Worried about my mom

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Worried about my mom
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 5:37pm
My mother (mid-60s) has been having severe digestive problems for the past 3 months--foods she's always been able to eat, and with no apparent commonalities, send her running to the bathroom about an hour after meals. She's been to numerous doctors, including specialists, who can't find anything wrong. She's had a colonoscopy, stool tests, blood tests, knows she's lactose intolerant but has been for years, and nothing has turned up. She started taking acidophilus, which has helped a little, but not consistently.

I'm hugely worried because she's losing so much weight--like 20 pounds--very quickly, and though she tries to eat more to keep up her weight, it isn't working.

I'm incredibly frustrated (as is she) that no one can find anything wrong, and that doctors don't seem very creative in their diagnosis attempts. They say "try such and such" for a couple weeks, but it never works, and that's a long time to be in such discomfort.

Does anyone have any suggestions? She's going to keep trying new doctors, but I'm really worried about her. Thanks,

J.

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Wed, 09-01-2004 - 8:21pm

Hi Jeelan!


Welcome to the board!

 
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Registered: 10-14-2003
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 1:48pm

Hi and Welcome Jeelan,

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 7:50pm

Hi Jeelan,

I just wanted to drop a note here to let you know that something very similar happened to my mother at about that same age whenever she would eat anything containing eggs.

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 10:54pm

Thanks Lori for the wonderful reply!!

 
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 11:06pm
Not looking forward to winter here, either.

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Sun, 09-12-2004 - 12:47pm

Hi Lori!


Yeh your right!, it's a lot better than Fl right now!!