Gurgling stomach and guts 😕

[weegmack]

I’ve had IBS since I was a child (44 now). I also have a hiatus hernia and gallstones 😬 . For a long time I had IBS-D, but the last few years it’s been IBS-C. I take Laxido everyday to keep me going. For about 18 months, I’ve noticed some days my stomach and guts just gurgle like crazy after I eat. Even just if it’s a small amount of food.

I stupidly googled it and now I’m terrified - some sites say it’s normal for IBS and some say it could be anything from bowel to kidney cancer. I have Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Health Anxiety, so I’m in a right state. I’m going to my GP tomorrow first thing - I made the appointment a few weeks ago because I have a very sore back (which I have had before and the GP insisted it was constipation - at the time I was worried about ovarian cancer, I got a scan and all was fine).

So I’m sitting here panic stricken, with a gurgly gut, sore back and a panic attack on its way.

😞😞😞😞😞

[binky10]

Hope you are ok.

You sound like me but I have no answers. I am seeing a physio for lower back pain and a gastro for my stomach.

Can't go and then can't stop going.

Hope you get an answer

[weegmack in reply to binky10]

Have you had any tests at the gastro? I’m dreading being sent back to the gastro - I’ve had so many tests over the years - but I haven’t had a sigmoidoscopy for some years now. I’ve had every symptom going of IBS, but this time my pain is more persistent - in my back and in my guts. I feel so defeated this morning and I’m dreading going to the GP. 😞

[NathalieM]

Hi I'm the opposite to you I started with IBS-C and mow have IBS-D. I have the stomach gurgles not all the time but quite often. I have lots of wind too, unpleasant I know. A few years ago I got a self defrosting fridge freezer, which gurgles at regular intervals to stop the frost building up. When I am gurgling it feels like the fridge sounds that is the only way I can describe it. I mentioned it to my consultant as it started a while after the IBS-D he said it can be perfectly normal. Hope your mind is set at ease soon.

[torcol]

I too have IBSD and C, I also have extreme anxiety issues, health related and generalized. Do not turn this into more than it is. You must, absolutely must retrain your brain. If you can imagine the worst then you already know that you can imagine the best. It’s all up to you, no one can help you with that, you hold that power. The part of the brain that causes these negative, panic stricken feelings is stronger than the part that is positive. You must retrain your brain to think positively. Believe me, I speak from experience. You will never have a good life if you wake up and immediately look for the worst and your stomach is telling you this. I had gallstones for years, began having some massive attacks (not knowing it was gallstone related). You talk about pain and anxiety, let’s just say over the top!!!!!

After two years and four attacks that each took me to the ER I had a severe final attack, went to ER to find I had a large stone stuck in my pancreatic duct and was not going home until such a time that it dislodged or my enzymes decreased. Could be a week, month, whatever it takes for those to go down! I was a mental mess. My enzymes were 17,000, the dr stated that 3,000 was in normal range, no food by mouth, no anything until it went down. IV only. By the grace of something the next morning at 8am they drew blood, it was down to 6,400 and at 10am I had surgery to remove that gallbladder! They did an endoscopy at the same time to remove any stones left behind.

It was in the hospital that I finally said “I’m done with this anxiety”. I cant take the toll on my body that this causes. That night I told myself “whats the worst thing that could happen”, I could die in surgery! So what, I won’t know it cause I’ll be under. I knew I HAD to get the surgery so making myself sick with panic was stupid and exhausting. I said I’m done, no more, the worst case scenario in ANY situation is death. You won’t know it because you are dead! I have never looked back, I am positive, I don’t care about the IBS and if anyone else cares about my IBS THEY need help. I eat, smoke, go out and get on with my one and only wonderful life! I have my days of course but they don’t define me or stop me anymore, I control this, I don’t let it control me. You are your only hope, we only get one shot at life, live it!!! Good luck and best to you............

[sleepycat49 in reply to torcol]

Thank you for those words of wisdom. You've made me start thinking about the way I handle my health problems.

[Calli in reply to torcol]

Hi torcol away too go!! Your taking it down. Calli