Hi, I have been very sick for over 7 months,
I Have seen multiple GPs, been to Urgent treatment centres and A@E and they still have no answer to what is going on.
This all started, around March last year it felt like cold symptoms and i was getting a bit of bloating. The bloating came and went through out the year until September when i got very Ill.
I Had just been out to a friends house and i noticed the bloating was getting worse, when i returned home i got very cold(chills) and was struggling to keep warm. i phone 111 and got a doctors apt in the week.
the next months i had alot of bowel trouble, mixed stools, constipation, Diarrhoea.
other symptoms , chills, extreme fatigue, dry mouth, itchy skin (head, back, legs armpits) shivers tingling in legs, burning feeling back of neck. Tender Upper left Abdomen
the bowel problems, calmed down a bit, as i started eating lots of fibre. but the overwhelming fatigue, itchy skin are still there.
The tests i have had.
Liver function, Normal
Kidney Function, Normal
Colonscopy, Normal
Endoscope, Normal
CT of abdomen with IV, No significant masses, only small benign nodule on lung.
Xray chest, Normal
Full Blood count, Haemoglobin Low 125g/l white cell, normal / plate count normal / redblood count Low 4.17 / Haematocrit Low 0.387
Differential white cell count normal.
Bone profile normal
C-reactive protein normal
Serum Ferritin Low 14.8 ug/l
Thyroid function Low been treated for years but its much higher than previously and never had fatigue, when it was lower. TSH 41.6
Heart rate seems fast over 100bpm when waking up
Vitamin b12 levels were Low, but treated with injections since march last year.
I have recently had an MRI of my small bowel, Awaiting results.
HB/HTC/Red blood count has been low since they started tests.
Faecal Calprotectin was very raised 220, so i was referred for the colonoscopy that was normal.
Tender Upper left abdomen for over 9 months
I’m putting this out there to any ideas or things i should be asking my GPs to check
thanks for taking the time to read this, it may save a life:)
Greg