SkwurlyGurl

Thank you so much again - ALL of you. Just your support and encouragement gives me hope and makes me feel a lot less crazy! I've been reading through the forums a lot and I have come to find that I am not the only one who has had a hard time getting a doctor to listen. So, tomorrow - it's off to the library for me. I've got a lot of studying to do!

Thank you all for your input. I guess I don't really need an official diagnosis if being off gluten makes me feel better. What throws me off is the constipation thing. As a child, I had diarrhea constantly. Guess I'll do some research and start living gluten-free.

I love my mother, but she isn't a doctor. I just want a definitive answer. It does make me wonder when doctors won't even address it. On top of this, my grandfather had colon cancer, so I wonder if that has something to do with it. I just don't know.

I will try to make this as short as possible. I need help and I can't seem to find a doctor who will listen to me. If I am lucky, I have a bowel movement once a week. It's usually once every 10-14 days. And, when I do, it hits immediately. I have severe diarrhea when I go - I get sweaty and chilled at the same time and about 1/3 of the time I pass out...