lofwyr
16-09-16, 19:03
So my stomach is a mess, on occasion it gets upset, but that is part and parcel with anxiety.
That said, I have always been a bit gassy, flatulent if you want to call it that. It would be a nicer word than my wife used to describe it. In the last couple of years it has gotten to what I would call chronic. I fart...a lot.
I was sort of okay with this until about a year ago I saw some public service ad talking about how chronic flatulence can be a sign of colon cancer. Bear in mind I have no other symptoms, so I sort of buried it.
Fast forward to last night, my facebook feed has this cutesy cartoon about how farting is good for you. I click on it, thinking I am going to wow my wife with some bedtime humor. Alas, one of the ways they say it is "good for you" is to provide warning about serious intestinal diseases, and they specifically mention CC. Well, now I am in this downward spiral.
I have not had any bleeding, no weight loss, no real stomach issues, save for gas and gurgling, and a bit of burping. But no matter what I eat, I sound like a motorcycle an hour later. It is of course worse with some foods--I could power a city with the methane I release from eating buffalo wings.
I have tried various things on my own. I have tried lactose free, low fat, etc. The only thing I have not tried is no gluten, but I might.
Anyone else deal with chronic gas, and have it just be the "way they are?" I am going to my GP on Monday, but more because I would like to figure out what it going on and maybe stop waking my wife up with noxious releases than from serious worry. But then the big C is always in the back of my mind, every time I pass gas.
That said, I have always been a bit gassy, flatulent if you want to call it that. It would be a nicer word than my wife used to describe it. In the last couple of years it has gotten to what I would call chronic. I fart...a lot.
I was sort of okay with this until about a year ago I saw some public service ad talking about how chronic flatulence can be a sign of colon cancer. Bear in mind I have no other symptoms, so I sort of buried it.
Fast forward to last night, my facebook feed has this cutesy cartoon about how farting is good for you. I click on it, thinking I am going to wow my wife with some bedtime humor. Alas, one of the ways they say it is "good for you" is to provide warning about serious intestinal diseases, and they specifically mention CC. Well, now I am in this downward spiral.
I have not had any bleeding, no weight loss, no real stomach issues, save for gas and gurgling, and a bit of burping. But no matter what I eat, I sound like a motorcycle an hour later. It is of course worse with some foods--I could power a city with the methane I release from eating buffalo wings.
I have tried various things on my own. I have tried lactose free, low fat, etc. The only thing I have not tried is no gluten, but I might.
Anyone else deal with chronic gas, and have it just be the "way they are?" I am going to my GP on Monday, but more because I would like to figure out what it going on and maybe stop waking my wife up with noxious releases than from serious worry. But then the big C is always in the back of my mind, every time I pass gas.