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Gutsy
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Is there such a thing as a Super Specialist?
My (elderly female) family member has been to her MD and now to a GI specialist for 6 months for chronic intermittent diarrhea with copious mucus (otherwise no other symptoms such as vomiting or weight loss) ongoing for >2 years.
The specialist has exhausted all their testing capabilities and has found no cause. Two scopings with biopsies reveal nothing. We have tried a plethora of medications (Lialda, Pentasa, antibiotics, Entecort, Lomotil are the ones I recall right now).
We have tried gluten-free for 6 months, she does not eat anything weird and takes no nutritional supplements or vitamins. She does take an SSRI (escitalopram) which I am suspicious of but the doc is not believing my theory...which I am fine with - I just want her better. She is not stressed more than anyone else. The water is city water.
It has become apparent to me that if your guts are not happy, you are not happy. They control your life.
My (elderly female) family member has been to her MD and now to a GI specialist for 6 months for chronic intermittent diarrhea with copious mucus (otherwise no other symptoms such as vomiting or weight loss) ongoing for >2 years.
The specialist has exhausted all their testing capabilities and has found no cause. Two scopings with biopsies reveal nothing. We have tried a plethora of medications (Lialda, Pentasa, antibiotics, Entecort, Lomotil are the ones I recall right now).
We have tried gluten-free for 6 months, she does not eat anything weird and takes no nutritional supplements or vitamins. She does take an SSRI (escitalopram) which I am suspicious of but the doc is not believing my theory...which I am fine with - I just want her better. She is not stressed more than anyone else. The water is city water.
It has become apparent to me that if your guts are not happy, you are not happy. They control your life.