Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 Thanks Ann Marie, I'm sure its nothing to serious but the symptoms could have multiple causes and I know I have a very good diet. I spend alot of time figuring out if I have enough fat/carbs/protein etc. So I seriously doubt that is the problem here. I'm also mad at them because I have mentioned my past problems with anorexia and they pretty much told me I needed to loose weight (this is based off the scale and nothing else...I was a size six at the time). If I had been younger and less informed that might have sent me into a tail spin down the road of starvation again. I am actually about average as far as body fat percentage is concerned and I dont think a 28 inch waistline is that bad considering my huge bust. I'm not where I want to be physically but I know a lot of people would kill to be my condition and are struggling to get there. (said with as little egotism as possible) << , I'm so sorry about the health problems you have. The mis-diagnosing is also a horrible thing. (I went through that too) Here you are trying to get help and they're assuming you have this or that when it may be something totally different. I can totally understand your frustration having gone through that for the better part of my childhood. That's why I'm so passionate about anyone not giving up and continuing to search for the answers. I hated living the way I was when it didn't have to be that way. I didn't like it, and it hurts to see anyone else going through that just because the doctor has reached a dead end in his diagnosis. My theory is, and I live by this, if anyone tells you that you just have to live with it, it's time to look for somebody else. I've been through it with doctors and car mechanics!!! I don't take no for an answer! Ann Marie > > First of all, I have to agree with Elena that a lot of medications are > known to constipate. > Second, one other aspect that no one has mentionned, I'm sure you know > this, but I just have to make sure. Fiber is great, but it doesn't work > alone. The more fiber you have in your diet, the more water you need to > drink. Water acts with fiber to soften stool. > Third, just wanted to let you know that colon cancer is extremely rare in > people under 35 unless they have a family history, a polyposis syndrome or > ulcerative colitis (a disease related to Crohn's). > > Janick > who knows that nobody read this to the end > > well see this is the thing is that I carefully monitor everything I eat for nutritious value....Romie if your online back me up here. I also take in too much fluid if that makes sense. I spent alot of money at the urologist trying to find out about some other things that were wrong with me only to find out that the average person consumes 2 liters of liquid a day and I consume 10. I am always thirst and its almost like an OCD thirsty. I'm not really, but I think I am. > > The short of it is that I have had a lot of health difficutlties for a while and have had ALOT of tests run...by my other doctors and my parents...sometimes under force or duress. My doctor retired I lost my medical records because his office was bought out. I have had bad luck with every doctor ever since. They can see that my body doesn't function normally but they really don't investigate it anymore. I don't think I am dying or have some horrible disease or anything, but I know that something is wrong and I wish a doctor would spend more than five minutes with me. I'm no health practicioner but I don't believe in treating the symptoms nor do believe an accurate diagnosis can always be made with a five minute interview of a patient you have never met before. > > Two years ago a doctor dismissed me saying I had allergies and that I needed to take such and such pills. A few days later I passed out at work because it ended up that I had walking pneumonia and couldn't get enough oxygen. I went to a neurologist for my seizueres which are of unknown origin. He could see the tremor in my leg and noticed it in my reflexes. He didnt look for a cuse, he just prescribed an anti-seizure medicine (The seizures don't bother me I just want to know why they are there). The meds made me so sick, strung out and actually worsened the seizures. Sigh. (btw I am on all new meds as of two weeks ago and still have the same regularity problems I have had for three years or more). > > I just get very frustrated because it makes me feel like such a hypochondriac when I fianlly give in and go to the doctor's office (its like puling teeth to get me to go) and they tell me that its nothing but symptoms and the pills they give me after five minutes never help. > > Ok...sorry venting over....lol > As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. " Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 > Janick > who knows that nobody read this to the end Janick Well I do !! And thanks for the info about water - I knew it was relevant, but didn't know why so kept quiet about it Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 >I just get very frustrated because it makes me feel like such a hypochondriac when I fianlly give in and go to the doctor's office (its like puling teeth to get me to go) and they tell me that its nothing but symptoms and the pills they give me after five minutes never help. , I know about your frustration and I have to go along with what the others said...keep hunting! I went ten years dealing with my symptoms and my dr kept saying there is nothing wrong with you...finally I read about hypothyroidism and it was a eureka moment...found another dr who was willing