Hi all
Ever since I had a stomach virus about 6 weeks ago I’ve not felt right “down there”. Kind of a sore/irritated feeling inside, almost like I need to go for a number 2 but not quite.
it does wax and wane and for a few days it does go away completely, but then comes back and sends me into a tailspin.
anyway, I went to the doctors and had a blood test and I’m not anaemic.
my toilet habits have been back to normal for at least the past month (I try to not spend too long inspecting after going as I can get obsessed, but after a quick glance everything looks normal).
I pushed my doctor for the Calprotectin test which he said he really wasn’t happy about doing, but I guess I thought it would give me piece of mind that it’s not cancer/IBD HOWEVER low and behold the results have come back as 52mg/g so in the “possible IBD” bracket. (Normal is <50)
i found out when I took the phone call at work and went into a complete melt down. I don’t remember much just the look of terror on my boss’s face. !. She was very kind but wasn’t happy about my driving home but i went to the doctors who gave me an emergency appointment and some 5mg diazepam and another tube to do the stool test again which I did this morning,
What the hell am I going to do when the results come back elevated again or even higher?? I cannot cope with this it’s like the best case is UC and the worst case is cancer. Both I cannot comprehend 😔
I feel in shock because I have so many blood tests/scans/appointments with specialists which always come back fine and now there’s something wrong I just don’t know what to do.
i have a 10k race coming up and I’m so depressed and anxious I don’t think I’ll be able to do it now because the results took over a week last time and I really don’t see them being better as I still have symptoms.
the only hope I’m clinging onto is that I had been taking a couple of aspirin a day before the test which I hope so much caused the high result. I thought my inflammation would be low because I take turmeric tablets :(.
please someone help me