Thanks Jen, some really good advice there! The gi guy and I did talk about the gallbladder and the D. He said people who usually have D because of there lack of gallbladder tend to have gassy D, meaning its very airy D and tends to be fatty and float. Mine is watery, high velocity and sinks! After doing that for a bit, than it switches to bright neon yellow bile, stomach acid that burns like the devil on the way out of an already sore bottom!
I understand the feeling that your body is falling apart. Its like everyday I wake up and do an inventory of the pain and see if there is anything new hurting! Is it going to take me 5 minutes to haul myself up or am I going to need a push off the bed from hubby because my body won't cooperate?!
I'm not exactly sure why the rheumy switched. It was after my second appt with her. She said that most serum negative ra people will have slightly elevated ana and my ana is negative. She also said that ra typically doesn't involve the bowels and with the changes I've had she thought more than likely crohns. The internist keeps going back and forth, first she thought crohns was likely than after my stool sample which showed no white blood cells in it, she said it would be less likely to have crohns. The crohns guy says its unlikely that I have crohns but can't be for sure. I feel like I'm getting the run around! The only positive thing is that the treatment for crohns and ra is pretty much the same and they did start me on the appropriate medications. See my above post, I list all my symptoms and meds, that I can remember!
I'm still torn about the mayo clinic. I've heard both good and bad. I don't even know what department I'd go see?! I want to figure out and fix what ever is wrong but if all the doctors here are clueless and everything looks normal, why should I think they will find anything. It would mean time off work for both hubby and I and traveling expanses, blah, blah, blah and what if they don't find anything.
I haven't considered the laparoscope since the fertility stuff. I guess it would show bowel issues but do you know if it could decidedly rule out crohns?
I haven't tried any rx meds for the d yet. No one has suggested anything, I do have Imodium I take when it gets bad or if I have to go somewhere, like the grocery store. But it seems to almost make it worse after it wears off so I try to stay away from it as much as possible.
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Is it going to take me 5 minutes to haul myself up or am I going to need a push off the bed from hubby because my body won't cooperate?!