to test me and that was what was wrong. I actually started crying when he told me because finally I knew it wasn't in my head and it had a name. Joya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 I would be upset too if my doctor blew off those symptoms. I might even change doctors if he/she was so dis-interested in a symptom like that. You go girl! Go get that physical! Even if everything turns up negative, it's SOOOOOOO worth the piece of mind. Ann Marie - who hopes finds her answers very soon > Thanks for the advice. I am sure there a few others on this list who have the same problem but who just don't want to annouce it to electronic space. > > I regularly (no pun intended) use metamucil and citracil..also fiber capsules. Upon my doctors reccomendations. I was just irritated he brished off the symptoms of blood and severe abdominal cramping and diziness off like nothing. > > as soon as goes Active duty trust that I am going to have a full physical and insist on an mri or x ray. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 Jan, For what it's worth, I read your message to the end too and the water/fiber combo makes perfect sense. :-) Ann Marie > <<<< See thats the thing is I already eat the Kashi and I LOVE salad and veggies > in fact I have to make myself eat more meat...bread I eat at restaurants like > a maniac though. > > I talked to my doctor about it and several other symptoms I had. He said I was too young for colon cancer and just passed it off saying I needed MORE fiber. URGH. Believe me as soon as I am under military health care and > unemployed for a week or two I am going to camp out at the doctors till we get this fixed. <sigh> >> > > , the problem could also relate to the medicine you are taking. Some > medicines are constipating. Whenever I have had a problem because of > medicines, I take dacusate, an inexpensive nonprescription pill. It's a > non-habit forming stool softener that really works. It's worth a try. > > Elena>> > > First of all, I have to agree with Elena that a lot of medications are known to constipate. > Second, one other aspect that no one has mentionned, I'm sure you know this, but I just have to make sure. Fiber is great, but it doesn't work alone. The more fiber you have in your diet, the more water you need to drink. Water acts with fiber to soften stool. > Third, just wanted to let you know that colon cancer is extremely rare in people under 35 unless they have a family history, a polyposis syndrome or ulcerative colitis (a disease related to Crohn's). > > Janick > who knows that nobody read this to the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 , I'm so sorry about the health problems you have. The mis-diagnosing is also a horrible thing. (I went through that too) Here you are trying to get help and they're assuming you have this or that when it may be something totally different. I can totally understand your frustration having gone through that for the better part of my childhood. That's why I'm so passionate about anyone not giving up and continuing to search for the answers. I hated living the way I was when it didn't have to be that way. I didn't like it, and it hurts to see anyone else going through that just because the doctor has reached a dead end in his diagnosis. My theory is, and I live by this, if anyone tells you that you just have to live with it, it's time to look for somebody else. I've been through it with doctors and car mechanics!!! I don't take no for an answer! Ann Marie > > First of all, I have to agree with Elena that a lot of medications are > known to constipate. > Second, one other aspect that no one has mentionned, I'm sure you know > this, but I just have to make sure. Fiber is great, but it doesn't work > alone. The more fiber you have in your diet, the more water you need to > drink. Water acts with fiber to soften stool. > Third, just wanted to let you know that colon cancer is extremely rare in > people under 35 unless they have a family history, a polyposis syndrome or > ulcerative colitis (a disease related to Crohn's). > > Janick > who knows that nobody read this to the end > > well see this is the thing is that I carefully monitor everything I eat for nutritious value....Romie if your online back me up here. I also take in too much fluid if that makes sense. I spent alot of money at the urologist trying to find out about some other things that were wrong with me only to find out that the average person consumes 2 liters of liquid a day and I consume 10. I am always thirst and its almost like an OCD thirsty. I'm not really, but I think I am. > > The short of it is that I have had a lot of health difficutlties for a while and have had ALOT of tests run...by my other doctors and my parents...sometimes under force or duress. My doctor retired I lost my medical records because his office was bought out. I have had bad luck with every doctor ever since. They can see that my body doesn't function normally but they really don't investigate it anymore. I don't think I am dying or have some horrible disease or anything, but I know that something is wrong and I wish a doctor would spend more than five minutes with me. I'm no health practicioner but I don't believe in treating the symptoms nor do believe an accurate diagnosis can always be made with a five minute interview of a patient you have never met before. > > Two years ago a doctor dismissed me saying I had allergies and that I needed to take such and such pills. A few days later I passed out at work because it ended up that I had walking pneumonia and couldn't get enough oxygen. I went