Various Health Fears

[pulisa]

And that's the core of the issue. Even with the pages of reassurance, nothing said here helps either

Positive thoughts

So what benefit do you actually get from posting on the HA board, Mr L?

Why not try offering advice to others on here rather than concentrating on your own issues? You appear determined to get a "diagnosis" of some sort so you'll have a wealth of medical knowledge to offer others who may be more receptive to advice?

[MrLurcher]

I really don’t know. I know that I’ve bored and frustrated my family to death over the past year so I only really feel comfortable discussing worries on here now.

I do reply sometime to threads where I feel I’ve got some experience - bowels, palpitations, ear issues etc. Although I’m obviously nowhere near as helpful as others on here.

I was just asking about the mucous thing because I’m just after some comparisons....you’d probably say it’s reassurance seeking though. And I guess it’s better to ask on here and get replies from people who have IBS and anxiety symptoms rather than running off to the doc again.

unfortunately my bowel worries have returned again, because I still don’t feel they’re right or normal after my ‘bug’. Doubting now whether or not The sigmoidoscopy was enough and perhaps I should’ve had a ‘full’ investigation. But I don’t know if I’d still be having these doubts. Or should I just accept this is all IBS? Really hoped I’d never revisit this topic, but here I am.

[KK77]

Or should I just accept this is all IBS?

You know what we'd all say, Mr L. What matters is addressing your internal dialogue because until you do nothing will change, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

[pulisa]

You know what we'd all say, Mr L. What matters is addressing your internal dialogue because until you do nothing will change, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

Precisely. You could generate another 200 pages of symptoms/ruminations on this thread and be no further forward unless you address your own internal commentary. It all boils down to this but unless you are prepared to accept this you will be googling sinister diseases and panicking ad infinitum which would be so counterproductive to recovery and a decent quality of life.

[Phoenixess]

Can I just I say I’d really not worry about your bowel, and if your really worried send a sample to your GP I have had awful bowel issues from IBS for years and my mum nearly died from a rare bowel condition. What I learnt through helping her and spending a bit too long around bowel wards for 8 months last year is if you suspect you have it and you haven’t had symptoms bad enough to admit you to hospital or your GP hasn’t told you there is something wrong then the likelihood it isn’t. I ended up self diagnosis myself with IBD (not my IBS) and diverticulitis because in my head that’s where my symptoms fitted. I ended up so paranoid after I had two massive fissures I saw the consultant who save my mums life privately and he said I only had IBS which was triggered through diet. The rest I was fine and like I said what my mum had was pretty rare. I didn’t even have heamorroids which I thought were normal because again of my mums experiences....Equally blood in stools are rarely cancer and many people have bleeding bowels again for numerous reasons. It is good to get checked but until the facts are there it is not worth worrying. Chrons, colitis, diverticulitis, IBS, IBD, peritonitis, polops and many more are not as common as we perceive. I’m sharing this to reassure you not to scare you. Keep smiling x


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[MrLurcher]

Precisely. You could generate another 200 pages of symptoms/ruminations on this thread and be no further forward unless you address your own internal commentary. It all boils down to this but unless you are prepared to accept this you will be googling sinister diseases and panicking ad infinitum which would be so counterproductive to recovery and a decent quality of life.

Yes I know, I look back on my bowel worries thread which had over 60 pages towards the end, and think I really don't want to get stuck into that again.

[MrLurcher]

Can I just I say I’d really not worry about your bowel, and if your really worried send a sample to your GP I have had awful bowel issues from IBS for years and my mum nearly died from a rare bowel condition. What I learnt through helping her and spending a bit too long around bowel wards for 8 months last year is if you suspect you have it and you haven’t had symptoms bad enough to admit you to hospital or your GP hasn’t told you there is something wrong then the likelihood it isn’t. I ended up self diagnosis myself with IBD (not my IBS) and diverticulitis because in my head that’s where my symptoms fitted. I ended up so paranoid after I had two massive fissures I saw the consultant who save my mums life privately and he said I only had IBS which was triggered through diet. The rest I was fine and like I said what my mum had was pretty rare. I didn’t even have heamorroids which I thought were normal because again of my mums experiences....Equally blood in stools are rarely cancer and many people have bleeding bowels again for numerous reasons. It is good to get checked but until the facts are there it is not worth worrying. Chrons, colitis, diverticulitis, IBS, IBD, peritonitis, polops and many more are not as common as we perceive. I’m sharing this to reassure you not to scare you. Keep smiling x


