Hypochondriac needing help!

[skyler86]

So here's my story. A couple of months ago, I was misdiagnosed with a urinary tract infection and was put on 2 weeks of cipro, 1000 mg a day. During my time on cipro, I noticed an intense stomach gurgling that would sometimes persist for hours. I didn't think much of it at the time though. Since coming off of the cipro, I have had abdominal pain, sometimes in the lower left abdomen and sometimes in the lower right abdomen. Initially after coming off of the cipro, I was so constipated that any kind of bowel movement would only happen with prune juice and it would only be watery diareah. I went to the ER, where they gave me an abdominal x ray that showed that I was constipated all the way up to my apendix. After taking a few bottles of magnesium citrate, increased fiber and water consumption and stool softeners, I finally got things going again, but the consitancy of my stool is just not the same, it's mushy, falls apart easily and smells almost rotting. In addition, I believe I have hemorrhoids. A lot of times, I'll whipe and see streaky bright red blood on the toilet paper and I think sometimes I can see a tiny bit of red in my stool, though I may be just looking too hard and seeing half digested tomatoes or something. It will burn at times, but the major symptom is itching. It will get so itchy at times that I can't think straight, I can't function and have had to miss class and work on a couple of occasions. It seems to be getting better though because i'm not iching nearly as much as I was at first. My primary worry though, is the abdominal pain. If I were just dealing with hemorrhoids, I wouldn't be scared, but the abdominal pain is worrisome to me. As a hypochondriac, I automatically thinnk I have colon cancer and I will be dead within a couple of years. What do my symptoms sound like?

[skyler86]

odds of colon cancer are pretty slim right

[skyler86]

Thank you for the quick response:) I just started on probiotics and metamucil oddly enough.

[Caryopteris]

And go ahead and use a hemorrhoid cream or wipes with witch hazel to ease your hemorrhoids.  

[Caryopteris]

The powerful antibiotic upset your gut flora.  You can take a prebiotic or probiotic to improve things.  Or eat yogurt if you can handle dairy.  Metamucil should also help.