As I briefly mentioned in my about page, I have been having some major issues with my derrière area. It doesn’t help when your mother suffers from diverticulosis, your aunt has Crohn’s Disease and your other aunt has IBS. Doesn’t really hold much hope for you with regards to your posterior! It’s a known fact that Crohn’s is linked to Ankylosing Spondylitis anyway so chances of me having that are more likely than the rest. However, and I hope you have a strong stomach while reading this post and haven’t eaten yet, why is it that no matter what I eat it plays havoc with my digestive system?
In the morning after my boy has polished off his weetabix I will have one Belvita Breakfast Biscuit for my brekkie, and bang! My stomach starts growling at me and I have to dash off to the toilet. I have even tried varying it with custard creams or just a plain yoghurt, still the same affect. When I have to go, it’s like an explosion and black tarry mixed with almost a cup full of blood it seems. Throughout the day I get blood spots on my underwear, and no it’s not “that time” because I don’t get them since having my boy, the pill stops that. One little monster is enough thank you very much! My evening meal, don’t get me started on that! It really does not matter what it is – roast, pasta, curry, stir fry, omelette, soup – anything and I’m stuck on the toilet for at least half an hour. Sometimes I can’t even finish a meal, others it’s seconds after, occasionally it’s after a couple of bites.
I have been to the doctor about it and have an appointment for a Colonoscopy this Friday (9th) which I am very nervous about, because other than the aforementioned conditions, they also mentioned about looking for the big C. Will keep you posted about that. Thankfully I’ll be sedated so won’t be too aware of what’s going on. Still doesn’t sound pleasant and it’s very invasive.