If anyone needs the name of a good pain doc in Ohio let me know. He is a great doctor and he is located in the Cleveland area. He has pateints that drive hours to see him. If you have any questions...
WHats the brand?...
Sarita might spank me for this but................. Dont ever go back to the Doc who sent you for the liver BX. She/he is either a complete moron or is just trying to make money. Liver BXs are...
I would go to your PCP or if your insurance allows go directly to a GI doc!...
Sarita - thanks for all your help. I need to get off a few days of work to get my 2 tests done. I have been trying to aviod yeast. However I keep accidently keep eating it!! I didnt know Ranch...
Symptoms are: Nausea, ABD Pain, D/frequent BMs in the morning and after eating sometimes, urgency problems after eating. Yeast was the only food allergy. And I was tested for "milk" not lactose. The...
Please still be concerned because I am not hopeful. But I will be very happy if it works. Do you guys/girls still think that the Lactose breath test and the Small Bowell X-Rays are a good idea in the...
And I had to cancel the appointments for the above test. My work has problems giving me a day off because - other employees will have to cover my job for the day and all my co-workers say that they...
I went and got allergy tests - I have an allergy to yeast. Brewers yeast and bakers yeast. This explains a lot. I found 1 article on the web talking about the connection between IBS and yeast...
See my new post ~...
OH sounds like great fun for me!!! More tests - prob the same result "Negative for everything"....
Sarita are you going to be a GI specialist?...
He didnt tell me what he thinks the problem is - he just said that "We have looked and tested for just about everything"...
OK thanks for your help. Sarita - is this "ghost" poo like D? Or will it be normal. Should I take it on a friday to have a few recovery days? Thanks for your help. Also what can this SBS rule out or...
Went to my GI with problems stated in the previous posts last week. I have to go for a breath test for lactose intoler. and Small Bowell Series XRAYs. I also got a RX for Levsin S/L. Quick dissolving...
The pains in the LUQ come after eathing and just before bowell movements? They dont feel like gas pains. They are also associated with nausea....
Yea it prob is me being nervous about blowing up the bathroom at the restaurant....
I was thinking the same thing....
Thanks for all the help guys. I was going to ask for Nulev for my flare ups. I think I need something as a "daily" helper - but I guess I will live with a "as needed" RX. I just used to be hooked on...
hmmmmmmm.... this is only sometimes with the yelowish stool. And also - no pain in the gall bladder area. Also no what is called "rebound tenderness" when you push on the gall bladder area - this is...
Thanks for all the help 7Lil - in all my posts!! =)...
yea if he gives it to me.... if not ill have to steal the samples from my work....
Yep - between my TUMS and Metamucil with calcium pills I get at least 1500 a day....
Yea I will see what the GI quack... I mean Doc has to say on Monday...
I take calcium and Tagament used to work when it was RX strength....
I actually take Probiotics and Fiber/calcium Metamucil pills. This is what I started after the GI work-up....
Anticholinergics users - new study / warning out from the Cleveland Clinic: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/45/1663_51214.htm ...
Thats used to treat Crohn's and IBD. http://my.webmd.com/drugs/drug-22007-Entocort+EC+Oral.aspx?drugid=22007&drugname=Entocort+EC+Oral#usage...
I have a serious problem - I cant seem to make it through a meal at a Restaurant without having a IBS attack of D! I can eat at home with no problem but at a Restaurant it never fails! I cant even...
Maintenance drugs for IBS? I need the names / recomendations / experiences with maintenance drugs for IBS. Meaning - drugs I can take on a daily basis to prevent me running for the toilet at the drop...
Well I posted my long...very long story before. I am sure no one remebers so: I have had IBS since I was about 14 years old and I am 23 now. I am also in the medical field. I had all the tests you...
Just wanted to let you know that shoulder pain is also associated with this surgery. That will go away if you have it now. Its from the CO2....
flagyl is the best antibiotic for gastro infections ova paracites and cdiff!! Just FYI! Flagyl is also tolertaed pretty well by most people and it is cheap. A Doc may give you a RX for it just to try...
I cant drink due to my IBS. Your lucky if you can....
I have this too. Not after eating spicy food pr anything. Just for no reason. I had an EGD - they check somewhat of your gall bladder. nothing was said about it. I am going to the GI on Monday....
....... you wake up an extra hour before work "just in case". ........ you have TUMS and PEPTO in your car, office, bedroom, bathroom, garage, and girlfriends house. ....... your friends who are...
Hmmmm I live in Ohio but I work for a company in Michigan. SO I have BCBS of Michigan. I have the best plan available for them Like plan 3 or something like that. Its really good. Lots of things are...
I take a Metamucil calcium/fiber combination tablet. I take 2 every night. Seems to work OK for me. Get a some regiment like what I am on that keeps your BMs stable, and go to your Doc and get your...
OK Sick and Tired here you go: Test numbers and info: 2855 - Barley, wheat, buckwheat, rye, oat, rice 10715X - Egg, peanut, wheat, walnut, codfish, milk, soybean, corn, shrimp, clam, scallop, IgE...
Really - I have excellent insurance that covered all but $250 deductible. But I also work in the medical field - so I need good insurance. However if I paid Cash my colonoscopy would have been $750...
Yea see your PCP ASAP! I would even go to a "Urgent care" place if your OK with see a doc your not used too. Possibly ER if you continue to bleed. Are you on any medications such as blood thinners?...
Also I thought this article said it was on several hundred $s. Just like a scope. Which is about $700-800 depending on if it with reflex/bxs/ect...
If you live in the Cleveland area. A doctor offers it at the Cleveland Clinic I believe. There was an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer Magazine 9/11/04 issue....
You think the stuff you had to drink for contrast was bad. JUST WAIT until the colonoscopy prep....
Sorry I need to learn how to type. I hope everyone can understand with all my typos....
I work in the medical field and I was reading out ref. book from our lab and I came across these test. I was considering going and having these tests done. By the way, we use a lab that is...
Here is the thing everyone: This medication is an antidepressant (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor type) used in the treatment of depression. It works by restoring the balance of natural...