Input please, support

"Sunshyne" wrote in message
...
I have had some medical problems come up. And its causing me to question
the
Atkins diet now. I will try to make it short and to the point. I hope to
get
some input from those in the medical field.

I have been experiencing joint inflammation. Mainly the elbows. Gout has
been
mentioned. Also, eating meats, mainly red meats and seafood,and a few
others..
can cause Gout symptoms to appear? Or make it worse. By build up of uric
acid
on the joints?

This may not be really a Atkins related diet thing. But maybe it is. I was
in
the ER/Hospital yeserday. (It is emabarrassing to talk about, no nasty
comments
please) I experienced bleeding during bowel movements. My reg family
doctor
told me to go to the ER immediately. I was also feeling faint, dizzy. All
last
week I have not been well. Tired, fatigued, weakness, pain with Fibro
worse,
the joint pain. Just not my normal self. Which my mornal self is not well
anyways. I sense something is wrong for sure.

I was diagnosed, after some not so great testing. Rectal scoping. I have a
internal hemmoroid (sp). Most likely caused by constipation, and or
dehydration.

I have normal bowel movements, no constipation. With not feeling well
anyway, I
have not been drinking enough though, I admit that. I did not have pain
or
anything with the bleeding bowel movements. I was told, internal hemmroids
(sp)
are not painful during bowel movents.

I was sent home with a stool softener. A referral out to have more
testing,
specifically the colon. More scoping. I also have pain, not extreme
though.. In
the stomach area. High up. The ER docs were concerned with this. Blood
tests
were done. Because of the tiredness, weakness feeling. The blood work came
back
fine.

I have a list of symptoms, if they occur. To go back to the ER
immediately.
Symptoms for more interanal bleeding, or bowel obstruction. For now, just
resting. I am so tired. I don't feel well. Support would be good too right
now.

I have no appetite. I have lost alot of weight too the last couple weeks.
The
weight loss I feel, not from dieting.

I also started a new med. Just took it one day. Vioxx. Maybe it ulcered my
stomach.


Sunshine,

Vioxx has recently been mentioned on TV for causing problems. They are
switching people back to Celebrex, they say.

Hope you get your health under good control!

--
Regards,
Evelyn

(to reply to me personally, remove 'sox")

Vioxx has a nasty history of causing GI bleeds.........I'm a geriatric nurse
and I have seen this from time to time. You definitely have something more
than your fibromyalgia going on ( I have this too:-( No answers here but
please do go back to your primary physician and have him/her run more
extensive labs and diagnostic tests like possibly an abdominal ultrasound to
see what there is to see.........hope it resolves for you. Increasing your
water intake will really decrease your risk of constipation and dehydration
is possible when you don't get enough fluids, fiber and exercise like
walking. I know walking alot triggers my fibro pain but I do water aerobics
three times a week which really help overall with pain.

A lurker.....

"Sunshyne" wrote in message
...
I have had some medical problems come up. And its causing me to question
the
Atkins diet now. I will try to make it short and to the point. I hope to
get
some input from those in the medical field.

I have been experiencing joint inflammation. Mainly the elbows. Gout has
been
mentioned. Also, eating meats, mainly red meats and seafood,and a few
others..
can cause Gout symptoms to appear? Or make it worse. By build up of uric
acid
on the joints?

This may not be really a Atkins related diet thing. But maybe it is. I was
in
the ER/Hospital yeserday. (It is emabarrassing to talk about, no nasty
comments
please) I experienced bleeding during bowel movements. My reg family
doctor
told me to go to the ER immediately. I was also feeling faint, dizzy. All
last
week I have not been well. Tired, fatigued, weakness, pain with Fibro
worse,
the joint pain. Just not my normal self. Which my mornal self is not well
anyways. I sense something is wrong for sure.

I was diagnosed, after some not so great testing. Rectal scoping. I have a
internal hemmoroid (sp). Most likely caused by constipation, and or
dehydration.

I have normal bowel movements, no constipation. With not feeling well
anyway, I
have not been drinking enough though, I admit that. I did not have pain
or
anything with the bleeding bowel movements. I was told, internal hemmroids
(sp)
are not painful during bowel movents.

