Hello. 🙂
So 4 years ago I was very ill,wow it was a tough time for me. After months of going to the doctor and them brushing my health off they finally sent me for tests.
After a few blood tests and a camera down into my stomach I was told I have IBS. Now to me IBS is more of a lazy term as I have noticed over my 4yrs with battling doctors regarding my health that they label alot of people IBS which just means (something is wrong with your gut and we either do not care or we are too lazy to find out). Haha.
Every day I can honestly say I feel unwell in some way or another. I have suffered from headaches for many many MANY years which sometimes lead to a migraine.
My head always hurts but I have learnt to live with it and more often than not its a dull ache or if its sharp pains it comes and goes.
I get sharp pains in my head too which I have had two head scans,thats how bad they were.
I have alot of cold/flu like symptoms,you know when you just feel like you’re coming down with something.
My immune system seems to take a beating with me picking up alot of things that go around. My moods,well I find myself being moody. And I seem to have alot of sinus problems.
Also I have suffered with acid reflux/ heat burn for 4yrs too. Then there is the pain or unwell feeling in my stomach which can be from anywhere to a slight pain to a pain where I want to rip my gut out and get on with things.
I feel dizzy alot or light headed. I am always tired and its more than a normal ”had a busy day” tired.
My overall health has been aweful for 4yrs. I have been for so many tests and even went to a hormone specialist for issues,on paper I am ”healthy”. And this makes me so mad because I feel so sick all the time.
Doctors have never said anything to me about gluten intolerance or whatnot. They refuse to listen to me when I say perhaps this is what is the cause.
My symptoms do not always come all at once together and sometimes I just feel unwell most days. I’m only 24 so I should not feel like this.
So I had a bad time 6-8 months ago where the pains in my stomach changed and worried me. So I had an ultra sound on my gall bladder and it was alright. Then they tell me that perhaps I need another camera down my throat into my stomach to see whats going on and I havent gotten around to doing this.
Just recently I went to Melbourne to a specialist dietitian and they told me to get my doctor to do a celiac blood test. That came back negative. They told me if it comes back negative then I do not need the breath test thing for celiacs and just to proceed with gluten free diet.
What do I do. I am so lost and over it all. It has been years of battling doctors and my health I just dont know what to do anymore.
Does my symptoms sound like perhaps gluten intolerance? Should I proceed with a gluten free diet and see what changes occur?
I am sorry for posting such a novel. I am just really lost and fed up to be honest. Dont know who to talk to. 🙁
Thankyou.
Tam. 🙂