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Colonoscopy and Scared!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I went i nto have some blood tests done and all was fine............I have been on a health kick all this year (lost 40 pounds and brought down my cholesterol, triglycerides 55....basically pretty healthy.
I started having constipation, so upped my fiber...but sometimes straining to go to bathroom, belching and burping, white spots in stool and yesterday a little blood in the stool. At the time I met with the gastro doctor, was asked if I had blood in stool and I hadn't then. I spoke with someone in his office yesterday and told her about the blood and she said, oh that's not natural.......scared me to death as I had a friend who died of colon cancer six years ago...
Don't have a history of it in family, but keep feeling gassy all day and eat healthy and trying not to drink coffee.....which is my only vice.
I have my colonoscopy scheduled for the 19th of December and doctor wants to run a tube down my esophagus to see what else is going on in there right after that; should I do that test before the colonoscopy?
What else could it be and should I be doing anything else? I also had an abdominal ultrasound done last week and everything turned out normal.
I carry arounf 40-50 pounds of stenographer equipment everyday, so just wondering if I could have ruptured something.
Can someone shed some light on what might be going on?
I started having constipation, so upped my fiber...but sometimes straining to go to bathroom, belching and burping, white spots in stool and yesterday a little blood in the stool. At the time I met with the gastro doctor, was asked if I had blood in stool and I hadn't then. I spoke with someone in his office yesterday and told her about the blood and she said, oh that's not natural.......scared me to death as I had a friend who died of colon cancer six years ago...
Don't have a history of it in family, but keep feeling gassy all day and eat healthy and trying not to drink coffee.....which is my only vice.
I have my colonoscopy scheduled for the 19th of December and doctor wants to run a tube down my esophagus to see what else is going on in there right after that; should I do that test before the colonoscopy?
What else could it be and should I be doing anything else? I also had an abdominal ultrasound done last week and everything turned out normal.
I carry arounf 40-50 pounds of stenographer equipment everyday, so just wondering if I could have ruptured something.
Can someone shed some light on what might be going on?
April and Smilie,
Wow, so much has happened to you guys. In general, from my own experience with IBS, once your digestion has gotten screwed up, your tummy will always be sensitive to stuff that never used to bother you before. Not to worry. Just keep up your proteins, scrambled eggs especially, and eat what doesn't upset your stomach. Me, I have to have an I.V. straight to my milk and donuts. And when I go a week without eggs, I feel like I'm going to pass out and I also get depressed.
Athleet,
Men and women in the workplace ALL have to struggle with their hormones. That's how it is. Just pick up where you are and move forward. It's how you live your life NOW that matters. I am a recovering alcoholic, 23 years and three months sober. Temptations come in all forms, no one is free of evil until the day they die.
All,
Here is a little spirit talk, I don't share it often becuz it's from a place most don't see, so it just confuses people. The reason the world has gotten so out of hand, wars, crime, etc., is because the devil knows his time is short, so he's raising hell. One person who was on the scene of the 9/11 terrorist attacks said, "Satan walked the streets of New York that day." That is exactly what happened. Anytime you watch a program that shows those clouds of black soot that blasting around the corners, that was him. The time for loving one another is now, its power is greater than any force on earth.
My friend who went in the hospital got out after a month. I can feel his spirit all the way across the state. We've been connected since I was a girl, and I'm retired now. I lobbied for him the best I could from so far away, and instead of a nursing home, his biggest fear, they let him go home. I spoke to him on the phone two days after he got out, and he was pretty upset. So I talked to him quietly, until our heartbeats and breathing became one, and I sent him my love energy across the miles, and I says to him, "Do you feel it? It's just you and me and right now." He goes, "Yeah, I do feel it. I feel real warm." Both of us felt this wonderful heat in our chest.
The healing miracle of love is immense. Strong positive energy can overcome everything. Peace is at hand. And all our souls are counted and in the book of everlasting life, if we just believe. I like to quote Hemmingway when I talk about this sort of thing, "It is all true."
Gail
Wow, so much has happened to you guys. In general, from my own experience with IBS, once your digestion has gotten screwed up, your tummy will always be sensitive to stuff that never used to bother you before. Not to worry. Just keep up your proteins, scrambled eggs especially, and eat what doesn't upset your stomach. Me, I have to have an I.V. straight to my milk and donuts. And when I go a week without eggs, I feel like I'm going to pass out and I also get depressed.
Athleet,
Men and women in the workplace ALL have to struggle with their hormones. That's how it is. Just pick up where you are and move forward. It's how you live your life NOW that matters. I am a recovering alcoholic, 23 years and three months sober. Temptations come in all forms, no one is free of evil until the day they die.
All,
Here is a little spirit talk, I don't share it often becuz it's from a place most don't see, so it just confuses people. The reason the world has gotten so out of hand, wars, crime, etc., is because the devil knows his time is short, so he's raising hell. One person who was on the scene of the 9/11 terrorist attacks said, "Satan walked the streets of New York that day." That is exactly what happened. Anytime you watch a program that shows those clouds of black soot that blasting around the corners, that was him. The time for loving one another is now, its power is greater than any force on earth.
My friend who went in the hospital got out after a month. I can feel his spirit all the way across the state. We've been connected since I was a girl, and I'm retired now. I lobbied for him the best I could from so far away, and instead of a nursing home, his biggest fear, they let him go home. I spoke to him on the phone two days after he got out, and he was pretty upset. So I talked to him quietly, until our heartbeats and breathing became one, and I sent him my love energy across the miles, and I says to him, "Do you feel it? It's just you and me and right now." He goes, "Yeah, I do feel it. I feel real warm." Both of us felt this wonderful heat in our chest.
