AsleepInYorkshire wrote:I started with some mild pain in my lower left abdomen about a year ago. I thought it may be a "grumbling appendix".
I went to the doctors and over the last year have had
- Lots of blood tests
- An MRI scan (looking for a Spigelian hernia)
- An Ultrasound Scan
- A "retching" endoscopy
- Prostrate examination - fifteen fingers
They have found nothing except a Hiatus Hernia and have ruled that out as the source of the pain. So the diagnosis by default is IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). I've taken Buscopan and it eases the pain marginally. But it doesn't remove it. And often the pain's quite intense. I am going to see my GP next week to see if there's another medication she can prescribe.
But in the meantime I'd genuinely welcome any advice from anyone who's suffered with the illness please. The pain is really disrupting my life now - and I can't work out how to stop it. I hasten to add I know the difference between a little discomfort and pains that are becoming unmanageable.
Thank you
AiY
They do say "you are what you eat". However, after being poisoned by the local Bangladeshi take away joint about 3 years back, I switched to having soya milk in my brekky cereal (still have cow milk for hot drink). Basically the Dr. said that dairy is quite a load to digest so I should minimise the dairy, till the splats cleared up. Anyway, I've stuck with the regime (i.e. much less dairy) and I feel pretty good for it, along with the next diet modification......
I realised about 1.5 years that whilst brown bread and bran are healthy for guts, they were starting to make me feel quite bloated. So I basically decided to minimise/cut out gluten. So I have oatbased cereal for breakfast, gluten free bread to make toast etc.
Those 2 things along with veg, fruit, lots of water, no more strong coffee, plenty of exercise have made me feel a lot better. I also nowadays just minimise what I eat portion size, and hardly have any red meat, have more fish, more salad etc. People might say "boring", but if I'm pain free and healthy, then gimme boring any day of the week.
HTH