Hi everyone,I've just found this site, and so far, I've found it very helpful.I started having stomach issues 12/3 after taking Levaquin for 4 days. During that time, I developed yellow diarrhea, and stopped. The next week, I had unbearable stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and feeling full after eating a very small amount.MD put me on Prilosec,Zantac, and Pepcid.I had an endoscopy, stool cultures sent, blood drawn, abdominal ultrasound, vaginal ulrasound( to rule out ovarian cancer)everything was normal.Things got a little better, the nausea stopped, but the tummy issues continue.Presently, it's this:Every morning at about 5am, or so my stomach starts with rumblings...like I have to go to the bathroom...I can wait about 10 minutes or so, then I go, and it's always VERY soft-lots of gas,sometimes it's yellow, somtimes it light brown, somtimes it dark brown.Always, my stomach kills me right before,and then for about 10-20 minutes after. Before seeing the last doctor, the urge to go wa with me all day, and if I ate something, my stomach would start the noise,but usually, I could hold out to go.Went to the latest MD and he put me on Culterelle 2 times/day, plus VSL number 3 2 times a day and Cirtrucel once a day.That was last week...I only did the Culterelle, then found this site and have added Calcium 600 mg once a day.( I didn't want to add the other things all at once)I thought things were ok, then today they started to feel badly again.My questions are
oes this sound like IBS-D? I must have been to 5 different MD's and they just don't know. What they do know is, that is' not anything serious like cancer, and I'm greatful for that.However, I'm stuck...I feel like no one knows anything.I'm supposed to take those things from the last MD for a month and then "we'll see"...( I still think I may just take the Culterelle, not the other ones, becasue I have no idea what they are)So today, I had a scone and within 15 minutes, I had BM, yellow D, and I immedialtely took another Calcium...went the whole rest of the day fine, didn't eat anything-just very busy-until 4, had chicken ( roasted), and started to ge that feeling...came home, and had Pepto Bismol, a banana and water, and now some rice, and I feel ok, just a little like I have to go.Can I or should I take come more Calcium? It seems that the worst time for me is the morning, so can I or should I take it before bed? There are even times when my stomach feels so badly it wakes me up and I have to eat saltines to feel better...I'm sorry for the overload.I'm a mother of 4, and I need to feel well...I just want some help.Any ideas, suggestions, anything would be so appreciated!!Thanks,Jane