to a neurologist for my seizueres which are of unknown origin. He could see the tremor in my leg and noticed it in my reflexes. He didnt look for a cuse, he just prescribed an anti-seizure medicine (The seizures don't bother me I just want to know why they are there). The meds made me so sick, strung out and actually worsened the seizures. Sigh. (btw I am on all new meds as of two weeks ago and still have the same regularity problems I have had for three years or more). > > I just get very frustrated because it makes me feel like such a hypochondriac when I fianlly give in and go to the doctor's office (its like puling teeth to get me to go) and they tell me that its nothing but symptoms and the pills they give me after five minutes never help. > > Ok...sorry venting over....lol > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 That's a good one - a person who's a size 6 needs to lose weight! What's wrong with this picture??? LOL! WELL I wish I were still a size 6. This was a couple months ago..since my honeymoon and bad experience with a new medication I have gone back up to an 8. But I feel some new harer muscles underneath so I think it might only be temporary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 > Barb > who had my first sigmoidoscopy last year after turning 50 and didn't find it > much of a birthday gift HAHAHAHAH YOU made me CRACK up and spit water out when I read this tagline. LOLOL. Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 That's great , a healthy diet is half the battle. That's a good one - a person who's a size 6 needs to lose weight! What's wrong with this picture??? LOL! You're right - that could have a detrimental impact on a less informed person. I hope I didn't seem overbearing in all of this, I just hate to see someone spinning their wheels when they don't have to be. Hope all works out well for you! Ann Marie > > > > First of all, I have to agree with Elena that a lot of > medications are > > known to constipate. > > Second, one other aspect that no one has mentionned, I'm sure > you know > > this, but I just have to make sure. Fiber is great, but it > doesn't work > > alone. The more fiber you have in your diet, the more water you > need to > > drink. Water acts with fiber to soften stool. > > Third, just wanted to let you know that colon cancer is > extremely rare in > > people under 35 unless they have a family history, a polyposis > syndrome or > > ulcerative colitis (a disease related to Crohn's). > > > > Janick > > who knows that nobody read this to the end > > > > well see this is the thing is that I carefully monitor everything I > eat for nutritious value....Romie if your online back me up here. I > also take in too much fluid if that makes sense. I spent alot of > money at the urologist trying to find out about some other things > that were wrong with me only to find out that the average person > consumes 2 liters of liquid a day and I consume 10. I am always > thirst and its almost like an OCD thirsty. I'm not really, but I > think I am. > > > > The short of it is that I have had a lot of health difficutlties > for a while and have had ALOT of tests run...by my other doctors and > my parents...sometimes under force or duress. My doctor retired I > lost my medical records because his office was bought out. I have had > bad luck with every doctor ever since. They can see that my body > doesn't function normally but they really don't investigate it > anymore. I don't think I am dying or have some horrible disease or > anything, but I know that something is wrong and I wish a doctor > would spend more than five minutes with me. I'm no health > practicioner but I don't believe in treating the symptoms nor do > believe an accurate diagnosis can always be made with a five minute > interview of a patient you have never met before. > > > > Two years ago a doctor dismissed me saying I had allergies and that > I needed to take such and such pills. A few days later I passed out > at work because it ended up that I had walking pneumonia and couldn't > get enough oxygen. I went to a neurologist for my seizueres which > are of unknown origin. He could see the tremor in my leg and noticed > it in my reflexes. He didnt look for a cuse, he just prescribed an > anti-seizure medicine (The seizures don't bother me I just want to > know why they are there). The meds made me so sick, strung out and > actually worsened the seizures. Sigh. (btw I am on all new meds as > of two weeks ago and still have the same regularity problems I have > had for three years or more). > > > > I just get very frustrated because it makes me feel like such a > hypochondriac when I fianlly give in and go to the doctor's office > (its like puling teeth to get me to go) and they tell me that its > nothing but symptoms and the pills they give me after five minutes > never help. > > > > Ok...sorry venting over....lol > > > > > > > As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. " > > Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 OK, now I have to ask: can you send the recipes? I have smoothies all the time but I suspect they aren't much of a diet (they are great energy boosters and a real treat though) R who never ever had a nutritionally balanced diet and can't tell a carb from fiber. Re: fiber > > > > and don't forget the wonders of ground flaxseed!!! > > > Yes, thank you guys for telling me about flaxseed! I have a fruit > smoothie with protein powder and flaxseed every day for lunch! And I > love it > > > who had some bad experiences with smoothies at first (they tasted > horrible) and thanks Elena