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Thank you Peni, Wanda and Pebbs, for your responses.
I will talk more with my doctor when I see her next as I said above.
I've talked with my husband too and he agrees that the antibiotic medication might well give me more grief than relief, as he has seen and known my sensitivity to strong medication. He has a very good knowledge and understanding of medications, from years long before he became a nurse and clinical teacher. (He was a science teacher, always interested in medicine.)
Because I've had such a good response to the tablets he bought for me, we both think it best to wait and see the long-term outcome - and probably not go back to the clinic at all. The good thing is that they found no cancer or evidence of damage in my digestive system or bowel, so it may just be an idiosyncracy of my system which needed a simple remedy to tip it back to normal function.
I know that stress is a factor, and have found that some of these and other medical/drastic procedures take me a while to recover from.
(And yes, I do get stressed at times, with circumstances and finances, as well as health/aging processes.)
The doctor who performed the procedures Wanda, was very open and friendly, and told me on the day that there were no problems, and then the clinic doctor said nothing had shown up on the biopsies, so that's why they don't really know what the problem is.
I was not impressed with him because he obviously hadn't read his previous notes, and even asked me if I'd had stool samples analysed -- and he was the one who ordered them, should have the reports concerning them in the file, and should have notified my doctor of the results, which is why I want to check again with her. I think from what they didn't find, even with the pathology tests nine months ago, that they could have suggested these same tablets and given me relief long ago instead of making me wait for a procedure for a whole year!
I also don't want to have food sensitivity tests for the same reason -- since the diabetes diagnosis and the quick weight loss and blood sugar control with no help from the dietitian I was referred to, I have basically eaten the same food ever since, have actually lost a few more kilos, and my doctor has been happy, so I can't see where or why I would suddenly have developed sensitivities to things I've cooked and eaten for years.
Thanks Pebbs for offering your remedy. I'm ok for now, and will see how it goes.
Love to all,
rusha.
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