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Thanks for the reply Phoenixess. Well I also diagnosed myself with some form of IBD, or god forbid, bowel cancer back in Jan-March. After months of obsessing and experiencing weird and wonderful symptoms, and half a dozen visits to the doctors I was finally referred to the gastro specialists, who performed a sigmoidoscopy. Prior to that I had 2/3 bloods tests for everything and also a stool test for blood and IBD. All were clear, but weren't enough to convince me that it was IBS like the docs said. I try and tell myself that I had some terrible bowel problems back then, and nothing was seriously wrong, so chances are there's still nothing seriously wrong, but I struggle with that internal dialogue. Everytime I get a bought of stomach ache, or some dodgy looking stools I start to think of the worst.

[Phoenixess]

Thanks for the reply Phoenixess. Well I also diagnosed myself with some form of IBD, or god forbid, bowel cancer back in Jan-March. After months of obsessing and experiencing weird and wonderful symptoms, and half a dozen visits to the doctors I was finally referred to the gastro specialists, who performed a sigmoidoscopy. Prior to that I had 2/3 bloods tests for everything and also a stool test for blood and IBD. All were clear, but weren't enough to convince me that it was IBS like the docs said. I try and tell myself that I had some terrible bowel problems back then, and nothing was seriously wrong, so chances are there's still nothing seriously wrong, but I struggle with that internal dialogue. Everytime I get a bought of stomach ache, or some dodgy looking stools I start to think of the worst.

What is your diet like? I used to have terrible issues I have been vegetarian for a while now and it’s made a world of difference....it might be you literally have a food intolerance and that is triggering all the symptoms for you. Glutamine is a natural supplement to regulate the bowel and as you say you’ve had the examinations and checks . Elimination diets and fodmap diet is perfect for IBS look it up it’s shocking what can make it worse. I can not touch quinoa, chickpeas or lentils they’ve the devil for my bowels. Milk too! I couldn’t tolerate eggs until I became vegetarian but have a read and trial. I hope it helps x


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[MrLurcher]

What is your diet like? I used to have terrible issues I have been vegetarian for a while now and it’s made a world of difference....it might be you literally have a food intolerance and that is triggering all the symptoms for you. Glutamine is a natural supplement to regulate the bowel and as you say you’ve had the examinations and checks . Elimination diets and fodmap diet is perfect for IBS look it up it’s shocking what can make it worse. I can not touch quinoa, chickpeas or lentils they’ve the devil for my bowels. Milk too! I couldn’t tolerate eggs until I became vegetarian but have a read and trial. I hope it helps x


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Well my partner is vegetarian, so my diet is also say 95% vegetarian - I very rarely eat meat these days unless we eat out etc. I drink mainly soya as my daughter had a dairy allergy, so I grew to prefer the taste to normal milk. I'm not really experiencing any bad IBS symptoms at the moment, just the occasional mild bloating, wind and looser stools. If you read up earlier in the thread I had a stomach bug last week, lasting 3-5 days with basically watery diarrhoea for 2 days, along with stomach pains, sweats and a slightly high temp. I was panicking about it at the time, and cannot help but feel what if this was a crohns attack - my bowels/stools are still not 100% right yet. But I don't know if that's my health anxiety blurring things and not letting things settle back down. My bowels were all over the place before my sigmoidoscopy, but after I was given the all clear a lot of the extreme symptoms died down so I know anxiety plays a big part.

[Phoenixess]

Well my partner is vegetarian, so my diet is also say 95% vegetarian - I very rarely eat meat these days unless we eat out etc. I drink mainly soya as my daughter had a dairy allergy, so I grew to prefer the taste to normal milk. I'm not really experiencing any bad IBS symptoms at the moment, just the occasional mild bloating, wind and looser stools. If you read up earlier in the thread I had a stomach bug last week, lasting 3-5 days with basically watery diarrhoea for 2 days, along with stomach pains, sweats and a slightly high temp. I was panicking about it at the time, and cannot help but feel what if this was a crohns attack - my bowels/stools are still not 100% right yet. But I don't know if that's my health anxiety blurring things and not letting things settle back down. My bowels were all over the place before my sigmoidoscopy, but after I was given the all clear a lot of the extreme symptoms died down so I know anxiety plays a big part.

Could be soya or quorn but like you said it’s probably just the end of the bug! Get well soon x


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