The healing miracle of love is immense. Strong positive energy can overcome everything. Peace is at hand. And all our souls are counted and in the book of everlasting life, if we just believe. I like to quote Hemmingway when I talk about this sort of thing, "It is all true."
Gail
Thanks for all your advice, prayers and words of wisdom. You women are amazing. I really thought you'd pass judgement on me. That's why I stayed away and partly because now that you know what I've done I'm embarrassed and even more ashamed.
No I cannot talk to anyone, especially my church where the priests are strict and cold. My daughter cried when she had her first confession and her first communion because the priest was so cold to her. Imagine how they would be to me!
I already talked to a therapist last year. She told me much the same as you have. That God has forgiven me and it's really about me forgiving myself. I'm struggling to get past the guilt and shame, I don't forgive myself, its something I will have to live with for the rest of my life. I've had to go through it alone all this time and I imagine I always will.
April thanks for the incredible prayers and words of wisdom on the PMs you sent me. You guys have really helped me even though I don't act like it.
Smilie and April, I'm truly sorry you haven't been feeling well. Smilie I think you have both anxiety and health issues interlocked at times. You ought to try seeing someone to prescribe a mild anxiety med. I take one every morning, it helps my vertigo. It's only .5 mgs per day.
Got a lot of work to do. Thanks again for not giving up on me.
Athleet
No I cannot talk to anyone, especially my church where the priests are strict and cold. My daughter cried when she had her first confession and her first communion because the priest was so cold to her. Imagine how they would be to me!
I already talked to a therapist last year. She told me much the same as you have. That God has forgiven me and it's really about me forgiving myself. I'm struggling to get past the guilt and shame, I don't forgive myself, its something I will have to live with for the rest of my life. I've had to go through it alone all this time and I imagine I always will.
April thanks for the incredible prayers and words of wisdom on the PMs you sent me. You guys have really helped me even though I don't act like it.
Smilie and April, I'm truly sorry you haven't been feeling well. Smilie I think you have both anxiety and health issues interlocked at times. You ought to try seeing someone to prescribe a mild anxiety med. I take one every morning, it helps my vertigo. It's only .5 mgs per day.
Got a lot of work to do. Thanks again for not giving up on me.
Athleet
Thanks for all your advice, prayers and words of wisdom. You women are amazing. I really thought you'd pass judgement on me. That's why I stayed away and partly because now that you know what I've done I'm embarrassed and even more ashamed.
No I cannot talk to anyone, especially my church where the priests are strict and cold. My daughter cried when she had her first confession and her first communion because the priest was so cold to her. Imagine how they would be to me!
I already talked to a therapist last year. She told me much the same as you have. That God has forgiven me and it's really about me forgiving myself. I'm struggling to get past the guilt and shame, I don't forgive myself, its something I will have to live with for the rest of my life. I've had to go through it alone all this time and I imagine I always will.
April thanks for the incredible prayers and words of wisdom on the PMs you sent me. You guys have really helped me even though I don't act like it.
Smilie and April, I'm truly sorry you haven't been feeling well. Smilie I think you have both anxiety and health issues interlocked at times. You ought to try seeing someone to prescribe a mild anxiety med. I take one every morning, it helps my vertigo. It's only .5 mgs per day.
Got a lot of work to do. Thanks again for not giving up on me.
Athleet
No I cannot talk to anyone, especially my church where the priests are strict and cold. My daughter cried when she had her first confession and her first communion because the priest was so cold to her. Imagine how they would be to me!
I already talked to a therapist last year. She told me much the same as you have. That God has forgiven me and it's really about me forgiving myself. I'm struggling to get past the guilt and shame, I don't forgive myself, its something I will have to live with for the rest of my life. I've had to go through it alone all this time and I imagine I always will.
April thanks for the incredible prayers and words of wisdom on the PMs you sent me. You guys have really helped me even though I don't act like it.
Smilie and April, I'm truly sorry you haven't been feeling well. Smilie I think you have both anxiety and health issues interlocked at times. You ought to try seeing someone to prescribe a mild anxiety med. I take one every morning, it helps my vertigo. It's only .5 mgs per day.
Got a lot of work to do. Thanks again for not giving up on me.
Athleet
April,
I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. What happened? Was it the heartburn? Why was it your worst night? Talk to us and tell us what's wrong?
Athleet
I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. What happened? Was it the heartburn? Why was it your worst night? Talk to us and tell us what's wrong?
Athleet
Hi April,
Sorry nobody's been there for you - difficult for me as my time zone is completely different! I hope you are feeling better when you read this.
Do you drink milk? Have you tried bicarbonate of soda mixed in with milk - maybe that would help? - but I'm not sure. Worth a try though.
Like you I stopped smoking 15 years ago - and put on weight!
Did you get the pm I sent you in response to yours?
Take care, hope you feel better. I will be praying for you.
Luv
EBJB
Sorry nobody's been there for you - difficult for me as my time zone is completely different! I hope you are feeling better when you read this.
Do you drink milk? Have you tried bicarbonate of soda mixed in with milk - maybe that would help? - but I'm not sure. Worth a try though.
Like you I stopped smoking 15 years ago - and put on weight!
Did you get the pm I sent you in response to yours?
Take care, hope you feel better. I will be praying for you.
Luv
EBJB
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