Recently I saw my gastroenterologist doctor at RVH who I’ve been seeing for just over 2 years. Test after test everything came back normal but I am still getting the horrific pain in RUQ of my abdomen. Just for context, I’ve had 2 twisted bowels in my life before and the pain is very reminiscent. Now I know I don’t have a twisted bowel because earlier in January I went for a test were I had a series of X-rays after drinking a barium so they could watch it travel through the bowel.
Upon doing these tests the Doctor doing them told me and showed me I had prominent small bowel loops and that was causing my horrific pain. So upon seeing my doctor they totally dismissed this as the cause of my pain and said it was neurological and was the function of my bowel that wasn’t right. To which I told them that’s not going to take away the severe pain I’m going through after they had said nothing surgically could be done / or that they feel nothing can be done surgically. If they think the structure of my bowel is ok but it’s not functioning right then surely the part that’s not functioning properly, You would then remove that part so I don’t have to go through this pain anymore.
I’ve been housebound for the past 2+ years, can’t eat anything substantial, can’t go anywhere out of fear the pain will strike, Over 3 stone in weight loss because all I can eat is tea & toast or toast and scrambled egg or soup. I’ve had No life and basically I’m not living but just existing. I feel there is something fundamentally wrong here as I’m left to suffer and be housebound and continue to lose weight because of the pain and I felt like the Doctor not do the obvious thing and correct the bowel loops . It’s almost like they’re waiting for my bowel to totally twist again.
"Having severe bowel pain"
About: Royal Victoria Hospital / Gastroenterology Royal Victoria Hospital Gastroenterology BT12 6BA
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Update posted by TroubledTimes44 (the patient) 4 months ago