Hello, I came across this website by accident and although I am still
unsure as to the cause of my problem it seems like a place of support
and believe me thats what i need!. About a year ago my bowels stopped
working, my doctor rather than find the cause said it was stress and
prescribed laxatives despite me stupidly misusing them in the past. One
by one my bowels adapted to each drug and now I am on v. strong
medication of bisacodyl and docusate, and i usually have to dangerously
overdose to get them to work. If I eat anything my whole area from
under my breasts down to my bowels swells like im pregnant and I am left
in severe pain, thats when im not in severe pain and sickness from the
drugs!. I am reduced to eating rice and vegetables now out of fear of
reactions and have lost 1 3/4 stone in a month to show for it, not good
when i was underweight to start with. I am now seeing a
gastroenterologist and he want to do a marker study and flexible
sigmoidoscopy and has put me on movicol. I am very frightened and if
anyone knows anything more about this or has been through something
similar I would really love to hear from you. I apologise if this is
not an appropriate site to post on I just feel at the end of my tether.
Thankyou