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it was just internal hemorrhoids from chronic diarrhea thank fucking goodness 😮‍💨🙏 now just waiting for the biopsy results to hopefully get a microscopic colitis diagnosis and start treatment for that and possibly bile acid malabsorption
i just had undigested blood in my stool for the first time and i’m scared. it was so much blood i thought my period had started. timing couldn’t be better though bc i literally have a colonoscopy tomorrow. wish me luck please
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Anonymous 3w

also my GI told me i could wear my respirator mask during the colonoscopy so i didn’t bring n95s for my providers and the nurse anesthetist told me i couldn’t wear it last minute and i cried because i literally can’t afford another covid infection bc i’m already so fatigued and disabled and it was so jarring to be told that last minute. i hate not being in control of my own health and plans changing last minute and not being able to accommodate the change.

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also i went to treat myself afterwards at the only mexican restaurant i feel comfortable eating at as a celiac and found out they had been glutening me for months because they fry their mexican rice in the shared deep fryer??? i’ve literally never heard of that. but no wonder my stomach hurt so badly after eating there. i didn’t get the rice this time and no stomach ache. it’s so incredibly disappointing to learn one of three restaurants i trusted cant be trusted anymore.

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thankfully i don’t think they did too much damage because my nutrient levels and my TTG IgA were good when i got my bloodwork done recently. i’m upset but also glad i know now so hopefully it’ll help me feel better not eating there. i’m definitely going to email the owner bc why tf did no one tell me this earlier??

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

i was using a nasal cannula with oxygen and afterwards immediately i used nasal spray and gargled salt water and put on a nicotine patch and now i’m taking metformin so im really hoping i can avoid an infection and if i do get an infection hopefully it won’t lead to long covid. i hate that taking care of my health means exposing myself to further disability through infection. they kept asking me why i was wearing a mask, like am i the only person here familiar with universal precautions? jesus

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