2nd Post: Lower digestive problems related to thyca????

[Guest guest]

Hi again thyca buds,

I am reposting my question to the list. It seems to have been lost in

the shuffle. My question about lower digestive turned into a what is

GERD thread. Please help if you can. There has to be more of us with

lower digestive problems out there.

Ever since my thyca dx I have been having digestive problems. I have

a hiatial hernia and GERD(Acid Reflux). I already know that GERD can

be associated

with thyroid problems.

2 weeks ago I had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy (eeeew). Anyway, My

lower digestive problems have been my worst problem I have some IBS

like symptoms but the doctor told me last night it might be colitis

beacuse the biopsy showed some inflamation. He told me to take

fibercon for about 10 days to see if there is ther is any improvment.

He said if there isn't any improvement after the 10 days he will see

me back to run some more tests. He said there is bloodwork that can

be done to determine if there might be some sort of rare bowel

condition related to my thyroid problems. He didn't mention what type

of condition that might be. Does anyone know what he might be talking

about???? I tried to look up bowel and thyca related problems on the

net but couldn't come up with anything. I doubt the fibercon will

help because citrucel didn't help. Any info/advice would be helpful.

I have been playing a guessing game with the million things that have

gone wrong with me since my thyca dx. I am a medical mess. And sick

of it.

Thanks again,

Michele

28 from CT

dx pap./foll. var.

pt 5/1/00 and tt 5/8/00

6/15/01 clean scan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Michele,

I'm sorry no one has come up with an authoritative answer, but that's most

likely because none of us know of a connection between thyca and lower digestive

problems. There are the problems of everything slowing down that most of us get

when we are hypo. There could be a relation between other thyroid problems,

hypo and hyperthyroidism, and bowel problems, but they don't leap to mind. All

that I can think of is that if one has one autoimmune disease (some forms of

hypo or hyperthyroidism), one can be prone to other autoimmune diseases (Crohn's

?) that effect the bowel. I don't think a causal relationship exists between

the two, just that an immune system gone awry might damage both.

On a practical level, if you are not having good results from the fibercon,

there are always enemas and suppositories. Since you already have problems

other than just constipation, check with your doctor's nurse--it's possible that

those methods might do more harm than good.

(hcc)

mdmt1@... wrote:

Hi again thyca buds,

I am reposting my question to the list. It seems to have been lost in

the shuffle. My question about lower digestive turned into a what is

GERD thread. Please help if you can. There has to be more of us with

lower digestive problems out there.

Ever since my thyca dx I have been having digestive problems Anyway, My

lower digestive problems have been my worst problem I have some IBS

like symptoms but the doctor told me last night it might be colitis

.. He said there is bloodwork that can

be done to determine if there might be some sort of rare bowel

condition related to my thyroid problems. He didn't mention what type

of condition that might be. Does anyone know what he might be talking

about????

Thanks again,

Michele

28 from CT

dx pap./foll. var.

pt 5/1/00 and tt 5/8/00

6/15/01 clean scan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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