Fish Felon wrote:Sorry to hear you're having health issues MLDS and feel like shit, but glad to hear it's nothing major.
Do you think it could be diet related?
You seem to be like me in that you eat a lot, and a lot of red meat, cheese, probably fast food through the week, drink beer, and work hard play hard.
I've had times where I thought my intestines were going to rupture/burst due to an insane amount of gas and then not being able to shit due to being constipated...due to doing speed. Usually I'm pretty regular. I can't remember what I ate....I think it was a couple brats washed down with a few hamm's while doing dope and yeah....thought I was going to die. I finally shit what felt like three giant turds and it was actually only three little marbles,but regardless....one unplugged
I shit like two or three gallons of clay reddish hot magma.
I'm not a healthcare expert, but I'm guessing if I wasn't drinking, doing drugs, and eating very unhealthful that I probably wouldn't have experienced that occurrence. It's weird...whenever I'm clean and eating healthy?? No issues.
The other thing is....how much water do you drink?
It's amazing how little of an amount of water some people consume daily. I drink a lot of water....and when I don't....it's very obvious. Fatigue, joint aches, mood, getting stopped up, etc., all sure symptoms that I need to drink more water. It seems like the intense gas and abdominal pain only happens when I'm dehydrated. 75% of Americans are and the leading cause of day time fatigue is lack of proper hydration. Reach for a glass/bottle of water instead of a pop or another cup of coffee when tired/thirsty.
Yeah I mean overall, I'm "healthy"...that's in quotation because I don't eat fruits and veggies. Have subbed in multi vitamins and fiber in their place. But I don't eat out hardly ever, very few carbs, under 24 cans of pop a year, etc. Our meals typically consist of whole unprocessed meats. I drink pretty close to a gallon of water daily, limit my coffee to one 14 oz mug in the morning. I drink my whiskey neat or with water and given the on call nature of my work rarely have more than 2 shots worth on any given day. Lift 3 nights a week and run the dog 1 mile nightly.
I have long suspected dairy as a potential cause. For sure on these three serious reactions I have had...I've consumed some sort of dairy before hand.
But I've had lesser reactions, like eating a handful of jellybeans last Easter and suddenly turning very hot. I've had that a few other times with "sugary" stuff too.
I just started thinking, that maybe there's an underlying condition that gets exacerbated by certain foods vs the food causing issues itself. Possibly even stress locking up my system and then eating foods that produce gas(dairy) causing a reaction like this.
We'll see what they say, appt with a GI specialist tomorrow. I've been fighting this stuff for 3 years resisting going to the doctor, I can't take it anymore guess I'm jumping all in