It took forever, but I finally got the final results from the colonoscopy I had earlier in the month. That day, they were able to tell me that everything looked good, no ulcers or anything, which ruled out things like Crohn's Disease and colitis. Today, though, I got a phone call from my doctor and she said that the samples that were taken also came back normal. So that's a good thing, right?
Well...I'm still having diarrhea, bloating, and gas. I'm still taking Imodium, along with Cipro and Dicyclomine for fluffy stools and attacks (as needed). I'm still afraid of an attack when I go out in public. I have a very fast transit time, which I'm sure doesn't help. I'm still trying to follow the Eating For IBS plan, and I do feel somewhat better when I follow it, but not as good as I'd like to feel.
The doctor who did the scope told my husband that the next step would be swallowing a little camera and having it take pictures of my insides. But if it doesn't find anything either, I'm afraid they'll just think it's all in my head. It's not, trust me.
Maybe food allergy testing is next. Maybe I have some sort of intolerance for certain foods.
I don't know, but if I'm going to continue with the diarrhea and gas and bloating, I may as well do it on a steak and loaded baked potato or a cheeseburger and fries instead of a plain chicken breast and white rice, right? (No worries, I'm not going to, but it sure sounds good.)
I'll talk more about the prep and actual procedure later. It was both good AND bad.
