Re: Wanted to let everyone know
06/27/06 03:19 PM
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I had severe abdominal pain and cramping and the cycles of diaherria and constipation. I found that everytime I ate I would get extremely sick. The doctors at the Indian Health Clinic where I live did nothing except prescribe antacids with no relief. After no diagnosis for over 2 yrs and no relief I went to the VAMC in Seattle, since I am a US veteran.
They did some very invasive testing, including a series of poop tests. Since I was having a problem going to the bathroom for #2 it took several months to collect the samples for the tests. Since the samples needed to be fresh and I live over 4 hours north of Seattle, it was up to my body to provide the samples. Very ulky!!!
They diagnosed me with IBS. They also did an EKG and told me that I had a heart attack in the past 3 yrs, that was in 2002. So I tried to recall a time when I might have been having a heart attack, but never remembered anytime that could have been happening.
During this time with my nutrition at an all time low, and little or no digestion my body took calcium from my teeth and caused me to eventually lose my teeth and have false teeth. But with the continued weight loss (I am 115 today) the beautiful dentures do not fit and even with adjustments they still do not fit well.
At this point I do not even look in mirrors, because now I am a shell of my former self. I have very little energy cause my heart is beating extremely slow, and everything I eat except for jello doubles me over in extreme pain.
I hope that answers your question,
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Lummibeader
IBS-D with pain
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