Been ill for almost 3 years..can anyone help...? Start Date: April 3rd 2007-(still being affected by some symptoms) So I’ve been sick since April 3rd/2007- to the present day. Some of the symptoms have worn off a bit at this present day but I do still deal with them. I’ve been to many doctor's, pharmacists, walk-in clinics and hospitals and I am still not fully diagnosed what is wrong with me....and i can promise you, i am not a hypochondriac.....this all started when I had a cold and developed into the flu bug...I was under a lot of stress with school considering I was graduating and I was on my last month of school which I had a lot of projects and tests on the way...and I became really ill during the beginning of April and it went away in a week..And then reappeared...the thing is...Every time I felt capable of doing school work I would immediately go up to my school and work for hours on end to try and get myself caught up...but then my sickness came back repeatedly..It was awful...the symptoms I’m having are: *constant nausea 24hrs a day (sometimes to the point where I can't get out of bed) (As of now 2009 happens once and a while but not as invasive as it once was) *stomach ache pains (doesn't' happen anymore) *bloating (sometimes) *gas pains (rarely) *eating sometimes relief nausea feeling; but only for a few minutes (doesn't happen anymore) *changes in bowel movements & odor (sometimes) *mucus in bowel (not very often...just recently started, but doesn't happen as often as it did back in 2007) *lump in throat feeling (doesn't happen anymore) *symptoms worsen @ nights (doesn't happen anymore) *after certain bowel movements; nausea will feel 10 times worse than before and will continue on for days (doesn't happen anymore) *sometimes motion (driving) depending on how bad the nausea is on that specific day will make my nausea feel worse and sometimes I feel like I need to pull over on the side of the road feeling like I’m going to be sick (doesn't happen anymore) I've been under a number of medications...and nothing has seemed to work so far... The tests I have received since April 2007 till December 2007 is: *upper G.I x-ray (barium swallow) *complete abdominal ultrasound & limited pelvic: aorta, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, spleen, & kidneys * 4 blood tests * 2 urine tests *esophagastroduodenoscopy aka Stomach endoscope procedure & biopsy ALL OF THESE TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE...THEY HAD FOUND NOTHING IRREGULAR IN ANY OF THE TESTS GIVEN. I've been under a number of medications...And nothing has seemed to work so far...The medications I’ve been under are: *gravol *Acidophillis (this medication will give me a few days of relief...But symptoms will reappear) *Zantac *Pepto-Bismol *Marvolon (birth control, currently on) *Nexium *Benadryl *flu shot (2006) *Techna shot (2006) *Gen Alprozolam 0.25 mg (anxiety medication) *ferrous gluconate (elemental iron pills) *bonamie *benefiber (still taking from time to time) *peglyte (bowel cleanse) *penicillin *pariet (reduces stomach acid & used to eliminate helicobacter pylori) *ran-domperidon 10mg (improves motion threw esophagus) *Detox foot pads (I think they may have helped a little but only did 5 foot pads so far) (I've also thought about ordering Dr. Natura detox program which includes colonix & toxin out...and I’ve also heard that depending on how toxic your body is, it can hang onto viruses in your body...So I’m going to try it and see if may help my situation) Possible diagnosis from doctors, pharmacists, family and friends are: *prolonged gastritis *stomach bacterial infection *stomach ulcer *anxiety *stress gastritis *celiac disease *irritable bowel syndrome (from last doctor's visit @ the hospital, he thinks it could be that...but not feeling any better from doing a colon cleansing with PEGLYTE and taking benefiber everyday) *prolonged stomach flu virus ALOT OF THESE POSSIBLE DIAGNOSES HAVE BEEN RULED OUT FROM THE ENDOSCOPE TEST Now i have developed some new symptoms, I've been sick with this constant cold/flu bug since the end of June 2008; I first became ill with an illness in April 2007 and was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Jan 2008 as well. Ever since June I just started with a sore throat and a general run down feeling, sometimes chills and fever and I would get the stomach flu-like symptoms here and there, at first I thought it was just a basic cold/flu but then it wouldn't go away. But now I've been getting this recurring stomach flu or just cold/flu-like symptoms like before over and over again...the stomach flu has been going on since Dec 2008 until now, I also am anemic, so I am taking iron pills one pill a day 300mg, but my doctor told me to updose to 3 times a day which adds up to 900mg a day. For example: When I became ill with the stomach bug (or seemed like the stomach bug because it felt exactly like the symptoms of it) December of 2008 I not only had it once but it came back 8 more times before I moved onto

Does anyone else have IBS? I am 12 weeks pregnant and my IBS has gone crazy? I have been suffering from bowel problems (IBS) for about 3 years, along with heartburn. I had an endoscopy done 3 years ago, ended up in emergency because I couldn't walk because of the pain I was in for a few days. Had no idea what it was. My boss had called my parents to pick me up from work and take me to the hospital straight away. In my test they discovered that the valve of my stomach doesn't close properly- thus the heartburn and my large intestine is longer than it should be. Then I ended up with IBS due to the stress from working full time and studying part time. I had resigned from work due to my health getting worse. HEALTH comes first. Use to get bad spasms that gave me a lot of pain (not been able to walk) and use to get bad diarrhea which resulted in me losing 10kg in a month. After a while, I learned to eat better and keep away from the foods that made my symptoms worse. I got better, still had spasms, but learned to live with them. Now during my pregnancy, I had bad constipation, pain and black stools from FEFOL iron tablets that my GP said to take. I then when the pharmacy and asked which vitamins with folic acid is ok for me to take with IBS. I started taking FABFOL, in which it helped me get rid of my cold. I get bad spasms, in a lot of pain. Get gas, bloating, constipation, burning across my ribs. I cannot handle my IBS during my pregnancy. The doctor said to stop all my tablets such as Nexium fro heartburn and COLOFAC for my IBS (which I only took for emergencies). Peppermint tea does not work much and peppermint tablets give me heartburn. What can I do to relieve these symptoms and pain?