Possible IBD

I've not been well leading up to over 8years now it started when I was 16 I started having really bad nausea every day I had horrible sharp stomach pains with diarrhoea then turned into constipation, I have lost a lot of weight too. Recently my symptoms have become worse I have constant pain, nausea and diarrhoea. I have started to have blood in my stools, I'm still losing weight I can't eat anything really because I get a bad stomach. I have recently started to get really  weak I have absolutely no energy to do anything I can just about walk to the bath room. I have two children 1 is 3 and the other is 7 months old. I've had a colonoscopy which came back normal and a gastroscope which came back a slight inflammation but my doctor wasn't worried. I've done a stool sample which had a calprotectin level of 800 so my doctor has arranged a MRI scan of my small bowel but I'm so nervous it could be something else especially have two small children and I'm only 24 I'm so scared.

thanks Lucy ️

  • Welcome to the forum Lucy although I'm really sorry to read about all the symptoms you've been contending with over the last 8 years. It sounds it's been very tough, even more so now with your symptoms becoming worse, but fingers crossed the MRI can get you a step closer to some much needed answers and peace of mind.

    Hopefully some of our members will offer their support and advice to you soon but if you'd like to talk any of this through with one of our nurses, they're just a phone call away on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

    I know this is scary, but we're here for you and will have fingers crossed everything will be o.k.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator