Re: My stomach is not working very well

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Tom do you have your appendix I had this problem for a long time from age 15 to

22 it was Appendicitis not the kind that burst. I just kept getting them stomach

pains until one day I passed out at work in the ER the Dr. did not know what was

wrong but knew it was to do with my stomach. So they opened me up and took my

guts out and found my appendix had one attack after the other and was blocking a

major artery.

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Phil

> From: Gibcast <gibcast@...>

> Subject: My stomach is not working very well

>

> Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 4:40 AM

> Like 5 days ago I woke up, took my

> meds and supps and ate as usualy, and boom, stomach pain.

> Strong. Lasted all day. Then I got flu symptoms. I had

> just started

> Copper, Iron, Vitamin A and Arimidex a couple of days

> earlier. I stopped

> taking those the day of the stomach pain. ER couldn't help

> me. GP

> couldn't do anything for me except an infection analysis of

> my stools.

> (Takes 1 week to get the result from that one, but it was

> always

> negative before, so...) - I've suffered from SOME KIND of

> stomach

> problem since 2007, just before all my problems with

> everything started

> for real. I have tested myself for HIV, all the

> Hepatitis',

> and the basic tests you can do at the GP's. I have done

> one test at

> Genova before, a stool panel of some sort at a private

> clinic over here,

> since GP's don't use labs such as Genova cause they're too

>

> " alternative " and don't know how to

> read the results from those tests. Don't remember the

> results from that

> test btw, but I think I was allergic to milk or something.

> So here I

> am, more than 3 years later, and my stomach just seems to

> get worse and

> worse. I started eating gluten-free like 2 1/2 years ago on

> my own (!),

> just to be sure it wasn't gluten causing my symptoms: Pale

> stools, soft

> stools, smelly stools (acidic/food-like smell), badly

> digested stools.

> So my stools were like that BEFORE I quit eating a " normal "

> diet, but

> they didn't really change after I quit gluten either. I

> recently started

> eating a more strict LOW CARB diet, no sugar etc. No

> change in stools.

> Sometimes I get the feeling that my body and stomach is not

> getting what

> it needs when I only eat meat and veggies. Like, I am not

> getting

> enough fiber or something. My mother things my diet is nuts

> cause she

> " knows " the body needs more variation than that. Well, I am

> simply just

> trying to follow orders of my doctor

> (Hertoghe) and also the wonderful mods in the NTHA-groups

> (). I am trying

> to do everything correct with the diet. SO IN THE LAST FEW

> DAYS, I've

> had constant pain in my stomach, a lil bit up and down.

> Like in the

> mornings AFTER those first painful 24 hours of stomach

> pain, I have felt

> no pain really, just some " uneasy " feelings. After I eat,

> however, the

> pain comes back. In the last 2 days I've had ONLY soup with

> turkey

> meatballs in it. Hertoghe told me to eat ONLY boiled foods

> while having

> stomach issues. So I am. I HAVE LOST MY DRIVE TO EAT IN

> THESE PAST FEW

> DAYS. Like I don't want food. I wonder what this can be. I

> also don't go

> to the bathroom 3-4 times a day for Number 2 anymore,

> which I did

> before - WHICH I ADMIT was kind of often. Now it's ONCE a

> day, and it's

> in the morning - But it seems like it's difficult emptying

> myself. Like

> my system is out of power down there. Today, as well as

> yesterday, the

> stool remains very pale, almost white. BUT well put

> together, like not soft. Weird. Just weird. Something is

> up and I want

> to find out what. I am sick and tired of walking around

> with tons of

> issues at the same time. It's wearing me out. Mentally and

> physically. I

> need to make ends meet. And I need to make that happen

> NOW. I am trying

> to balance hormones, but I doubt they can affect my

> stomach very much. I

> had stomach issues while I felt good. While I've been sick

> for 3 years.

> And now, while feeling improvement in the past 10-11

> months taking my

> hormons. I feel like... My gall-bladder might not be

> working or

> something. Of course I ask the question; WHY aren't GP

> sending me to a colonoscopy,

> a full CT/MR/X-Ray checkup of my abdomen, etc. etc. I had

> to force him

> today to get a requisition for a colonoscopy. I hope

> that'll happen very

> soon. I feel like my stomach is dysfunctioning. And this

> is not just

> FEAR. This is a physical fact. Thanks for listening up, and

> please

> comment if you have anything wise to

> say. I'd love to get some feedback from people in " my

> situation " with

> Hypo, AF etc.

>

> Remember: Even if I quit Copper, Iron, Vitamin A

> and Arimidex only after taking those for 2-3 days, I still

> feel bad in

> my stomach after 5 days of not taking those. Hertoghe

> agrees I shouldn't take any of these pills til my stomach

> has healed. I just wonder if it ever will. cause it has

> been " WRONG " somehow since 2007!

