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This is my first time posting, I've been reading in this forum for about 3 months.I have a few questions..I haven't been to the doctor yet just because I don't go that often and something really has to be bothering me. So I've reached a point now that I'm alittle concerned. Nothing major I'm sure, I'm just puzzled.
I'm 37 WF, general good health, slightly overweight. I've never had any test performed on me. For the past 3-4 months I have noticed and everyone in the same room has noticed my stomach makes loud noises, gurgling, almost like a dishwasher(my husband says). I've read in the forum archives that bowel sounds are normal. Theres nothing normal about this, haven't done it for the past 36 years, why now? Also, when I go to the bathroom , the smell from a bowel movement is almost unbearable. That started about 3-4 months ago. The odor is alot different than the past so I think something might be going on. In reading in the forum I'm aware of all the test that can be performed...But my question is what could be causing the symptons. I do get somewhat nauseous after I eat, but eventually goes away. Also, this morning the bm was pencil like, its done that before but goes back to normal, so I never have pursued it. No mucus or blood that I'm aware of....Any ideas
The only test I have had done is blood test about a 1 1/2 years ago, my primary doctor ordered some due to fatigue, checked thyroid, several other things. all were normal....Question? Could something change in that length of time?(meaning disease??)
I'm 37 WF, general good health, slightly overweight. I've never had any test performed on me. For the past 3-4 months I have noticed and everyone in the same room has noticed my stomach makes loud noises, gurgling, almost like a dishwasher(my husband says). I've read in the forum archives that bowel sounds are normal. Theres nothing normal about this, haven't done it for the past 36 years, why now? Also, when I go to the bathroom , the smell from a bowel movement is almost unbearable. That started about 3-4 months ago. The odor is alot different than the past so I think something might be going on. In reading in the forum I'm aware of all the test that can be performed...But my question is what could be causing the symptons. I do get somewhat nauseous after I eat, but eventually goes away. Also, this morning the bm was pencil like, its done that before but goes back to normal, so I never have pursued it. No mucus or blood that I'm aware of....Any ideas
The only test I have had done is blood test about a 1 1/2 years ago, my primary doctor ordered some due to fatigue, checked thyroid, several other things. all were normal....Question? Could something change in that length of time?(meaning disease??)
Wow. This has been eventful reading and I can't help but think.... If the world ends tomorrow, what really mattered? I want to be healthy as much as the next person and I hope you all are granted good health also. TO PAJ I have indulged in the enormous amounts of info that you have brought to these forums and I am also a believer that intestinal dysbiosis is a major cause of most illnesses. Don't grow weary. God works in such mysterious ways.
Hey everyone,
went for my test yesterday, Upper GI and ultrasound of the gallbladder, still don't have my results though. I will post and let you know what the result is.
Also, remember last week when I said the doctor put me on Cipro 1000mg for tonsilitis. Do you think that will alter my test from yesterday to a negative reading, when in fact it could be positive. Could the cipro clear up infected gall bladder or inflamed gall bladder to where the test come back normal.??
went for my test yesterday, Upper GI and ultrasound of the gallbladder, still don't have my results though. I will post and let you know what the result is.
Also, remember last week when I said the doctor put me on Cipro 1000mg for tonsilitis. Do you think that will alter my test from yesterday to a negative reading, when in fact it could be positive. Could the cipro clear up infected gall bladder or inflamed gall bladder to where the test come back normal.??
I understand your beliefs in all this yeast business, I know nothing or noone would change your mind. You certainly never stray from your opinion and I guess thats
a plus. I totally disagree with you on one important point...My faith in my medical Drs. is absolutely not misdirected....For years I thought I had all the answers and why waste my money going to the Dr. when I could just treat myself and save all that money..You know what that was? It was arrogance in the extreme..I don't have a medical degree nor do I have more than a decade of training to be able to treat myself or to know what is best for me, medically speaking....So, I use my judgement and pick what I feel is the best qualified and most knowledgeable Physicians that I have access to and they are where I put my faith...Im not going to any Physician that only has one Pt. with Barrett's esophagus, Im going to research and go to one that has hundreds of them, and is known for his expertise at endoscopic exams. ....Thats not to say I always agree with them because I dont, and Im just stubborn enough that if I dont understand it then I want it explained until I do understand.....Tessa
a plus. I totally disagree with you on one important point...My faith in my medical Drs. is absolutely not misdirected....For years I thought I had all the answers and why waste my money going to the Dr. when I could just treat myself and save all that money..You know what that was? It was arrogance in the extreme..I don't have a medical degree nor do I have more than a decade of training to be able to treat myself or to know what is best for me, medically speaking....So, I use my judgement and pick what I feel is the best qualified and most knowledgeable Physicians that I have access to and they are where I put my faith...Im not going to any Physician that only has one Pt. with Barrett's esophagus, Im going to research and go to one that has hundreds of them, and is known for his expertise at endoscopic exams. ....Thats not to say I always agree with them because I dont, and Im just stubborn enough that if I dont understand it then I want it explained until I do understand.....Tessa
Tessa, your faith in doctors is touching but misplaced . They are very human and capable of ducking the issue just like the rest of us. Yeast
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Well first off, I never said I dont believe in yeast infections..I only dont believe they are resopnsible for almost every GI symptom imaginable.....What purpose would it serve the medical community, to know that yeast was really the culprit but to just hide that information from us?....The bottom line is we should have Drs. we trust, and believe in their knowledge and expertise to know what "ALL" the options could be..If I went to a Dr. with my symptoms and he said "You have a yeast infection" I want to know how he knows that....If his answer is "PAJ had some of the same symptoms as you, so therefore I treat everyone with any of those symptoms for yeast overgrowth"..THATS NOT GOOD ENOUGH....If he said..."It could be several differnt things causing your symptoms, might be reflux disease, IBS, IBD, UC, yeast, etc".. then I can imagine he is open to finding the exact cause of my symptoms and that he has not gotten himself in the narrow minded rut of treating all patients exactly the same......Tessa
Trio, fed up with yeast ?well I
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