Had a baby...now what?!

Hey Shelly!  Congratulations on the baby!  I'm sorry to hear you're still having diarrhea.  Big bummer.  There's always more remedies to try and at this point you are probably your own best advocate.  The frustration that GIs feel when trying to treat IBS is palpable - rest assured that they probably feel equally frustrated that they are not able to help you.  I know I would if I were the doctor in your situation.

That being said, it's always a good idea to go for a return visit if you feel like you are getting worse.  He probably won't run any more tests, but he may be able to make you feel less anxious about where you stand.  Hopefully we can too.

Are you taking any medications at the moment?  Supplements?  Besides the diarrhea, are you having other symptoms?  Pain, bloody stools, fevers, anything like that?  Can you also refresh my memory and tell me what specific tests you had in the past?

I am also having a lot of diarrhea and I know how frustrating it is.  Even though it doesn't scream and cry, med school is a little like having a baby - you can never get away from it (feel like it's always attached to your boob) and it demands more than the maximum amount of energy you've ever had in your life.

Hang in there.  I hope you start feeling better soon.

Sartia,

the tests I have have are as follows...colonoscopy, EGD, lower bowel series x-ray, hida scan, tons of blood tests ( I think one was to do with the liver), CT scan of abdomen, ultrasounds, stool tests, etc.  The only thing that my GO specialist told me that he had seen was some inflammation in the colonoscopy...but he said it was most likely due to the "works of the prep" the night before causing irritation towards the end of the colon.  HE did not seem concerned about that. 

I have no blood in my stools that I can see.  I do, however, have tons of mucus. 

I take Immodium occasionally, but it does not seem to help that much.  I have tried tons of Rx drugs such as Librax, Bentyl, etc.  Nothing worked.  I tried Caltrate with vitamin D...that didn't work either.  My arms are in the air!

Keriamon,

I have been to a homeppathic Dr. that believes in natural cures.  He said that he knew that my problem is my gall bladder so it is funny that you mention that!  I'm willing to try anything...so I decided to go to a homeopathic Dr...even though I am a little hesitatent on what he says...it doesn't hurt to try.

Any other advice?

Thanks!

Shelly

I looked up "Habba Syndrome"...sounds like me!  I did have a hida scan though and the GI Dr. said it came back okay...my homeopathic Dr. says otherwise.  He said that the hida scan looks more for gall stones, and he thinks my problem is a gall bladder that makes too much bile.  Who knows who to believe...so frustrating!

shelly:)

I had a baby last October and the pregnancy cleared up a lot of my IBS symptoms, but after he was around 6 months they started rearing their ugly head.  That's why I am on this site today- my belly has been doing the tell tale rumbling for a week now and I have been in and out of the bathroom.  It isn't near as bad as it was before I was pregnant (I had a lot of intestinal infections that cause post-infectious IBS).  Now, I have D for a week, take an immodium, don't go at all for five days, have a few normal BM's and then D again until I break down and take an Immodium.  I wish I was normal.

Have you tried the Specific Carbohydrate Diet?  That helped me a little when I was going all the time.