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I asked about the Rifaximin and it seemed like they had never heard of it before. So now I wait.
But the story gets more exciting. This time they only found one pre-cancerous polyp in the mid rectum. It was removed and it's not cancerous. They also found a 7 mm polyp in my fondus when they did the endoscopy. The results on that were fine and I was told I have no further follow up on that. That concerns me a bit. Stomach polyps are new.....
I also get to go to the five year plan for colonoscopies instead of my usual three. She said last time I had four and now I only had one. I won't argue but that concerns me too.
Hold on..... it gets better. During the office visit I expressed my concern about my hemorroids and that they were quite painful. The GI said I have none but have an anal fissure. When the nurse called me yesterday I asked about what the plan was for that. She said she didn't see anything noting that.
The report notes that there is a slight narrowing of the anal canal with tenderness in the postierior midline. That's putting it mildly. I told the nurse that it feels like I have a flaming tennis ball up my butt compounded by the fact I lift 40-60# all day long in the warehouse. She got a bit quite and said she would ask the doctor. I explained again that I am getting up a couple time each night with WD and go an additional 6-8 throughout the day. I told the story again about the Lyme's and how everything went back to normal. She asked if I had a stool study recently and wondered why we didn't order that. I told her that wasn't it. The U-biome testing came in handy. They aren't familiar with it but it did show all the nasty pathogens that I was tested for came back negative. She also mentioned possibly doing another lactose intolerance test. Now I just did the test for SIBO and that was negative but shows I have high methane levels. At my office visit, the nurse said I had high spikes during the initial part of the test but the it dropped somewhat. I've already done the lactose intolerance test twice since 2007 and they were also both negative. Lactose or casein - dairy causes an upset. Not necessarily D but I wouldn't know because that's my norm. I do get a stomach ache though, almost immediately and I notice my joints ache more than usual days after. I'm not doing the test again. I don't eat dairy anyway. I've learned that the hard way.
Am I wrong for thinking this is bacterial? some imabalance? Why did the doxycyline work like a charm? Although the metronidazole antibiotic they put me on made me sooooo sick. My head is spinning because the nurse said they are running out of things to try.
All the other biopsies came back normal in the esophagus and the mucosa in the duodenum, stomach, terminal ileum, and whole colon.
They are also waiting on results of testing for a sugar intolerance. I can't think of the name off the top of my head but it is the lack of an enzyme for processing sugars that causes D. I don't think that's it because my diet hasn't changed and this summer when the lovely Norman took up residence at my house for three weeks, I had no issues. I guess it's good to test to rule it out.
The only thing that sits in the back of my head is if the rifaximin works the WD will return when I go off. The nurse even said that I would take it for two weeks and HOPEFULLY get 2-3 month of relief and then need to go on it again. Well, then that isn't addressing the root cause. I had hoped food was my root cause. I've been at the GF, DF, SF, egg free diet since 2011. I monitor legumes and nightshades and any other food that causes suspect but always thought I was just missing something. Is that still the case or is there more going on?
I used to have perfect skin and within the past few years have developed the bumpy skin on the backs of my arms and my legs (not sure if that's psoriasis or not). It's all tied into digestion and I am clueless as to what to do next.
I know I am rambling but this just never ends.........
