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Last night I had to be taken to hospital as I was experiencing agonising abdominal pains (to tell you how bad it was: I was seen straight away in A&E - no waiting around!)
the pain was (is) right in the middle, at the bottom of my breastbone. It came on as I had a few mouthfuls of coke zero. I haven't really had it before. I had a couple of sips at a party a month or so ago but i didn't like it - but for some reason tried it again last night, and straight away it didn't sit well. Then I started getting really bad pains, and within an hour I was sweating and in agony. I tried to lie down but it made me scream. Then i was quite explosively sick. The pain subsided for a while, and then got worse again - which is when we went to hospital.
Now it seems really unlikely that a fizzy drink could make me that ill, but they did exactly coincide. At hospital they gave me paracetemol and gaviscon, which did nothing - and then eventually some more hardcore painkillers, and something stronger for indigestiony things. and together those made the pain subside to a feeling of discomfort - which i've had since.
However, when the doctor palpated my abdomen, I had some pain on the right - which might indicate gallbladder / liver / pancreas problems. Blood tests show something not quite right with my liver... basically I need to book in with my GP for more blood tests and an ultrasound of my gallbladder. But I can't do that until tuesday afternoon, because A&E have written to my GP, and that letter won't get there until tuesday .
for the time being, i'm going to continue on the diet. i'm not sure that carbs would be a great idea for a dodgy digestion anyway - and that's the predominant problem. But i do wonder if ketosis is affecting my liver function (I'm pretty sure i haven't got hepatitis, and that was one of the things being bandied around last night). There's also the VLCD-gallbladder connection, of course.
Anyway, horrible, scary times. It may all be entirely unrelated to CD, of course. I hope that it is. I'll keep you posted.
the pain was (is) right in the middle, at the bottom of my breastbone. It came on as I had a few mouthfuls of coke zero. I haven't really had it before. I had a couple of sips at a party a month or so ago but i didn't like it - but for some reason tried it again last night, and straight away it didn't sit well. Then I started getting really bad pains, and within an hour I was sweating and in agony. I tried to lie down but it made me scream. Then i was quite explosively sick. The pain subsided for a while, and then got worse again - which is when we went to hospital.
Now it seems really unlikely that a fizzy drink could make me that ill, but they did exactly coincide. At hospital they gave me paracetemol and gaviscon, which did nothing - and then eventually some more hardcore painkillers, and something stronger for indigestiony things. and together those made the pain subside to a feeling of discomfort - which i've had since.
However, when the doctor palpated my abdomen, I had some pain on the right - which might indicate gallbladder / liver / pancreas problems. Blood tests show something not quite right with my liver... basically I need to book in with my GP for more blood tests and an ultrasound of my gallbladder. But I can't do that until tuesday afternoon, because A&E have written to my GP, and that letter won't get there until tuesday .
for the time being, i'm going to continue on the diet. i'm not sure that carbs would be a great idea for a dodgy digestion anyway - and that's the predominant problem. But i do wonder if ketosis is affecting my liver function (I'm pretty sure i haven't got hepatitis, and that was one of the things being bandied around last night). There's also the VLCD-gallbladder connection, of course.
Anyway, horrible, scary times. It may all be entirely unrelated to CD, of course. I hope that it is. I'll keep you posted.