Keeping an eye on your other conditions and meds

I have been having some stomach / bowel problems and suffer from diverticulitis and FODMAP disorders. Symptoms had gradually worsened and raised it with my doctor when I recently went in for my heart med scripts. Apparently the side effects of the medication I was taking for over active bladder (more annoying than my heart disease in terms of day to day disruption!) can worsen as you age and stomach/bowel is one of the affected areas. Went off this med under Dr supervision a couple of weeks ago and feeling much better. Pays to keep an eye on everything, not just the heart.

[mikeydt]

many times with multiple conditions it is sometimes hard knowing what condition is causing the symptoms.

i have mild heart condition but am also a fellow sufferer of diverticulitis affecting my sigmoid colon.

often the heart condition was mistaken for abdomen problems and the divert was mistaken for uti as i have a catheter in (shows how easy it happens)

knowing what what is the difficult part.