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Howdy all! Long time lurker, first time posting!

This is my 3rd go round, and finishing my 5th day.

First time, I did 10days , second time I messed up and gave up on day 8(oops!), and THIS time...I'd LIKE to shoot for 20, if not more.

I'm a fellar, in my early 30's and in relatively good health. I only have one kidney(donated the other about 6 years go).

I'd  been mulling doing another cleanse for the last half year, and had something come up that made me pull the trigger RIGHT AWAY.

3 weeks ago I had a pain in my lower right abdomen...I thought SURELY it was appendix related.....xrays said I was constipated(though I was easily going 2-3x's a day). So I figured, what the heck...lemonade diet can probably knock it out.

A couple days into it, that lower right abdomen burning, cramping feeling went away, but then I felt the same kind of cramping coming from my kidney area(back just behind my lower ribs)......I thought OH CRAP, maybe the lone kidney isn't liking this go-round.

 All through this, I haven't had any SERIOUS/ACUTE pain, just achy, rumbling, crampy feelings. And again, since starting the fast, it's kinda moved around a bit.

All of this cramping/funkyness has remained SOLEY on my right side, but can be in my kidney area, and sometimes around the front side, just under front of lower ribs.

I'm all over the place with this ....blood and urinalysis came up with no alarms, white blood cell count just fine.  Dr wants to throw me in a CT scan...but I can't afford it(wonder boy picked the worst insurance plan possible this year

Could all this REALLY be just poo still stuck inside making it's way through? Could I be blocked and only a portion of the stuff is making it's way around a blockage, while the blockage itself is slowly moving through?

 I've been doing the ULTIMATE fast(PB shakes and SWF(God help me)) every day. Shake in morning and at night(along with lax tea) and SWF first thing in the morning, followed by another shake.   The SWF's are WITHOUT QUESTION making their way through, much to my wife's dismay(butt pee sounds aint pretty 6am in the morning

Question #1- think it's REALLY just cluttered up and could be the reason for my cramping on right side? I feel empty.

Question #2- Anybody ELSE get sore spots on their tongue from the lemonade? Thought it might just be the citrus burning? I had this on my 2nd go(part of reason I quit early), but didn't remember having the first time around.  I have a red sore(that seems to be expanding) right on the tip of my tongue.


SORRY FOR THE BOOK! I realize I've been rambling, and apologize for that as well. If anyone has any pointed questions, I'll do my best to bring it together

Appreciate you all and your time! This board is fantastic.

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woooohoooo! My contrast is labeled "banana smoothie"  A well welcomed reprieve, ay?  #necessaryevil

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Tomorrow morning. Anxious to find out what's going on.

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Hey, thanks for checking in on me!

I drank the barium this morning, and when I got there they made me drink a NASTY clear liquid. They WERE going to give me another contract material via IV, but decided against it as to not strain my sole kidney(I donated 8 years back)

It went QUICK. Only 3 passes through the machine. From lying down to getting back up, MAYBE 4 mins.  Results Tuesday.

Hey, I HAVE noticed something, the last 2 days I've cut out the PB shakes, and a majority of my front abdomen cramping has subsided. I'm still doing the poo-tea in the evenings and the flush in the morning.  Think the PB shakes are causing some funk in my intestines?

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Ok, I'm off the diet. For what it's worth...I think my "issue" is more than the PB shakes...since I've begun eating solid foods(and I did ease into it), I feel the same issues going on. Maybe something IS up with my intestines.

That being said, definitely not having any blockages, because I'm regular(already). Very good movements.

Diverticulosis is (usually) on the LEFT side of the adomen, correct?  Regarding Crohns, it sounds like I'd be having diarreah, which I'm not. Neither run in my family, whatsoever.   I'm assuming a CT scan would be a GOOD indication of either, or other, right?

VERY anxious for test results.  Just dreading the "we can't find anything" answer. It's the story of my LIFE with going to medical professionals.

God, I only WISH I was just a hypocondriac!

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Not yet...but if they see anything(and I'm sure, especially if they DON'T see anything), I'm sure it'll be next on the agenda. I've never had one, but am up for anything to get to the bottom of this............pun intended.

edit: Last week, the girl told me results today. I called up and they said it'd be a couple more days. Good grief.

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SO..guess what I heard from the Dr? Drum roll......


"There's nothing acute showing on the CT scan. Keep doing what you're doing".

I have no faith in GP's.  I'm trying to get a face to face, then taking all my test results and going to a specialist.

There's no way 1 month of cramping in my side is "nothing to worry about".

Frustrating.

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Yes, I know full well they're no healers, just script writers(mostly).  HOWEVER, the dr I finally sat with WAS knowledgeable and walked through every bit of all my test results.  Next step is colonoscopy. Between now and then, I'm going to try some type of nerve medicine to see if it's muscoloskeletal. I'm up for anything. I won't stop until I get it figured it out.

Found a naturopath, and may make an appointment soon.

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WELP, another $600 out of pocket wasted.   Colonoscopy went fine...dr said he didn't see a thing...went into the small intenstines a bit, even looked at the opening to the appendix. Rules out Crohn's, diverticulitis, polyps, Appendicitis, etc.

But still leaves me with a lighter wallet and an ever greater anxious curiosity.

Is it POSSIBLE to inspect the small intestines like they check the colon? Upper GI would only go to the stomach or right out the other side of it, right?

Because the majority of the cramping/burning is on the front/right side, it's just GOT to be GI related, you'd think?

Don't know what to do next......


****and let me tell ya, I thought the sodium laxative would be smooth sailing after 10 days of the salt water flush. HOLY COW, was I wrong.  Good gracious.

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Does this mean that the doctors' general concensus is that you do not have a serious or life threatening condition?

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The Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet is pretty good at ridding the body of intestinal parasites and I have never heard of parasites causing a burning sensation, although it's worth a mention to the doc.

Sometimes excess bile (from the gall-bladder) can cause a burning sensation (it is irritating to the colon). Have you noticed any "greenish-tint" to your bowel movements?

 ...vegeman

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update!

Having an endoscopy tomorrow and a small instestine follow through(I think that's what it is called?)  shortly after.  New blood test still don't show any changes.

And absolutely no changes to the pain/burning. The craziest thing.....

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nothing showed up on the small bowel study or the endoscopy.

I just got my food allergy study results back, and low and behold.....it's saying I need to stay away from chicken? This is the protein staple(almost every day) in our household. Who would have thought!

Cutting it out and we'll see what happens!