Diagnosis of my Gut pains, but not an “easy cure”

I had a video appointment with a new GI doctor in our area on Mar. 28, 2023, as my hubby and I were polling at straws trying to figure out my gut issues after so long, so we hoped having someone with fresh eyes would help us to possibly get more answers as to what to do or what’s going on.

The GI doctor listened to my husband and I talk about all the different symptoms, treatments, pains, and struggles that I’ve gone through all these years.

I was honest about still having my anorexia in the background, as well as struggling a lot mentally and those things likely being a part of that, but we felt that there are other factors going that are likely causing my gut pains.

So as he looked through all the medical investigations I’ve had done, and adding to what I mentioned about the symptoms I have had and he said that I have Functional Dyspepsia, which is that your GI tract isn't working properly, as well as he said I had IBS with it.

Functional Dyspepsia and IBS is chosen as a diagnosis and syndrome when there are no clear answers as to why the gut pain issues started in the first place, or it continued to go on.

This makes sense as a diagnosis, as I've had chronic gut pain for 3 1/2+ yr. and there doesn't seem to be anything that really works to get it better.

It’s more about living with it and avoiding things that might or seem to hurt my gut more and to working through the constant gut pains I have.

So this new GI doctor said he felt that there isn’t going to be any magical "pill/treatment" that will fix this.

But he said this is very much a real thing going on with my gut, which he knows is a difficult daily painful thing, as he's seen this for many of his other patients have.

So he said to keep working on the things that are helping me in the meantime, as there's not much else he can do for me currently.

It's great to have a diagnosis and answers about knowing that it's not all in my head, my gut pains, but it's still hard to know there isn't an "easy cure" for this.

So it seems my hubby and I have done as much as we can to investigate medically as to what's wrong, as well as try medical treatments to try to get my gut stuff better.

So it looks like getting me better mentally and spiritually is what is going to help me get me better and healed from my gut stuff in the long run.

As it seems if I'm more mentally and spiritually better, then it will likely help me to fight for myself and my health more.

Which I believe in turn will likely bring the healing of my Gut pains, Anorexia, Anxiety, Depression and more that have been holding me back for so long.

I’ve always struggled so much for fighting for myself and my health.  I’ve haven’t liked myself for so long and I have been self-destructive connected to that, and unfortunately had become very much my way of life.  So going up against that is for sure not an easy thing.

Of course I’d rather have it where I snap my fingers and I’m completely better with Elohim (God’s) healing, but it wouldn’t be true healing, if I didn’t get to the place where I fully wanted it.

I’m learning more that it’s about the journey and what you learn from it that’s more important than the cure.

So here it is, I have an explainable diagnosis of my gut pains, but know that the medical system isn’t going to “save me”.

So I see that continuing to work on my mental mindset with counselling, and other helpful things with that is where I need to go from here.

Of course this is likely just as much a spiritual battle, as much as I know my Elohim is here, I still struggle to connect with Him at the heart level as I’d like to.

So for those that continue to struggle so much, and get an answer, but not one you like, don’t give up, as Elohim is still there seeing what is going on.  He is just waiting for you to let Him walk with this journey with Him, instead of pushing Him away.  Often there is a purpose for everything, even the hard things, and I pray my eyes, as well as others that are going through these struggles be open to see what that purpose is for those hard times. 

Patricia <3   :)

 

Romans 8:28   And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

 

Here’s a good straight forward song about a reminder that “Be Still and Know That I am God” and that He is the Lord and that He Saves and Heals and can put Our Trust in.

 

“Be Still and Know That I am God” performed by Ruth & Joy Everingham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyDr9-Mpc_s&list=PL3whQX319DaB37iB8NZpJe206iSdpe3kc&index=49