Something….the gastroenterologist gave to me… three Super Fun diagnostic tests that I probably needed done 11 months ago. Okay, so I'll never write songs. Shut up.
"Why would you ask for this kind of torture?" (Well, because like one of my favorite commenters haters says, "Melting Mama Has Munchhausen's Syndrome." Take THAT, keywords.)
Because, at this point? Any. answer. will. do.
Like I told the doctor today: I have forgotten what it feels like to feel good.
I go to bed with this discomfort — and it wakes me up. Every day. Every stinking day. Even on the best days where I walk all day long and can "forget about it" for a while, it comes back when I am sitting, stopped or in bed.
Even if we get through the testing to find out, you know, it really WAS just a hernia (which has already been confirmed, I have a small hernia near my bellybutton) and/or a bacterial overgrowth problem, or even celiac… Crohn's — something — GOOD!
At least I have an answer instead of THIS. Constant dull pain — constant discomfort — constant reactions to food — that I cannot predict. I can't tell if one stab is related to the digestive distress, I just have no idea. I only know that it hurts every day, and I am quite sick of it. 11 months.
Colonscopy – check. Capsule endoscopy – check. Bacterial overgrowth breath test – check. PS. Biopsies for extra fun.
"Yay." Testing starts in two weeks.
Good luck. I hope you get a diagnosis. I did months of GI exams and giving “samples” only to end up with diagnosis beyond what I already knew (Diverticulitis). I hop you get an ANSWER!!
Next time I need an endoscopy I’m going to ask for a place that does this capsule thing. Wow. I was so traumatized by my first and only endoscopy, I refuse to do it again. I don’t care if I’m dying.
Oops, hit post too soon. I hope you find some answers finally. I understand completely what you are going through.
when i was diagnosed with fibromyalgia i was super happy even though it didn’t change anything, they still couldn’t do anything but try to treat symptoms. BUT. at least i knew what the heck it was! so *beep* the haters.
I personally know that after a while, any diagnosis feels better than the ‘crazy-its-all-in-your-head-one… and worse, the one that, when you go public, as you have, get the Munchhausen’s Syndrome from folk that really could give a crap and are just looking for… I don’t even know what! What IS IT THEY WANT anyway? Hopefully you’ll get an answer this time and it will be something that can be fixed. pain sure is not fun… and yes, its possible to forget what it is to feel great. A ‘good’ day is when you are able to function and not completely miserable.