Last Topic: 11:35:15pm, 03/14/2024
Last Post: 12:09:07pm, 03/05/2024
Ugh.
I've been dealing with a GI issue since basically Christmas. At first I thought it was perhaps related to the unusual quantities and kinds of food I was eating at that time, and it would go away once I resumed my normal diet, but it didn't. If anything, it got worse. After about two weeks I called my PCP. He saw me right away and did a physical exam and said it didn't seem like anything severe was going on. He gave me a few dietary suggestions and said to call back if it didn't get better in two weeks. Two weeks later, it had not gone away, and at this point he ordered a stool culture for me. A couple weeks later I got the results back saying that there were no signs of bacteria or infection and it should resolve itself within a few weeks. Over the past couple months it's gone through cycles where it would spend a few days getting just a little bit better then tank again, rinse and repeat. For the past two weeks or so it's been pretty consistently bad. At this point he's referring me to a GI specialist, but after playing phone tag with their office for about a week they finally got back to me to let me know they can't get me in until May (in other words, almost the length of time that I've already been dealing with this). I called my PCP back and asked if there were anywhere else he could refer me to that might be able to see me sooner, and he gave me a few places but it seems to be pretty much the same story everywhere, if not even worse. This is super frustrating. I'm in pretty constant pain/discomfort and it's becoming a severe disruption to my daily life, particularly affecting my work and absolutely tanking my mental health and the thought that I'm going to have to wait another two months still to even see someone (let alone anything that might actually make it better) has me so completely and utterly depressed that I can barely function right now.
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