ,sorry .
hope your ok .

I have had loads of sigmoidoscopies, Iworryalot, and I have to say I have never been given a sedative or any laxatives beforehand. I have only had those when I have had a colonoscopy, which is a more invasive test. I am not brave at all and have been fine without a sedative for this test.
Try not to worry about the sigmoidoscopy - the thought of it is far worse than the reality. It is not painful - there may be slight discomfort nothing to worry about.

I hope you get sorted out soon - try and write down any questions you have re possible reasons for your problem, to discuss with your dr and then try if at all possible to not Google or think about it until the appointment. You are actively dealing with the problem so try and stop thinking any more about it until you need to.The most likely outcome is that your symptoms are due to IBS.

Hi IWAL.....try not and google..does no good only send you into a tail spin cos you only see the bad bits...try to stay away from the computer, know it is hard to though when something is worrying you.

You will be absolutely fine without sedation, I am such a wimp and when they asked me i said yes, mind have had it without sedation as they never offered it another time and I forgot to ask. I would prefer the sedation though it does not knock you out but just makes you feel a we bit drunk like to be settled and not over anxious!!!!

Think the stitch thing could be jsut the digestive problems..i do have gall problems and it is not a stitch like pain...much much worse. SO yes I do beleive itis stress or digestive problems. Are they gonna give you the anenema when you arrive at the hospital?, or did they send soemthing to you in the post to drink before the procedure.

I understand the tears {{{hugs}}} it is the worry over you procedure tomorrow ..I was deffo like this...try and not worry about it..you really will be absolutely fine but I do totally understand your feelings. Could yu go for a walk to clear your head or listen to some musuc to try and settle down. Try and have a nice bath tonight and maybe a glass of wine to relax. Keep posting if I can help in any way.
X

thanks to you both DH now come home for lunch..... will post when gone ,feel better when talking bout it DH thinks im Nuts im sure ......

Im back , They said in letter they" will give laxatives or enima the day before procedure or after i arrive to hospital" so my guess is theywill give me something tomorrow when i arrive , just so worried if they find anything ,just got myself in such a state , thinking pain in side now pancreous problem .... sorry ,
I am seeing a Health Anxiety councilor saw him yesterday and cried on and off the session , as just had the call from hospital ,hes trying to talk me through my worries and understand the process i go through when im like this , it does help to talk about it ,i truly never used to be like this just cant seem to break the pattern .....

It is understandable that you are anxious about tomorrow, and are scared that they will find something..that is exactly how I was..but it probably is IBS and by going through the procedure tomorrow then you will know that you are worrying unnecessarily, with this result you will hopefully start to feel better and not be so focused or worried about your Bowels. Can I ask a question, when you get the all clear tomorrow will this end your health anxieties or will there be another health worry that will get you in a state..I was like this for many years but feel whilst I still have my worries I am so so so much better.
Honestly tomorrow will be fine if I lived near you I would come with you but chances are we live at opposite ends of the country I live in the North East. It is always worse before any procedure but jsut think by tomorrow night you will feel so much better having gone through it and it is not as bad as it sounds and more thn likely been told it is IBS....I think people like us with health anxiety tend to have bowel problems cos we are always so stressed!!..Be gentle with yourself today...x

I think that once you have got in an anxious state that you can get all sorts of symptoms just from that alone.So the pains in your side could be because of that.

Whatever the problem is and the most likely thing is that it is IBS, you are dealing with it and having it investigated. You have done everything that you can for the minute. You have been very sensible with your health and if they should find anything { and they most probably won't } it will be treated. This is how I try and think when I am stressing about health things and it does seem to help.I know nothing will really settle you until you have the all clear but in the meantime, whilst waiting for tests etc I find thinking that I have at least tackled it and have a plan, helps me to not feel quite so anxious.

Do you often worry like this about health issues or is it because you're more stressed about these symptoms ?

Thanks again i do get anxious only with health issues and im hoping that if everything is ok ..... i will feel a whole lot better its as though my rational side is saying ...look lets look at this logically youv got this ,this and this and that doesnt always mean you have THIS ,but the other irrational and negative , pessamistic (cant spell that word ) says youv got THIS AND THIS .......hope that makes seance ....., throughout the year i have had anxieties over many things Breasts , freckles , bones on my fingers and palputations ,to name a few ,so yes im quite bad , hence the doctor sending me for counceling ,i did not want to have medication so am trying this way , working through my fears and worries he says will help me deal with my anxiaties in the future and i will be able to seek help from within and not rely on others ,God i must sound nuts to you now.....
Im really not just a real worrier and at the moment its at its worst .
Im also looking for a part time job as to much time at home isnt helping as to much time thinking and worrying ,

Thankyou to winetime to for advice ,and sorry for such bad spellings ..on last thread

You don't sound nuts at all. I can empathise with everything that you say as I have health anxiety too. I can cope with lots of other things that stress people like house moves, money problems etc, but health issues just completely freak me out. It became a problem for me after I had my ds and the responsibility of being a parent hit me.

