hi, i'm new to this forum. came here as i am getting no joy with my doctors. i have suffered bowel problems for quite a while now. i alternate between being really constipated to having diarrhea. i have suffered stomach cramping so much that it has been painful to sit down, also sometimes during sex. doctor took some blood samples and said they didnt find anything wrong and it was left at that. I have now been extremely bloated for 2 wieeks! i have diarrhea and wind problems. 1 st doctor did not help at all so i took laxatives incase in was severe constipation. windeze in case in was wind etc... it is so uncomfortable i went back to another doctor. she was baffled as it was not tender to touch. she gave some gastro tablets which again did nothing. i went back again and explained i was not in pain as such but it was extremely uncomforta ble as it is so bloated i am getting back ache and i am have spasms which are a bit like braxton hicks! my stomach is always bloated but sometimes it feels softer less stretched and other times i feel very tight and feel full and bloated all the time, as well as being totally embarassed as i look 7 months pregnant. she then referred me to a stroke ward which was ridiculous. I sat there all day with my 5 y r old where they took blood tests etc. and examined me. a junior doctor told me if they illiminated everything else it could be ibs. i was then told by a senior doctor that they were discharging me as i didn't have anything acute!
i was so angry at my doctor as i now have to wait a week to see her (luckily we had arranged an appointment or it may have been 6 months with my doctor
. i've looked at all the symtoms and i seem to have them all, although i have not noticed any mucus as don't really inspect my poo as a rule lol). i just baffled as to why she has not considered i could have ibs.phew hink i've got it all of my chest now lol.[[/size]size="3"][/size]

