For the past 5 months I have been
experiencing major stomach pains. At
first it started about once a week and
from there gradually became every day.
At the time I was taking miralax for ibs
symptoms and was also on the ortho evra
birth control patch. So I concluded
that it was the patch and took it off.
I was fine for about a week after taking
it off, but then I started getting stomach
aches again. I noticed that when I
took the miralax my stomach pains were
more severe, so I also stopped taking
that, but my aches never went away.
Right now I experience severe stomach
cramping when I wake up that is only
relieved by a bowel movement. Also I
notice that my stools are abnormal because
they are sometimes green, have white
mucus, and have a very odd smell. And
there is an urgency to have to go to the
bathroom. I also notice that I have
to urinate more frequenty during the day.
Normally it is relieved by a bowel
movement, but lately my stomach aches last
most of the day. The left side of my
stomach has sharp pains. I notice I
have a lot of gas especially at night
before I go to bed. I went to the
doctor but they couldn't find anything
wrong with my blood tests and x-ray.
(i'm not sure if this has anything to do
with it, but I get severe cramps when I
have my period that doesn't go away with
any medicine or heat like it used to.)
this happens every morning so it makes it
hard for me to have a life. I had to
quit my job because of the pain. If
anyone has any idea what this is or has
experienced similar pains. Please
reply to this message. Thank you!
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 10-25-04 16:51pm
Have they done a stool sample? What kind
of doctor did you go to.. I would
recommend a gastroenterologist if that's
not who you've been seeing already. It
sounds like they need to keep looking...
You may have some sort of bacteria in your
system but i'm not sure.
