How concerned should I be about seeing a gastroenterologist?

[Anonymous]

Always tired, motivation depleting, weird sexual cravings but no desire to actively find someone. (Don't need thot drama.)

A simple meal of pancakes with bacon makes me inflate like a blimp in mere minutes, the only thing that seems to bring me any relief from constant gas and pain is olive oil. I used to have to eat at McDonald's to get that sick. Now, it's anything anywhere.

Everything feels painful or pointless. Had to have gallbladder surgery last year. It hasn't exactly solved every problem. Only removed the time bomb.

Can't tell if it's just IBS, or if it's liver failure or colon cancer. But I feel half dead most days. Worried like I won't live long enough to publish my remaining books in the series.

[Anonymous]

Watch the YouTube videos of Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Eric Berg. They talk about all these issues and how to correct them with food.

Colon cancer moves fast, so if this has been going on for awhile, it's not that.

They have tests at the drug store for colon cancer, and also that Cologuard commercial with the talking box they deliver to your house, that's a test for colon cancer and other disorders.

Liver failure takes forever so it's probably not that, and there are steps, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver failure. Those YouTube doctors also talk about liver problems also and how to correct them. Many liver problems are caused by insulin resistance, which can be reversed.

There's also a thing called pancreatic insufficiency, where you're suddenly no longer able to digest food, and need to take enzymes with every meal to digest proteins, carbs, and fats. It's by prescription, but it's not drugs, it's the same natural enzymes your body is supposed to be producing.

If it's "just IBS," a lot of what causes that can be treated and greatly improved.

The fastest way to get all of this checked is to go to an urgent care tomorrow. If you don't have insurance and they won't see you, go to an emergency room. They will run you through all the tests and you will at least know what it is. But try to do as many of the natural things those YouTube doctors talk about as you can, not all at once, but over time, you'll see a great improvement in some of it, if not all.

It's possible you could be feeling much better in a month, and completely better in a year or two.

[sage2021]

The gastro doctor will probably want to do a colonoscopy and maybe an endoscopy where they knock you out and have a look see going through your mouth and during that time will do the colonoscopy. I have had 4 of them. Each gastro doctor I went to wanted me to have it done by him!

I have had major stomach problems since 1999. All of a sudden without symptoms, my muscles that help to grind up the food decided to barely work. I have gastroparesis. So anything I eat takes about 10 hours to digest.
Went to some of the best doctors are well known hospitals and they only gave me more tests and never helped me.
I hope you have better luck with the doctors than I did.
Finally after 14 years of tests and no help I said no more tests!
How can a doctor that specializes in the stomach and digestive tract not be able to help me. They ran all these harmful radioactive tests on me and that was the end of doctors for me. They just want the 💰 money 💲!!!

[exitseven]

Go see the guy. Maybe he can help. At least he can rule out the really bas stuff. Maybe he puts you on a high fiber diet. You will never feel better if you continue your current path.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[mooky06]

You shouldn’t be concerned though getting a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy to rule out any internal health issues should be something you should take into account

Have you done recent blood tests? Could be a number of things really but for now till then.. avoid oily and spicy foods and eat plenty of leafy greens.

[sage2021]

@mooky06
If you eat plenty of green vegetables like lettuce 🥬, spinach, etc. - they will thin your blood. So don't go overboard on those.
It has something to do with vitamin K.
And if you are on blood thinners, leafy green vegetables could be dangerous and thin your blood too much, which would cause an immediate trip to the lab to get your blood tested to see if It's too thick or too thin.

[mooky06]

@sage2021 agreed, though i doubt op would just have bowls of leafy greens day in and day out

[sage2021]

@mooky06
The reason I know this is because my son is a heart patient and on blood thinners. It doesn't take much to thin a person's blood. Spinach and a salad with lettuce is enough to throw things off.
One time after my son had some lab work to check his blood - at 9:00 at night his doctor called and told us his blood showed it was thick. He called in a 1 mg tablet of blood thinner and told us to get it right away at a 24 hour pharmacy. We were stunned that even 1 mg could be so serious. But we did what the doctor said and drove late at night for only 1 mg to make a difference in his blood. WOW.
So, yes we have to be very careful with him.

[mooky06]

@sage2021 luckily you have a good cardiologist/doctor. Anything like that, it’s a waiting game in ED

[Nikki1989]

Stop feeding yourself garbage and you will feel better. You are slowly killing yourself.

[Asker]

Brats from Aldi are now just as dangerous as fast food.

[Anonymous]

Definitely, get some blood work done and hopefully you can find some answers.