Experiences with

Intestinal and stomach conditions

I woke up 3 nights ago at 2am with stomach cramping and nausea. I was okay the next day, went #2 a little (little balls as usual). Yesterday, I tried a suppository and went some but felt the urge to go more and couldn’t. Today I’ve tried 3 enemas, 2 suppositories, and I’ve produced some little balls

hi, after 4 failed FETs including one pgta euploid 5AA embryo I’ve been diagnosed with recurrent implantation failure. The plan for the next FET is to include innohep, low dose aspirin and low dose steroid. Has anyone tried this? And what were the results? I’m age 40 and have 2 euploid embryos left.

I am a healthy 76 year old female and due to acid reflux and stomach symptoms I have just had an endoscopy but I wasn't able to speak to the consultant after the test. I was given a Gastroscopy Report as follows, but no explanation, so have had to resort to Chat GPT! 'Glycogenic acanthuses in the

How do we know that resumption of pain is due to a flare of PMR rather than general aches and pains in the same areas i..e. Shoulders, arms, thighs, buttocks…. .? I have had PMR for a year now and have gone from 20 mg a day to 5.5mg. I have 2 stomas and I have struggled managing my colostomy on the

Having had RLS for over 60 years I’ve experienced different phases of the curse and I wonder if anyone else has had similar symptoms. I have kept a pain diary for several years to document what’s happened but also I’ve been trying to find out why my RLS comes and goes - is it to do with air pressure

I have been having change in bowel movement since last 2 months with blood in stool. Went to doc who gave meds for stomach bugs for 5 days. Things improved. Also, only for one day i had pain in upper right abdomen. Besides, I also felt continuous discomfort (not pain) in lower abdomen. Sometimes, pain

I've had symptoms of IBS for about 30 years was diagnosed after a colonoscopy. Recently my symptoms have taken a turn for the worse. I contacted my GP for an appointment to discuss. I received a telephone appointment from the nurse practitioner. She asked a few questions then prescribed Mebeverine

hello everyone Has anyone on the forum ever found that your liver results have been impacted if you’ve had a medication monitoring blood test with a cold? Or should I be postponing it? I have a sore throat and bad throat. Not Covid. I get into such a state about these damn tests and now I feel very

Hi, Wondering if anyone has suffered upper back pain/spasms with ibs, I seem to get painful upper back pain when really tight bowel spasm, I also suffer with Acid Reflux and Hiatal Hernia. Thanks.

Hello everyone......hoping to connect with people who have undergone similar treatment to me. Just over two weeks ago i had surgery for a closed loop bowel obstruction.....discharged from hospital after a few days. Still experiencing lots of pain and tenderness in area....but not sure what is normal

Hi Ladies I am currently being treated for first recurrence and are getting Carbo/Doxil and Keytruda. I recently had an echocardiogram and it showed a lot of pericardial effusion. I was immediately rushed to ER and then off to radiology intervention to insert a drain. I was admitted to critical care

Hi :) Has anyone done this? I was told my by hemo that its ok and that I can take a break from aspirin for 5 days before surgery...but im still worried about general bleeding and complications, so would love to hear if anyone have done it and how it went?

Hello My little girl is 5 years old and has struggled with constipation and withholding since starting pre-school when she was 3. We have undertaken 2 years of treatment with laxatives, toilet sits etc and things have never improved. During a good phase, she has a few soiling accidents a week. In

Dear All, advice please! I’ve got GCA and am on 5mg pred a day. Recently the medics have raised the issue of CKD but after a scan and blood test have decided it’s only mild (thank goodness}. However, they ‘suggest swapping omeprazole for famotidine as PPIs can rarely cause kidney problems.’ I’ve looked

Hi there. Looking for some advice. I'm into year 11 PMR/GCA and my rheumatologist recently referred me for a PET CT scan as I'm down to 4.5 and in a fair bit of pain( and feel pretty rubbish) which I think is both PMR and Osteo in joints. His thought was it might show up areas of inflammation and and

A long shot I fear, but I wonder if anybody has experienced anything similar. For the past 3/4 months I have been experiencing pain (but only occasionally) in one finger and my thumb on one hand. It’s very specific, between two knuckles of the finger and low on the thumb towards the wrist. It hurts but

Hi everyone, I’m a 29 yr old female. 1.5years ago I saw this black chunk in my stool. At the same time I had strong lower right abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue and general feeling unwell. I went to hospital and they found nothing. I later did an MRI and they said ‘fecal loading’, I then did a colonoscopy

Hello everyone, I’m on day 3 post lap. The first day was fine when keeping up with painkillers, but yesterday I started to feel unwell. I was prescribed laxatives (Lactulose) to take twice a day but it’s made me feel really unwell, stomach cramps, nausea, sickness etc but not actually helping with the

Hey everyone,I'm on a mission to eat healthier, and whole grains keep popping up. Being from Morocco, I realized the grains we eat are a bit different, so I thought I'd share what I've learned, and hopefully, we can all benefit! The basic idea is the same everywhere: whole grains are the whole package

Hi. My mum was diagnosed end 2013. 3cHGS. She had Carbo/Taxol which looked promising until a recurrence. Caelyx. Then Carbo/Taxol again. In June 2017 she had her final chemo and had been NED ever since. Her CA125 has been between 9-11. She had her latest six month blood test recently and the CA125