Hi
This is my first time posting here, however, I’ve regularly followed this forum.
For the past 3 weeks I’ve experienced really weird abdominal cramps like I need to go to the toilet all the time. My stool started off really runny but now it’s been normal for around a week. Been to the GP 3 times, a&e once as it was so bad one day and I am so worried it’s something more.
The doctors keep putting it off to get tests booked for me. They keep saying it’s ‘probably’ IBS or reaction to food etc. I get that. However, as someone who suffers from anxiety and as someone who travels every day world wide due to the nature of my job, i am panicking. I do not want something to develop when I am in a foreign country.
Anyway, strange thing is, the past week and a half, the stomach aches and cramps seems to lessen when I am standing up. They increase a lot if i am laying down or sitting down.
My appetite is in place, can’t seem to see any blood/mucus in poo. Just can’t function whilst I am struggling, feeling like I will poop my self at any given moment even though if I go to the toilet, there’s nothing.
Can anyone relate? Any ideas? I know it sounds petty but it’s one of those things that truly get in the way of your life day to day.