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Thursday, May 5, 2011

19 yr old, random pain & diarrhea + other odd symptoms all my life

Most of my life I had to deal with diarrhea on & off, but it started
to really impact my life when I entered High school. It caused me to
miss alot of school, and I had to go almost 3 years unemployed because
I just felt sick all the time. ( I have had other symptoms all my
life, such as severe neck pains, and random other pain in all my
joints...) Last year they did some different tests... the one that
really showed something was the barium & swallow test (swallow thick
white stuff & they take x-rays..) It showed a blockage, so they did an
endoscope. They diagnosed me with SMA syndrome. (Superior mesenteric
Artery syndrome) About a month later I had a bypass surgery. A bout a
month or so later, I felt ill, and started vomiting after eating for a
few days before I was re-admitted to the hospital. They did a few more
x-rays and things and decided they needed to send me to a bigger
hospital where I could see a specialist for bowl problems... It took
them a few weeks to figure out The first surgery was apparently a
mistake & it had caused another blockage. So then I had another
surgery, same spot. Since then I have still felt ill quite often and
am still struggling with diarrhea and feeling nautious all the time.
It feel like once again it is taking over my life. In the last few
days I have had a sharp pain in my lower back, left side, random pain
spasms all over my body, extreamly back neck/shoulder pain, constant
headache, Hot & cold spells, and nausia. Im not sure whether these may
just be symptoms of a bug or flu or something, or whether it may be
related to my general health? I have been eating super healthy for a
while now, hopeing that would help, and seeing a natropath to help
guide me... it just feels like I have been through so much, and it
hasnt helped at all. Im just not entirely sure what to do anymore...