>

>

> Best Wishes to all,

> H. in Norway

>

>

>      

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have a similar problem, but not quite as bad.

I'm hypothyroid, low T, low adrenal function.

My doctor had me do an ALCAT test ($500!) and it showed a bunch of things that I

was allergic to. I cut those things out and started doing better. Nuts were a

big problem and I ate them constantly.

I've heard that poor adrenals leaves you with allergies. This seems to be the

case with me as I'm finding that as I'm getting proper treatment, my stomach is

behaving better.

FWIW, you might want to try an elimination diet. For example, start with just

rice and chicken, no spices. See how you do for a few days, then add a food.

I'd work with a nutritionist on that for best results.

>

> Like 5 days ago I woke up, took my meds and supps and ate as usualy, and boom,

stomach pain.

> Strong. Lasted all day. Then I got flu symptoms. I had just started

> Copper, Iron, Vitamin A and Arimidex a couple of days earlier. I stopped

> taking those the day of the stomach pain. ER couldn't help me. GP

> couldn't do anything for me except an infection analysis of my stools.

> (Takes 1 week to get the result from that one, but it was always

> negative before, so...) - I've suffered from SOME KIND of stomach

> problem since 2007, just before all my problems with everything started

> for real. I have tested myself for HIV, all the Hepatitis',

> and the basic tests you can do at the GP's. I have done one test at

> Genova before, a stool panel of some sort at a private clinic over here,

> since GP's don't use labs such as Genova cause they're too

> " alternative " and don't know how to

> read the results from those tests. Don't remember the results from that

> test btw, but I think I was allergic to milk or something. So here I

> am, more than 3 years later, and my stomach just seems to get worse and

> worse. I started eating gluten-free like 2 1/2 years ago on my own (!),

> just to be sure it wasn't gluten causing my symptoms: Pale stools, soft

> stools, smelly stools (acidic/food-like smell), badly digested stools.

> So my stools were like that BEFORE I quit eating a " normal " diet, but

> they didn't really change after I quit gluten either. I recently started

> eating a more strict LOW CARB diet, no sugar etc. No change in stools.

> Sometimes I get the feeling that my body and stomach is not getting what

> it needs when I only eat meat and veggies. Like, I am not getting

> enough fiber or something. My mother things my diet is nuts cause she

> " knows " the body needs more variation than that. Well, I am simply just

> trying to follow orders of my doctor

> (Hertoghe) and also the wonderful mods in the NTHA-groups (). I am

trying

> to do everything correct with the diet. SO IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, I've

> had constant pain in my stomach, a lil bit up and down. Like in the

> mornings AFTER those first painful 24 hours of stomach pain, I have felt

> no pain really, just some " uneasy " feelings. After I eat, however, the

> pain comes back. In the last 2 days I've had ONLY soup with turkey

> meatballs in it. Hertoghe told me to eat ONLY boiled foods while having

> stomach issues. So I am. I HAVE LOST MY DRIVE TO EAT IN THESE PAST FEW

> DAYS. Like I don't want food. I wonder what this can be. I also don't go

> to the bathroom 3-4 times a day for Number 2 anymore, which I did

> before - WHICH I ADMIT was kind of often. Now it's ONCE a day, and it's

> in the morning - But it seems like it's difficult emptying myself. Like

> my system is out of power down there. Today, as well as yesterday, the

> stool remains very pale, almost white. BUT well put

> together, like not soft. Weird. Just weird. Something is up and I want

> to find out what. I am sick and tired of walking around with tons of

> issues at the same time. It's wearing me out. Mentally and physically. I

> need to make ends meet. And I need to make that happen NOW. I am trying

> to balance hormones, but I doubt they can affect my stomach very much. I

> had stomach issues while I felt good. While I've been sick for 3 years.

> And now, while feeling improvement in the past 10-11 months taking my

> hormons. I feel like... My gall-bladder might not be working or

> something. Of course I ask the question; WHY aren't GP sending me to a

colonoscopy,

> a full CT/MR/X-Ray checkup of my abdomen, etc. etc. I had to force him

> today to get a requisition for a colonoscopy. I hope that'll happen very

> soon. I feel like my stomach is dysfunctioning. And this is not just

> FEAR. This is a physical fact. Thanks for listening up, and please

> comment if you have anything wise to

> say. I'd love to get some feedback from people in " my situation " with

> Hypo, AF etc.

>

> Remember: Even if I quit Copper, Iron, Vitamin A

> and Arimidex only after taking those for 2-3 days, I still feel bad in

> my stomach after 5 days of not taking those. Hertoghe agrees I shouldn't take

any of these pills til my stomach

> has healed. I just wonder if it ever will. cause it has been " WRONG " somehow

since 2007!

>

>

> Best Wishes to all,

> H. in Norway

>

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