It sounds like you are doing all the right things by getting councelling. I have found that the older I get the more I am able to deal with the anxiety and have surprised myself by coping quite well with some fairly serious health issues that have recently arisen. Funnily enough I am going for a follow up appoinment with my gastroenterologist this afternoon - I don't think I will be having a sigmoioscopy today but I honestly would not be worried if he said he needed to do one.

IWAL...keep tuned into that rational side, because yo know that that side makes the most sense. I was so so like you over the years.. thinking my moles where dodgy, was that a lump I felt on my breast?, my eyes need tested..but what if they see my retina is becoming detached?...definatley not so bad now but have no magic cure for why I dont worry as much...(though can get a bit anxious still). I think I jsut kept telling myself that everything is always ok so why do I stress so much when it will more than likely be ok again. ..I think keeping a rational view on thinks will help you so well done so far. Sometimes...like now this is harder to do..but do keep trying. What time is your appointment tomorrow?...hugs to you to help you through until it is all over {{{hugs}}} x

Winetime..think you are so right..as you get older you tend to cope with the anxieties better..I too have quite a few health concerns at the moment and am going in for futher tests soon and I am amazingly calm about the whole thing...still a tad anxious but a few years ago this would have totally freaked me out. My anxieties too can be directly related to after giving birth and haveing a whole new responsibilty.

Good luck at your gastroenterologist appointment...mine is not until September..pity cos my doc is SOOOOO cute!!!!!!

cositjustisok - I agree that I don't think there is magic cure for this anxiety. I have found whilst the vast majority of things that I have stressed about have turned out to be ok and all that worrying was for nothing, that even when there has been something I have dealt with it quite well. It seems that the uncertainty is the worst bit in a way and that once you either have the all clear or know what you are dealing with it's easier to cope.

Thanks to you both once more your both so kind to me and im sure you have your own worries to deal with so thankyou for taking time to talk to me about mine [hug]
Hope all ok with your appt today winetime ,would be interesed to know how you get on .
And you to cositjustisok i hope you are alright to .
My appt 10 am in morning .....

It's odd too that we all seem to be anxious about bowels, breasts, moles and eyes - I think it is to do with how much information there is in the media about these particular issues - we all know how important it is to check for various symptoms now, which is good but for the hypersensitive types like us it does cause alot of anxiety. I do sometimes think that for me, ignorance would be bliss

My councelor has also told me to look up a site called no more panic and said this might help ,similar to this site im sure but all about Health Anxiety .
well must go and put a smile on my face and collect children soon so will check in later .
thanks again and catch you later xx {{{hug}}}

yes your right winetime , if something is in the paper about health i cant read it incase i have it or will get it ,or like yesterday was walking my dog and my neighbours and she called to say she was at doc cos she thouht she had a dodgy mole (TOTAL PANIC) me i mean ...... oh dear i said come in for coffee when your home .
well I cut the walk short got home and stripped off to look AGAIN at all mine ....
forgetting for a min i spent 100 pounds 2 months ago on going to a mole clinic to be checked out (all was ok )
So thats what im like NUTS arnt I .......
my point is information is good but as you said winetime , can be bad in some ways ...by the way my neighbour is fine it was a wort .

I shall be thinking about you tomorrow morning IWAL. I'm wondering if you are having a flexible sigmoidoscopy rather than a rigid one as I have never been given a laxative with a rigid one - well I'm assuming it is a rigid one I have had.

My history re bowel problems is quite similar to yours in that it all seemed to start with some kind of tummy bug that went on and on. I was left with IBS type symptoms that I ended up having a colonoscopy for - just to rule out anything else. That was all clear and I actually found that either having the colonoscopy { the effect of the laxatives they give you }or the relief fron the stress meant that I had virtually no symptoms for a long time after and that when they did start to come back they weren't as severe. I have then had some other bowel problems that I won't go into as I don't want to give you anything else to worry about but they were unrelated to my IBS and being proactive about my health { ie freaking out about it !} have meant that I headed off potential problems at an early stage.

oh hope you are ok now ....
i have looke d and i am having a flexible sigoidoscopy .

I am fine IWAL - I just have to be monitored and will need regular colonoscopies. I actually find it reassuring that although they did find something not so good it does in fact mean that I now get regular monitoring and so my chances of getting anything really nasty, bowel wise, is much reduced and I find I don't really worry about it much now.