Thursday, February 9, 2012

2nd Day Of This Weirdness

I made it through a single day with about 15 more to go until my WTF appointment.  But I made it through the night with the aid of Gas-x and peppermints.  Oh and they didn't fix the stomach pain entirely either.  Nor did it stop the puking.

Just think this was only the beginning I thought to myself.  I had only made bleached flour bread or as the recipe calls it, Amish White Bread.  If anything this particular bread should be the easiest for me to digest.

Today I'm making Wheat Bran Dinner rolls.  Today I hit the hard stuff.

My weight is still the same, thankfully.  I don't like what all this bloating is doing to my body already.  This morning I woke up with a double chin.  I had just gotten rid of the double chin in January too!

Thanks for all your support yesterday.  I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the REI office to call me back.  They haven't yet and I do understand that I am no longer a priority to them.  Its just rather hurtful to be given the brush off so soon.

I need answers.  I'm willing to do another colonoscopy and endoscopy if the blood work shows positive.  I've had both 11-15 years ago.  Intestinal problems run in the family too.  I've had an ulcer and GERD.  I was on prilosec for most of 10 years before going off of it almost two years ago for these infertility treatments.  Before J came home from Iraq I was slated for a procedure to have another endoscopy done because of my problems. I had to cancel the procedure because he was due home when I would be having it.   The doctors knew they'd have to go in with a balloon and reinflate the area that seem to have collapsed a bit.  At one point my closure was a stage 4.  Something was aggravating my inners and I'm guessing it was the foods that I ate.  Its not too often that I now suffer with the feeling of trying swallow a golf ball when I'm only trying to drink water.  I'm thankful for that bit of reprieve.  However, as of this morning its back.  I think I might have a slight allergy to something.

Here is a bit more about my family medical history.  Mom has the Celiac Disease, mild but she ignores.  She has always been allergic to wheat and oatmeal and breaks out in a rash when she eats it besides the gastric issues.  Mom also had to have a foot of large intestine removed when she was just 19. She was vomiting her own feces it was that bad.  My dad's side has colon cancer.  Most likely unrelated to the Celiac Disease but still its a concern.   Dad has always had issues, well as long as I have known him, with his digestive system too, perhaps he inherited it from his father.

But anyway my experiment continues today.  In a little bit I'll be getting the dry yeast out again to make bran dinner rolls.  Only 15 days to go.

As for the endo pain.  Oh baby its there.  When I barely touch my pelvic area it hurts.  I'm trying to ignore that pain to better focus on the other symptoms right now.  I did say trying.

Excuse me I just belched again.  Oh this is going to be a fun day.

I also lost one of my followers today.  I guess that they got sick of me?


12 comments:

  1. Sorry you are suffering. I hope it pays off and you get some answers.

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  2. OMG your poor mother! That sounds absolutely horrific. I'm glad that you are trying to take steps to get help before that happens to you! GAH
    That is an incredibly scary thing for you to have to be dealing with. I would say "I hope you feel better" but I know you won't as long as you keep eating the stuff. Promise me you'll stop if it gets too bad, ok?

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    1. I promise nothing because as you well know they need to have it in my system. But yes of course if I end up in the ER I'll have to stop but I doubt it will come to that.

      The bran rolls are now baking in the oven. I'll be munching on them soon.

      Right now my pain from AF is worse. About 30 hours ago I called my RE. No call back. So I called them again and left them a more detailed message telling them that I'm in pain. Maybe I'll hear from them maybe I won't. I'm not high on the food chain right now.

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  3. You are such a brave woman for doing this experiment! I think it really shows your tenacity to find out what is going on and figure out how to fix it! I hope you don't get too ill from it all! Thinking of you. xxx

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    1. I'm hoping that I don't get too sick from it either but it needs to be done. I think I just have a bit of a sensitivity to it and probably not the disease itself.

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  4. 15 more days sounds like torture for you. Yuck I am sorry. I hate to say this, but your bread looks really yummy!

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    1. Oh it is yummy! I just can't tolerate it often or eat very much of it. Thankfully I have remedies in the medicine cabinet for when it makes me ill.

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  5. Hope you get some answers soon. It sounds like quite a family history.

    Sorry you're in so much pain from the endo :(

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    1. Most likely if the RE office decides to call me back they'll just tell me I should have expected it to be this bad considering I was on all those hormones. It doesn't make it better though. Hot rice bag as hot as I can tolerate it burns the skin and acetaminophen are what I have right now until they tell me differently.

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  6. Hi Rebecca - I am a bit confused? Are you eating carbs in order to get tested for Celiac disease because so far you self diagnosed and now want actual tests done? And if so, what does that have to do with TTC -- sorry if I sound ignorant but I am not sure how they may be related. Thanks.

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    1. My doctors, if they listen to me at all, will decided to do tests and I basically have to study up for this one by ingesting wheat, bran and oats (gluten things). I'm only guessing that I have a sensitivity and don't know for sure. If I do have verifiable issues with this particular disease it might be the cause or one of many causes why my embryos are only implanting for a few days and dying off. Celiac Disease basically equals infertility.

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