for showing her how to make awesome > tasting smoothies > > > > > As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. " > > Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2000 Report Share Posted August 3, 2000 In a message dated 8/1/00 9:07:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, srferron@... writes: << In natural food stores, there are all sorts of products that help kickstart the digestive track. You might want to explore that. If you do, talk to someone from that department (herbs/vitamins) who might be able to recommend something. Start out with something gentle, then, if you need to, progress to the cleanses, some of which work like Roto Rooter! >> Just to let you guys all know, I sell nutritional products, which include some products like what is talking about. I don't want to sound like spam, so I won't go on and on, but I used to be quite constipated, and after taking these products, my bowels went back to pretty much normal. So if anyone is interested, please email me offlist. I don't just sell this stuff blindly....I enjoy studying herbs/nutrition, so I have a little knowledge. OK, shameless self-promotion mode is OFF. LOL who really isn't a pushy salesman, and won't clog this list with annoying spam like the anti-Tae Bo guy, and Malibu Naturals people LOL *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Reach your full potential! Health and Success Unlimited http://www.enrich.net/health *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2000 Report Share Posted August 3, 2000 In a message dated 8/2/00 11:33:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Horsemom2@... writes: << does anyone know what it is like to have a double enema, a sigmoidoscopy and no bathroom? >> NO, thank god!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. who just had the biggest laugh of the day reading that LOL *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Reach your full potential! Health and Success Unlimited http://www.enrich.net/health *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2000 Report Share Posted August 3, 2000 who is anti-Tae Bo guy? Re: Re: fiber > In a message dated 8/1/00 9:07:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, srferron@... > writes: > > << In natural food stores, there are all sorts of products that help > kickstart the digestive track. You might want to explore that. If > you do, talk to someone from that department (herbs/vitamins) who > might be able to recommend something. Start out with something > gentle, then, if you need to, progress to the cleanses, some of which > work like Roto Rooter! >> > > Just to let you guys all know, I sell nutritional products, which include > some products like what is talking about. I don't want to sound like > spam, so I won't go on and on, but I used to be quite constipated, and after > taking these products, my bowels went back to pretty much normal. So if > anyone is interested, please email me offlist. I don't just sell this stuff > blindly....I enjoy studying herbs/nutrition, so I have a little knowledge. > OK, shameless self-promotion mode is OFF. LOL > > > who really isn't a pushy salesman, and won't clog this list with annoying > spam like the anti-Tae Bo guy, and Malibu Naturals people LOL > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > Reach your full potential! > Health and Success Unlimited > http://www.enrich.net/health > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. " > > Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2000 Report Share Posted August 3, 2000 In a message dated 8/3/00 10:19:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, sharoni@... writes: << who is anti-Tae Bo guy? >> He (or she...not sure) was a person who came onto this list with the express purpose of trying to get us to buy another cardio-kickboxing tape. We of course ran him off LOL. (Well, I believe did the official " kick " haha.) who thinks if someone is against Tae Bo, they shouldn't join this list *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Reach your full potential! Health and Success Unlimited http://www.enrich.net/health *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2000 Report Share Posted August 4, 2000 why would anyone object something that makes other people happy? just a general thought Roni who loves to see people happy and try not to tell anyone else what's best Re: Re: fiber > In a message dated 8/3/00 10:19:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > sharoni@... writes: > > << who is anti-Tae Bo guy? >> > > He (or she...not sure) was a person who came onto this list with the express > purpose of trying to get us to buy another cardio-kickboxing tape. We of > course ran him off LOL. (Well, I believe did the official " kick " haha.) > > > who thinks if someone is against Tae Bo, they shouldn't join this list > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > Reach your full potential! > Health and Success Unlimited > http://www.enrich.net/health > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. " > > Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 > It was truely an accident, I was looking to eat healthier & got a bonus. I also take Costco's version of " Fiber Con " (way cheaper.) Gotta be careful with the " Fiber Tabs " or it will make you explode come poop time!!!!! LOL!!!! > > Mike I bought some fiber tabs for those times when I eat low-fiber meals, but havn't really tested them. Do they help? Which fiber tabs make you explode? marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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