Do I have IBS, Acid Reflux or a weak Colon?

[kmbell]

I am 37 years old, female with history of early menopause on mothers side at 39, allergy to codeine and compozine and some antibiotics, have Rhenauds disease in hands and feet and 2 thinning and one slightly bulging disk of lower back.

The last 6 months have been off and on severe stomach aches that are more gas related as I do not have an urge to throw up just severe gas pains and stomach cramps and Kaopectate helped some.  I have been to my internist and they have tested everything except my colon.  All the tests of the stool, urine, ultrasound of gall bladder all came back negative - healthy liver, gall bladder, pancreas and kidneys.  I was on Cipro and did fine for one week and now am taking Nexium and starting Culturelle tonight.  I had a severe stomach attach for 3 days when tried Lactaid milk.  I am now off of Cipro since no bacteria found in stool.  I have reintroduced normal foods and last nights one small slice of pizza plain with cheese woke me up this morning 7 hours after eating it to the same thing I had 3 weeks ago of severe stomach and gas pains again!  I have experienced tender areas in my stomach and woke up one morning to severe tenderness of my ribs in the center at the tips as hurt so bad that I felt like I was having a heart attack.  All has seemed to subsided.
  
Any advice or thoughts of what this may be as I do plan to now go to a Gastreenterologist this week and see if she can give me some answers as I am frustrated and want to feel better! :(  

[Over_Dairy]

Two possibilities: 1) you may be allergic to milk protein (lots of that in cheese); and / or, 2) having gall bladder issues.  The abdominal ultrasound can be normal but you may still have gall bladder disease.  The definitive diagnosis is a HIDA/CCK scan that calculates the ejection fraction.   And, even if it is GB, milk protein -- because it pretty much always comes bound to milk fat -- may be an aggravating factor.

To learn what foods contain milk protein (casein/casinate) look at the no-milk web page.  To learn about an effective low fat GB disease diet see docsmed.com (Dr. Smedly) the St. Anthony Diet.  His theory's a little unconventional (GB disease causes anorexia) but the diet works very well!

[staci28]

im having this issue as well..and it woke me up last night with a bad anxiety attack and couldnt breathe..thought i was dying i was sooo scared... but im havin bad gas as well...for a this past week...mucusy stool, now i too...had a ultrasound and everything came back normal..pancreas...liver..lungs..ect...im so dumbfound..i think its possible peptic ulcer some was asking if i had this,..or ibd ;..or ibs..so if u get an answer let me know ty!! and good luck to u as well