Hey. In the past 3 months I've been having issues with my stomach and bowel movements. I have also felt nauseous a lot and its really annoying. I have been to the doctor and had a stool sample done, but its been 3 weeks now and I haven't heard anything.
I have also had cold symptoms on and off with coughs and fevers and a stuffed nose, sometimes coughing up mucus. I feel like I've gotten better but it won't completely go. Then it will come back and I'll wonder if I ever got better from the last time because I've never felt completely well again. My stomach is starting to cramp a lot lately and feel incredibly bloated, I could have constipation and then the next minute have diarrhea, and I'm just wondering what is going on. I can't think of anything that could of made IBS so much worse, but now its really starting to affect my day to day life. I have also had bloody stools but that has stopped happening now. Any ideas what this could be? I just feel generally unwell with this. Thanks
Oopb are you doctors having a laugh at your health? Go in and insist on seeing someone else, take a photo of your poo (I know I'm sorry that sounds horrible but you might have to get something done). Go back tell them everything and don't come out of there until you get a scan or something. Cry if you have to and tell them your stomach swells up too. Good luck let us know how you get on.
Your stool sample should have come back by now. I waited four days for mine to come back and I kept pestering my doctor for the results because I felt four days was too long to wait. I phoned my surgery every day till I found out. Keeping phoning your doctor to find out what the delay is. A three week wait is excessive.
IBS is one possibility. Was the blood bright red? If it was, it could have been caused by fissures or haemorrhoids triggered by constipation and diarrhoea. However, you should go back to your doctor and mention the bleeding.
Consider seeing a different doctor. I saw several over a period of three and a half months and had a number of tests before being diagnosed with IBS.