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Blueberrybook · 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

I took my Prilosec and Zofran last night at 6 and then I fell asleep pretty much right away. I woke up at 12:30 in stomach pain so I took 2 Advil and my morning meds and I felt better. Then I got back to sleep until 6.

I feel ok today. Still kinda achy and tired. My mom saw her primary doctor which is also mine. He is the one who reffered me to the other GI doctor. He spent a lot of time talking with my mom about me. And he could tell from my GI doctors note that he wants to do a colonoscopy. I hate the idea of going under. I don't do well with anethesia. Last time it took 2 nurses to help me out, because I was fighting waking up. And I got real bad post procedure depression. I had to call my pdoc. But they are guessing it could possibly be irritable bowel disease or Chrons.

If you are having stomach problems, you should not take Advil or any NSAIDs. The doctor told me NSAIDs likely caused my ulcer that perforated, and for that I ended up in emergency surgery and now have a 4-5 inch scar above my belly button. I woke up with something like 15 staples in my abdomen and in severe pain. GI doc told me no more NSAIDs and that leaves only Tyelnol for pain. Tyelnol doesn't do much for pain, but you do not want to risk getting an ulcer on top of everything else and needing major abdomenal surgery. It really sucked and the whole experience (ambulance ride on Valentine's Day because I fainted from everything going on to waking up in such agony that even morphine didn't help) gave me severe PTSD. I hope you find a solution for your stomach issues. Did the doctor get back to you on what your stool sample results mean?

Maybe ask your GI doc if he thinks you can take NSAIDs or not? It's better to be on the safe side with that stuff.