I was sent home with a stool softener. A referral out to have more
testing,
specifically the colon. More scoping. I also have pain, not extreme
though.. In
the stomach area. High up. The ER docs were concerned with this. Blood
tests
were done. Because of the tiredness, weakness feeling. The blood work came
back
fine.

I have a list of symptoms, if they occur. To go back to the ER
immediately.
Symptoms for more interanal bleeding, or bowel obstruction. For now, just
resting. I am so tired. I don't feel well. Support would be good too right
now.

I have no appetite. I have lost alot of weight too the last couple weeks.
The
weight loss I feel, not from dieting.

I also started a new med. Just took it one day. Vioxx. Maybe it ulcered my
stomach.

I am just letting all the supporters of low carb dieting, and chronic pain and
illness issues.. Know that I have read everything.

I will be back at a later time, when feeling just a little bit better.

Sunshyne, I recently read something about vioxx and celebrex and stomach
problems. Maybe it causes other problems. Do a goggle search with those
medications and the FDA probe. Maybe its contributing to your medical
problems.

I hope you feel better.
Eva

"Sunshyne" wrote in message
...
I have had some medical problems come up. And its causing me to question
the
Atkins diet now. I will try to make it short and to the point. I hope to
get
some input from those in the medical field.

I have been experiencing joint inflammation. Mainly the elbows. Gout has
been
mentioned. Also, eating meats, mainly red meats and seafood,and a few
others..
can cause Gout symptoms to appear? Or make it worse. By build up of uric
acid
on the joints?

This may not be really a Atkins related diet thing. But maybe it is. I was
in
the ER/Hospital yeserday. (It is emabarrassing to talk about, no nasty
comments
please) I experienced bleeding during bowel movements. My reg family
doctor
told me to go to the ER immediately. I was also feeling faint, dizzy. All
last
week I have not been well. Tired, fatigued, weakness, pain with Fibro
worse,
the joint pain. Just not my normal self. Which my mornal self is not well
anyways. I sense something is wrong for sure.

I was diagnosed, after some not so great testing. Rectal scoping. I have a
internal hemmoroid (sp). Most likely caused by constipation, and or
dehydration.

I have normal bowel movements, no constipation. With not feeling well
anyway, I
have not been drinking enough though, I admit that. I did not have pain
or
anything with the bleeding bowel movements. I was told, internal hemmroids
(sp)
are not painful during bowel movents.

I was sent home with a stool softener. A referral out to have more
testing,
specifically the colon. More scoping. I also have pain, not extreme
though.. In
the stomach area. High up. The ER docs were concerned with this. Blood
tests
were done. Because of the tiredness, weakness feeling. The blood work came
back
fine.

I have a list of symptoms, if they occur. To go back to the ER
immediately.
Symptoms for more interanal bleeding, or bowel obstruction. For now, just
resting. I am so tired. I don't feel well. Support would be good too right
now.

I have no appetite. I have lost alot of weight too the last couple weeks.
The
weight loss I feel, not from dieting.

I also started a new med. Just took it one day. Vioxx. Maybe it ulcered my
stomach.

Sunshyne, relax.

Things happen to us all as we age. Has little or nothing to do with our
diets, it's just part of life.

Accepting and understanding the changes is important. You'll be fine.

I also started a new med. Just took it one day. Vioxx. Maybe it ulcered my
stomach.

Bingo!!! Vioxx is hell on the stomach - I recently had a bad stomach bout on a
similar drug, Mobic. Stop the Vioxx and see how you feel in the next few days.

Sunshyne wrote:
| I have had some medical problems come up. And its causing me to
| question the Atkins diet now. I will try to make it short and to the
| point. I hope to get some input from those in the medical field.

How do you know that the problems would not have been much worse if you had
not been on the Atkins program? My guess is that your low-carb eating kept
you much healthier than you would have been otherwise and minimized your
sumptoms.

This would make more sense than your negative take, since for most of us the
type of symptoms that you describe have all improved over time on Atkins.
--
Peter
270/215/180
Before/Current Pix:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/wei...htlosspix.html