guessing games.

[mugsy]

so i had a swallowing test done at the hospital and the results came back clear which is awesome and means that there is nothing they can see wrong with my esophagus or my stomach.
however, my doctor is now guessing at what i should do. after telling me im fat (which those who know me can attest to the fact that i have an extra 10 pounds maybe on me and i wouldnt consider that "fat") she asks me about my diet. i tell her how i have gone about 50% organic, finding protein in things other then just meat, and finally taking some vitamen supliments as having a sick dad can open your eyes to the world of personal health. she then says i dont have enough protein (which i ensure to have some at every meal as i get tons of much needed energy from it) and that i should lay off the carbs. my first visit about this situation she said to lay off the protein and eat some carbs and starches and some complex carbs (but less of those rather then more as they can be hard for some to digest) so i nod my head, and say ok to this supposed new diet. then she says i should exercise more - for teh past fucking 5 months, i have been working out for 3-5 days a week, stopping only now because i feel really sick.
what she explains to me is that the complex carbs and proteins i was eating previously to my getting sick must have been hard for my body to digest, and its upset and needs some time to calm itself. makes sense right? but wouldnt this be a gradual process rather then waking up one morning with flu like symptoms? i felt better then i have ever felt - with all the exercise and the healthier diet - then it slammed into my like nobodies business.
to eat a regular portion of food right now, i have to take a gravol before. i can still feel the food as it moves down my esophagus. it hurts after i eat, and the pain slowly moves from the left to the right. i cant lie on my sides or on my stomach without it hurting. im so fucking sick of this.

so today i start my high protein diet as all i can do is try it, and hope that maybe it will work. nothing the doctor said adds up, and quite frankly, after the "Fat" comment, i was pretty pissed off and stopped saying "but that is what im doing".

i know doctors arent super heros and dont have x-ray eyes and cant see into my body to tell me whats wrong, but i just wish i would have answers rather then accusations.

[justa~gurl]

you could always find another doctor if you aren't satisfied with the one that you have.. not all of them know what they are talking about all the time

and if she called you fat when you are about 10 pounds over weight? like is that how she said it exactly? or did she use another term other then "fat"


man i'd hate to think what she would call me if i went and asked for help..

[Jeaninah]

:( I feel yah..

why did all this start?? what are your symptoms?


(Edit) Wow so I just completely skipped the part about whats bugging you...

annyyhow.. I have very similar to what you desribed except with a lot of nausea and every time I eat my stomach feels very puffy and queasy.. I eat so much gravol I should have shares in the company.. :(

[mugsy]

justa - she said (along the lines of) "you're overweight and need to loose at least ten pounds.... that extra tummy weight is probably casuing some stress and you would feel better if you lost it..." and then it turned into accustaions about my eating habits " well if you eat more protein you wont snack as much" i responded with "i dont snack that much, when i do, its usually something healthy (fruit, yogurt, soy nuts...) however i am human, and a girl, and i do indulge in chocolate. lately, i havent really been eating and needing to take gravol to eat." she proceeded to say something like "oh well when you do feel better, you should stop snacking."
i was working out alot, snacking was a neccessaity to get enough energy to go through a day.
then it was all about my diet .... it was just a shitty thing to sit through, an awful thing for my self esteem. i truely think that if i lost more then 10 pounds, i wouldnt be a healthy looking beautiful woman. and im not overtly concerned with loosing the 10 pounds, as i have gotten parts of me that i didnt want to be wobbley, un-wobbley. uhhhhhhhhhhh.

as for second opinions - im going to wait. im going to try the diet because its not going to\cant really make me feel any sicker. the test results came back showing that i have a normal stomach and esophagus so theres not much i can do there. what she said to me didnt really make sense with other symptoms i also have, but am not posting on fnk.

jeaninah - its going to be 2 months of this come this wednesday. i find that chamomile, licorice root, peppermint and linden leaf tea helps me sleep at night. it makes the pain decrease, and i dont feel as sick after wards. its your basic tummy tea you can get at most tea stores. but some of the ingredients can efect your digestive system (licorice root supposedly) so id explain your symptoms to someone at a tea store. i usually drink a glass in the morning and one at night.