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lucky81698 · 01-31-2007, 10:17 PM

Kristie,

I had similar symptoms starting around Sept 2005. I thought it was all stress too. Then they thought I had diverticulitis and I took anit-biotics for that. Seemed a little better for while. I was thinking dairy products too, but that didn't seem to pan out. I had alot of bloating as well as other problems. I had a CT scan of my whole stomach area, then ultrasounds in female areas due to my aunt having ovarian cancer, all with no findings. Then it seemed to be pretty much better. But I remembered the doctor saying if the symptoms continued and they had not found anything, then I should have a colonscopy. I really wanted to do everything to avoid that. After noticing something that appeared to be blood, I finally called a GI doctor. That's when he said I needed the colonoscopy, just to make sure even though he did not expect to find anything due to my age. But he ended up finding a quite large polyp that was causing bleeding. I guess when it gets to that point it can quickly turn to cancer. He said I was very lucky. I don't wnat you to think I'm trying to scare you, but you might want to go to a GI doctor and see what they say. It could be a very simple fix that will make you feel better quickly. There's no sense feeling like crap if you don't have to!

01-31-2007, 10:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
lucky81698 Jetgirls Ol' School Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 1 Posts: 886 Recipes: Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Lactose Intolerance/IBS... Kristie, I had similar symptoms starting around Sept 2005. I thought it was all stress too. Then they thought I had diverticulitis and I took anit-biotics for that. Seemed a little better for while. I was thinking dairy products too, but that didn't seem to pan out. I had alot of bloating as well as other problems. I had a CT scan of my whole stomach area, then ultrasounds in female areas due to my aunt having ovarian cancer, all with no findings. Then it seemed to be pretty much better. But I remembered the doctor saying if the symptoms continued and they had not found anything, then I should have a colonscopy. I really wanted to do everything to avoid that. After noticing something that appeared to be blood, I finally called a GI doctor. That's when he said I needed the colonoscopy, just to make sure even though he did not expect to find anything due to my age. But he ended up finding a quite large polyp that was causing bleeding. I guess when it gets to that point it can quickly turn to cancer. He said I was very lucky. I don't wnat you to think I'm trying to scare you, but you might want to go to a GI doctor and see what they say. It could be a very simple fix that will make you feel better quickly. There's no sense feeling like crap if you don't have to!