Went for Barium enema today and despite following all the instructions the previous day with regard to having a limited diet and taking sachets of picolax. My colon wasn’t sufficiently cleansed, they only discovered this after administering the enema so still had all the unpleasantness of getting rid of it.
Have new appointment for the 31st August and been given extra packets of picolax so I can have double the quantity hopefully works this time
Had hospital appointment this morning at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with Mr King, who is one of the consultants. I wasn’t kept waiting too long. Had a very informal chat about how I had been over the last few months. Told him about wheat free diet and taking daily amounts of normacol and that apart from the recent bout I hadn’t been too bad.
He suggested I have a barium enema; last one was five years ago; to give them a base line on the condition of the lining of my stomach. He told me I had IBS and diverticular disease and to carry on with the wheat free diet and to continue managing my condition as I do now.
Suggested drinking chamomile or peppermint tea when I have another attack as they both have anti spasmodic properties that are more gentle than traditional remedies such as mebeverine or spasmonal.
Experienced stomach pain in the lower left part of my abdomen on a frequent basis. Was prescribed a low level antibiotic by the specialist at the hospital, to take each day to see if my stomach was experiencing repeated infections. The pain in the stomach seemed to be related to whenever I had a sore throat I was also regularly experiencing bouts of diarrhoea or constipation which made the pain in my stomach even worse.
The family went down south during the summer and I had a really embarrassing incident I was walking around the centre of Birmingham when I farted and completely sh*t myself. So it was off to Marks to get some clean undies then to find a toilet to get changed in and somewhere to dump the old underpants; no way was I taking them home!!!.
We also visited the in-laws and my eldest daughter and I went to see the moving Shrek II which was recently out. Unfortunately I spent most of the time in the toilet with really bad diarrhoea which rather spoilt the film.
We went to Frankie and Bennies afterwards but it seemed as quick as food went in it had to come out again
