Dear Sir/Madam:
I am 39 years of age. All my life my stools have been very infrequent. I was assessed at the Toronto hospital as having a motility problem, for lack of better words it was stated a major motor gut dysfunction. Anyways for a number of years now my BM have bee running about 10 days to 2 weeks, which is very good for me, I can live with that. But in about the last 3 months they have become very frequent, about every 3 days or so, which was also very nice. And in the last 3 weeks or so I have had very loose stools, going maybe 3 to four times daily. I am presantly on Losec 40 mgs a day, which I've been on the last 2 years for reflux and hiatus hernia, also prepulsid, which I quit taking when my bm became very frequent. My stools are some times dark in color but not always. I get a lot of gas pain and then an urgency to go and it all comes out very quickly. Months back I had a lot of straining and I noticed some blood, but I think it was from the strain. I have occasional bloating and gas pains are very bad. About a month ago doctor called me in after blood work. Said I had iron deficiency anemia and blood was down to 8.8. It has never been over 10.5 in the last two years. He took more blood and sent me to a hemotolgist, who in turn took more blood. I have not heard anything and my doctor is gone for the next three weeks on holdiays. I also have a terrible problem with fatigue, my heart races up to 180 and 190 with very little exertion. I have been checked by cardiologist and he says it's fine, but abnormally high. I have great deal of difficulty with right-sided weakness, balance and coordination problems. My doctor tells me not to worry about the anemia, but it would just be nice to have some kind of idea so I know exactly what it is I'm dealing with. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
Cindy