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Hi all,
It's been a little bit since I've posted, but after a really long few months, I'm back for support. Here's the basic story...
So I've been diagnosed with gastroparesis and non-specific colitis, so they have thought I didn't have IBS. Slowly over the past few months, I've been getting sicker and sicker. I'm throwing up a lot, lots of cramping in my gut, etc. Miserable. So I finally got in to see my doc and she put together a LONG plan of figuring this all out. I had an endoscopy and an MRI entography last week to rule out more serious things like Chrons. Glad to rule that out, but it was a horrible week. The MRI was THE WORST. I had to drink 6 cups of NASTY stuff-- it was called volumen. I would say it was similar to a colonoscopy prep drink... so after drinking that, you drink a huge glass of water and then have to lay still for the MRI for 45 minutes. It was really awful. I then met with a neurologist to see if my gastroparesis is due to my nerves not working correctly. In a few weeks I have to do a tilt-table table and a sweat test to try to rule out autonomic neuropathy. I also have an appt. with an allergist to check for more specific food allergies.
So needless to say, I'm totally overwhelmed. I am SO thankful to have a doc who is not brushing me aside and is just as determined to get an answer about why I am so sick now. It's just been rough. I am taking August pretty slowly-- teaching a few lessons here and there, but no steady work for the month. I'm hoping I'll get over the worst of it all by September.
I'm still thinking I have some IBS-- I cramp and spend the morning in the bathroom many days--and I'm sure its from the stress of this all. So I'm just checking in here. Thanks for reading my saga...just good to know people are out there who get how miserable this can truly feel.

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IBS-A

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