Today I awoke feeling groggier and more sore than ever...I didn't take any darvocet last night for the breast pain and fever as I wanted to be "with it" when I took little one to school and then took myself to the GI doc. Well, I guess abstinence from narcotics didn't quite do the trick. I suspected that my ever-worsening constipation (sorry folks, but its my blog and I am gonna be up-front about my issues) was to blame for the dizziness.

It has gotten to the point that I was shitting MAYBE 2-3 times a MONTH!! And that was with "assistance" via some sort of saline laxative. Bad news!

I also suffered lower left-side abdominal pain. These symptoms have been around for 18 monts or so; last year I got a ct scan and colonoscopy but they revealed nothing abnormal. A few weeks ago, I got an ultrasound to rule out gyne issues (cysts, adhesions) that would cause the pain; nothing there, either.

So then I read about Zelnorm, a new drug for women with constipation and abdominal pain as their primary symptoms (i.e. - IBS with constipation). I thought it sounded like my problem so I saw a Gastroenterology Nurse practicioner (who works directly with my GI doc in the same office.) He suggested Zelnorm even before I brought it up. I got two sample packs and a prescription. I crossed my fingers that it wouldn't just stagnate in my gi tract like so many other medications have in the past.

Wowsa! Took one before lunch and I have been on the toilet all afternoon! I guess it works! I had alot in there to clean out so I am hoping that things will"normalize" to a nice, "regular" shit or two each day instead of this explosive nonesense...I am truly hopeful that this will finally end this very painful yet embarassing problem for me.