I've always had a sensative stomach, and even had a sigmoidoscopy a few years ago, and was told it was clean and that I had IBS.
We'll a little over a month ago I was given a strong antobiotic for an abcessed tooth, and told that it would cause an upset stomach. It did, and after about a week and a half of being off of it, I still had really bad dirreahea. Then one morning I woke up to having horrible stomach cramps, and much blood and mucus. I called my Doctor who right away sent me to the lab for stool tests. She told me it's rare, but that in some cases, the medication that I was taking could cause Ulcerative Colitis.
She called me back a couple of days later, and said that I had tested having the bacteria in Colitis. She put me on an antibiotic, and it improved much. I was almost back to normal, when I ate a bunch of diet cookies. Well now my stomach is tore up again, and after reading the label on the cookies it says too many would cause a laxative effect.
Now my tummy keeps rumbling and churning. There is no blood, just loose stools.
I'm the kind of person that worries all the time, so I guess that's why I'm writing this, to see if this sounds like something some of you might have experienced? I'm scared of it being something bad.
I've never smoked, I don't drink, and I exercise. I'm 34 years of age.
Please, if anyone here can give me some information, I would so much appreciate it!
Sincerely,
Pamela