I am 25 years old and I can't make the pain go away. it hurts so bad that I barely could sleep at night. The heating pad does help but it only last few hours and it comes back. especially after eating the pain gets worse. I'm on a part of gluten free diet. my diarrhea is getting better. I just don't know what it is. I'm going back to my gastroenterology doctor April 1st....

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i was trying to watch a today's show online and there wasn't any. i wish there's was a video to show today. i don't mind reading it but i would like it if there was a video with it.   Juli

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The earthquake woke me up at 4:04 am. I live in southern california. it wasn't really bad and I knew it was earthquake right away because i heard noises before it happens. I also knew that it has be not far from where i live. i turned on the news and i was right. it's not that far from here where i live. the good thing is nobody got hurt. as a christian, i thank...

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I went for a doctor's appointment today. i was so tired because i have to get up at 5:30 am and get ready and get on the bus at 6:21 am and then get on the another bus and then another bus again. it took me almost 3 hours to get there. I don't mind about visiting my doctor even though it's far. i only go once a month. my doctor is so happy that...

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After my doctor's appointment, i had lunch with my friend at California pizza Kitchen. I'm on a gluten free diet but not completely so i shared a pasta and salad with my friend and had frozen yogurt afterward. when i got home, i begin to have so much abdominal pain. i really wanted to scream. good thing i went to the bathroom. i'm a little bit better now, but still recovering. i wonder if the...

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I decided to start the gluten free diet even though I was told that i don't have celiac but i wanted to find myself to see if my symptoms improve. i was told by my doctor that i may have IBS. I feel strange because the blood test that i did came out positive and when i did the upper endoscopy it was normal. i was told by another doctor who i don't know she...

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I e-mail my doctor about what food i can eat and can't eat. she wrote me that everyone is different so she ask me to try low residue diet which really did help me. lower carb diet and lactose free diet. My abdominal pain is actually getting little better. I'm trying to stay away from food that is spicy even if it's little bit spicy. i'm eating plain yogurt with blueberries. it doesn't taste really...

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I got the results back and it was all normal. my doctor call me today in the evening because i was still having some abdominal pain. She told me that i could probably have a irritable bowel syndrome. she order the medication to my pharamacy last friday and nobody call me so my doctor apologize me. I already knew that the medicaton was filled because i can check it online to my cvs account but...

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I'm still having abdominal pain. I e-mail my doctor telling her i felt better when i started the low residue diet for the colonoscop and i ask her if i could start that again and she did e-mail me back saying I can. I'm willing to try it again and hopefully i will feel better again. I'm wondering if the food that i eat is causing me pain? I'm korean and korean food has lot...

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My period is over just a few days ago and I'm not sure if i should worry but I have blood in my urine. is it something i should worry? or should i wait for few days if it dissapear?

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I was having abdominal pain again so the doctor told me to come even though she wasn't at the office today. I did a colonoscopy yesterday and find out i may have to do it again because my doctor couldn't really take a good look at my colon but when i met her today, she told me that I don't have to do the colonoscopy again. which is really good news. the bad part is...

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I went for a colonoscopy appointment yesterday and I told the nurse that i'm on my period still and she told me that that's no problem. when the nurse put a sedation, she ask me are you getting sleepy? so i said yes and then i fell asleep. I don't remember anything. when i woke up, i was in the recover room. the bad news is I might have to do the colonoscopy again because...

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I had a really hard time this morning drinking the solution to prepare colonoscopy for today. I couldn't help myself and throw up and the bathroom floor got all wet. i know it is digusting. I am so glad it's over though. I'm off to colonoscopy at 12 pm today. I hope i will do well. I wanted to vomit last night too but I know i shouldn't so i didn't but this morning i...

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I'm doing colonoscopy tomorrow at 1 pm. I need to check in at 12 pm. I'm going to start drinking the laxtave that the my doctor gave me at 7 pm today. and half of it in the morning at 5 am. This is first time i'm having colonoscopy. the reason i'm doing this test because i'm having abdominal pain and diarrhea. I have been on a liquid diet all day today.Update later....   Juli

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I had the radiology appointment and was expecting to wait for 4 hours but I was relief that it only took 2 hours. I have to drink nasty stuff though. i have to keep drinking it while the radiologist takes a picture. I had to take lots of x-ray. I did a small bowel through and upper gastrointestinal series. I am so glad it went pretty quickly. I ride the bus and my clinic is...

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I had the radiology appointment and was expecting to wait for 4 hours but I was relief that it only took 2 hours. I have to drink nasty stuff though. i have to keep drinking it while the radiologist takes a picture. I had to take lots of x-ray. I did a small bowel through and upper gastrointestinal series. I am so glad it went pretty quickly. I ride the bus and my clinic is...

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I'm going to radiology tomorrow to get a upper gastrointestinal series and small bowel follow through done. I have to stay there at least 4 hours. it's going be a long day. I have a colonoscopy appointment on thursday. I hate it because my period started today but it will be over by the time i get the colonoscopy but it will be difficult for me tomorrow since i have to stay in the radiology...

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I'm starting a Low residue diet for colonoscopy preparation starting tomorrow until next wednesday. I'm having a colonscopy next thursday. since, I'm korean. I eat lot of korean food so it's very hard for me what can't i eat or can eat. I did print out some online. the medication didn't cover so the doctor's office gave me for free. which is really nice. I really hope that my doctor can find out what's causing...

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My pain got a lot worse. My gastroenterology called me last night because I left her a message. She ask me where is the pain and how bad is it? I told her everthing and she can't figure out why I'm having so much pain and it happen after the day of upper endoscopy on jan 28th. The CT test was normal and the upper endoscopy showed no celiac sprue. She told me to get...

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I went for a follow up visit to see my primary doctor. I was on medication for awhile and then I stop. My problem was my parents. my parents are so against me taking the medication so I usually don't tell them but somehow i couldn't hid it from my parents I had to talk to them about my blood pressure is high. I'm only 25. it's not just about my parents. it was kind...

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