I am a 23-year-old male. My Gallbladder was removed 3 days ago(Tues. June 9, ‘09) due to Gallstones.
My surgeon never explained to me anything to expect after the operation nor anything to do with lacking a Gallbladder.
I go see my surgeon this coming Monday for a follow-up and to have the staples removed from my [...]
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Monday, June 15th, 2009Nausea
Monday, May 25th, 2009For the past two - three weeks I get nauseous after eating. It does not matter how little I eat or what I eat, I always feel ill afterward. The nausea last from anywhere from 30 minutes to about 2 hours. Shortly after it goes away, I am usually very hungry.
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Meckel’s diverticulum
Monday, March 16th, 2009When my husband needs to have a bowel movement or urinate, he feels the urge to vomit. When he was a baby he had Meckel’s Diverticulum and our family doctor told him the urge to vomit when having to go to the washroom is normal!?! I don’t know if the Meckel’s can or has returned, [...]
Continue readingBlood in the stool
Sunday, March 1st, 2009Hi there,
I am a 17 year old girl.
I am in reasonable health, i have no major medical problems. I am slightly overweight at 70kgs.
Recently i have noticed small amounts of blood on the toilet paper after passing stool.
I must admit, lately i have been passing stool more often than usual, sometimes more than once a [...]
Small bowel obstruction
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I am a 32 yo. I had a ruptured appendix at 13 and then a small bowel obstruction at 27 with no real symptoms between those times.
I was told by the general surgeon that I have a good likelihood of having additional obstruction as it was caused by scar tissue and there was abdominal surgery [...]
Epiploic appendagitis
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008On Oct. 31 my husband and I were walking home from the grocery store and I was carrying a slightly heavy backpack. My lower left side began hurting and got steadily worse until I went to the er the next day. The dr. said he thought the cat scan showed eppilloic appendigitis an sent me [...]
Continue readingFamily History of Cancer - Colon Cancer
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007My father passed away on 9/30 of colon cancer, we were really close and I am depressed but getting out of it. I am on Lorazepam for the anxiety. Since his death I have had a little discomfort almost right on the bottom part of the left rib. If I stand or lay down absolutely [...]
Continue readingBlood in stool
Friday, January 5th, 2007I’m 28 years old and here recently I have been seeing blood in my stool. Should I be worried?
Doctor Joshua’s Answer
There can be basically three types of blood in stool:
1) Bright red blood. By far the the most common reason is hemorrhoids (piles). Anal fissures are also typical causes. There are also other, more [...]
Gastroscopy / Endoscopy, GERD, drug discontinuation
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Hi, i’ve had heartburn for about 10 years, but it went untreated for so long because of my age. i recently changed Dr’s and he put me on Protonix for about a year now, which allowes me to eat w/out the burning, but i have to stay on it. in the past month, [...]
Continue readingStomach Pain After Eating
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Every time I eat I have a bad stomach ache. It’s in a strange spot higher up than most stomach pain and it is very sharp. It is very different from gas pain so I already know it isn’t that. It happens EVERY time I eat and it has been going on [...]
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