Dark Red,
I'm getting used to the Prune juice now. It taste much better mixed with Pepsi. I don't mind spinach, so I'll give that a try too. I'll try anything right now.
I got the results back from my ultrasound of my gall bladder. Nothing showed up there, but my doctor told me that it doesn't rule it out. I have another appointment next tuesday and a doctor is going to take pictures of my gall bladder and it's functions to see if it is working properly. I have to do a 12 hour fast, with no pain meds. It's going to be tough to deal with the pain during those 12 hours, but this is worth it. I just hope they find something out soon. They also did a blood test for Celica disease. I'm not really sure what that is, but I should have those results within a couple days.
I'm getting used to the Prune juice now. It taste much better mixed with Pepsi. I don't mind spinach, so I'll give that a try too. I'll try anything right now.
I got the results back from my ultrasound of my gall bladder. Nothing showed up there, but my doctor told me that it doesn't rule it out. I have another appointment next tuesday and a doctor is going to take pictures of my gall bladder and it's functions to see if it is working properly. I have to do a 12 hour fast, with no pain meds. It's going to be tough to deal with the pain during those 12 hours, but this is worth it. I just hope they find something out soon. They also did a blood test for Celica disease. I'm not really sure what that is, but I should have those results within a couple days.
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Good luck with the extra tests Kate - looking forward to hearing of your progress
Regards, Olwen :-)
Regards, Olwen :-)
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Well it would be nice to find something finally. You are doing this for some time, and still no results.
I hope that this will go well for you.
I hope that you will give us an update of your tests.
Regards
I hope that this will go well for you.
I hope that you will give us an update of your tests.
Regards
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I called my doctor 3 hours ago because the pain has gotten so bad that the pain killers I am on do nothing and I can't take the pain. Still haven't heard from him, and the office is now closed. I'm really hoping that they can do something sooner instead of me being in this much pain any longer.
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I think you should get an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible. Something is not working for you.
I don't understand hoe the painkillers are not helping you?!
I don't understand hoe the painkillers are not helping you?!
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Kate, were you able to get treatment for the pain in your stomach even though the office was closed? I'd like an update if you're still around. Let me know okay?
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I did not get a call back until the next morning. They put me on an IBS drug to see if that would take some pain away. It did help, instead of having horrible stomach pains for a couple hours, it went down to a half an hour.
I had a HIDA scan today at noon. Once they injected me with CCK, a hormone that contracts the gall bladder, I started having horrible stomach pains again. They are just now calming down... 5 hours later. They said that I will get the results back from that on Friday.
I took 2 vicodine today for the pain (two 5-500s) and that did nothing for the pain. I've been dealing with this for almost a year now and I would really like to know what is wrong. I'm really hoping that it is my gall bladder so I can be done with this and not have to do anymore testing.
I had a HIDA scan today at noon. Once they injected me with CCK, a hormone that contracts the gall bladder, I started having horrible stomach pains again. They are just now calming down... 5 hours later. They said that I will get the results back from that on Friday.
I took 2 vicodine today for the pain (two 5-500s) and that did nothing for the pain. I've been dealing with this for almost a year now and I would really like to know what is wrong. I'm really hoping that it is my gall bladder so I can be done with this and not have to do anymore testing.
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My doctor called me back tonight. The HIDA scan showed nothing. They have no idea what is causing all my pain. What I find weird is, why does it hurt more after I eat, and when my doctor pushed on my gall bladder why did the pain get worse? She doesn't know what else to do but to send me to a GI.
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I do not know yet. My doctor was supposed to call me back today with a date. Could taking the Dicyclomine have messed up my test? I took it monday morning at 530am. About 30 hours later I had my HIDA scan. My doctor told me not to take it monday, but I was in so much pain and I competely forgot about that. Should I see if I could do another HIDA scan incase I messed it up?
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Hi kate,
I'm not sure if Dicyclomine affected your test results. Have you told this to your doctor? If you didn't tell him and see what he will tell you.
Has your doctor considered that this could be spastic colon, or maybe IBS?
I'm not sure if Dicyclomine affected your test results. Have you told this to your doctor? If you didn't tell him and see what he will tell you.
Has your doctor considered that this could be spastic colon, or maybe IBS?
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I haven't been able to talk with my doctor yet. I have an appointment with a GI on Monday morning. I'm going to talk to him about it and see what he says. I'm not really expecting much out of my visit with him on monday. I'm thinking he's just going to go over all my symptoms and then talk about the next step. I ran out of pain killers yesterday,(on Thanksgiving, so I could hardly eat.) I've been taking tylenol, but no relief from that. I'm not sure if my doctors are going to give me anymore since I've been on Vicodine for so long.
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Hi Kate
Hope you're feeling better. We're looking forward to hearing how you went at the GI office.
Regards, Olwen :-)
Hope you're feeling better. We're looking forward to hearing how you went at the GI office.
Regards, Olwen :-)
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I went to see the GI today. He scheduled me for a endoscopy for wednesday. He didn't really say much, he just pushed on my stomach and then said what he wanted to do. He didn't say what he thinks it could be, but he was surprised that nothing came up on my HIDA scan because he said it sounds like it's my gall bladder. I'll update wednesday after the endoscopy, or thursday. Hopefully it doesn't take long for results.
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I had the Endoscopy done this morning. The GI said he saw nothing, but still took a biopsy of my stomach because of my weight loss. I go back to him on Decemeber 11th. I'll know what, if anything, he got from that. I guess he's going up the other end next. Does anyone think that it could be a milk allergy?
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