STOMACH ISSUES

Well, for the past three weeks, I have been dealing with stomach issues off and on. It started off as something similar to what I have had before....little nausea, some chills and diarrhea. It normally only lasts one night and then I feel better the next day. Well, about a week after the first episode (at least the first one I had had in a few months), I was in Florida and I had a horrible case two nights after we arrived. My parents and Nathan were trying to help me through it but I was miserable....and as a result, my parents called their doctor in MP the next morning to see if he could at least give me a prescription for phenergan to help with the nausea. Fortunately, Dr. Meriwhether called it in the next day when I was feeling better so I could have it as a "just in case". I enjoyed a few days in Florida and then the night before we left, it happened again....the only good thing was that I had the phenergan to help with the nausea--I still had to deal with the other stuff though. I prayed that I could get on the plane to make it home and the Lord got me through it.

About five days after I got home, on that Wednesday night, it hit again and it has not really stopped since....and today is Sunday. I made an appointment with a GI doc but the soonest I could get in is this Thursday. Yesterday, I finally took myself to the urgent care place that diagnosed my appendicitis because I just couldn't take it anymore. They gave me IV fluids for dehydration, IV zofran for the nausea and some IV steroids for my colon. They told me to go get a CT scan so they could rule out anything serious like colitis, gallbladder or some other ailment. I had the scan done yesterday afternoon....so not fun. The good news is that it came back clear but what that means is that I most likely have something called irritable bowel syndrome---or at least that's what I think it is. This is a non-curable thing that I could have the rest of my life. I am praying that the doctor will help me find something to make me feel better because I am so sick of being sick. And I know Nathan is ready for me to feel well again too. We just bought a new house so I know that the stress has caused some of this flair up but still, it can't be the only cause of it. I would give anything to find something that will work. I am asking all of you to pray for me to feel better, pray for the doctors to figure it out, and pray that I can give all of my worries and fears to God. I will post again after the doctor appointment on Thursday. :(