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#190433 - 06/30/05 02:05 AM
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doubletrouble
Reged: 11/14/04
Posts: 1530
Loc: Canberra, Australia
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Thank you. Weird thing is now I'm GF the belly actually seems to be dealing okay with the stress (MAJOR first for me!! and at PMS time too!) I know I shouldn't get ahead of myself and worry about the possibilities before they're facts but I can't help myself. Last time I was this worried it turned out I had grade 3 cervical cancer (boy was THAT scary!). I suppose at least this isn't going to kill me.
I'm glad your x-rays and stuff were all normal. And yep, it's the not knowing that kills you!
I'm having the ultrasound done next Wednesday(yes they tell me I have this horrible thing then make me wait a week to know for sure  ). I'll update for you all then. Thanks for the thoughts 
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Amy
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Thank you. Yes, it is fixable. I'm grateful it is just worried about the whole surgery/hospital thing. I've had enough day procedures to last me a lifetime IYKWIM and loathe hospitals to boot. It's nice to know that the only complaint has been a little soreness though. Maybe I shouldn't worry so much after all (but I will, he he).
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Nice to meet another hospital phobe  I'm not sure why I hate them so much. The only thing I can come up with is my first 2 memories ever are both centred around hospitals and bad things (one was an old fashioned blood count where I was strapped into a high chair and had every finger pricked and the blood was forced into tiny test tubes and the 2nd was my dad being in there most of my childhood with cancer so maybe it's the smell that triggers it off). I can't believe you had to spend 6 weeks in one! You poor thing! It's funny though that I hate them so much cause DH works in one 
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Tina...
#190436 - 06/30/05 02:44 AM
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doubletrouble
Reged: 11/14/04
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Loc: Canberra, Australia
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Thank you for the compliment I feel like I haven't posted to you forever I'm glad things are going so well for you now (I do read all your posts, am just slack in replying to posts these days. Seem to only have time for lurking  )
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Cara...
#190437 - 06/30/05 02:45 AM
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doubletrouble
Reged: 11/14/04
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Loc: Canberra, Australia
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Thank you. Yep that's the only thing I like about surgery, is the fact that they knock you out in about 5 seconds It's just the lead up to it that's the problem (I'm one of those people who needs to be anesthitised in the lead up to being put out  ).
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That's a really good philosophy (sp?). I'll keep repeating it to myself. This is by far not the WORST thing that's ever happened to me so I guess I should keep remembering that too. You'd think that eventually you'd get used to being poked and prodded but it just doesn't seem to happen! I hope you have some progress with your bladder/rectocele soon. It is very stressful and frustrating for something to go wrong with our bodies and I think with IBS you kinda think that should be enough punishment for one person to deal with!
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Thank you. Yep, I think for me it's the smell that does it. Even sometimes when I'm collecting DH from work the doors open and I get a whiff and my belly starts churning and I feel really unpleasant (it's a weird feeling, I don't know how to describe it!). Thanks for the hugs I needed some.
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Re: Surgery
#190467 - 06/30/05 07:22 AM
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michele
Reged: 06/02/03
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Loc: southeastern michigan
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If it comes down to surgery, tell your surgeon how afraid you are and they can give you some tranquillers to take BEFORE you even leave for the hospital!! Be sure to tell them that you get nauseous very easy also and they will give you medication to help prevent you from throwing up as some people are prone to doing after getting knocked out!! Drugs can be wonderful things!! HEHEHEHE!!!
Hang in there, I'm sure they will get to the bottom of this soon and you'll be feeling better in no time! Hugs!
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#190478 - 06/30/05 07:41 AM
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BL
Reged: 06/01/03
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It is horrible when they tell you they think you have something---and then make you wait for the tests. That is the scary part! I had to wait 2 weeks until the test was done---and then another 10 days to get the results.
They did find out I have degenerative disc disorder---a painful condition that I will always have---but it won't kill me! I am learning to live with it and to manage the pain.
It's a shame that can't just do the tests on the spot. It sure would save us a lot of worrying, wouldn't it?
Good luck!
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Beth
#190757 - 06/30/05 07:26 PM
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jen1013
Reged: 05/06/05
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Loc: the wabe
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A personal question if you don't mind ... I'm curious as to why you are still on the GF diet if it hasn't helped? I've lurked here a long time and remember when you first started posting, and I'm so sorry that you're still not really feeling any better. 
I'm not having much luck stablizing either. I'm a D and even after a year on Heather's diet I still scarf down loads of Imodium & Tylenol every day. My GP did a blood test for celiac that came back negative, but lately I've been thinking about going GF just to see if it would help. Mainly what's holding me back is how cheap I am -- a tiny little bag of GF flour costs like $5, and I can get 5 lbs wheat flour for eighty-nine cents. I would probably end up living on rice and potatoes. I am an expert at eating for IBS for cheap, but not sure about how to eat GF for cheap. 
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jen
"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC
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