Stool Test

So I still have not been feeling great lately. I have no energy and if I sit somewhere for too long I pretty much fall asleep. I still am having pain in my side and have also been running the occasional fever. I am having a hard time eating as I get pain every time food hits my stomach. I am leaning more towards the idea that I don’t have the abdominal wall strain like we were all hoping for. I call Dr. Frech’s office to let them know what is going on and to see if there is anything we can do since my appointment still isn't for another month. Lucky me, Dr. Frech will be leaving out of town so I can’t get in to see him sooner than the first week of August. In the meantime, he orders a stool test to see if there is a bacterial infection going on.

This is one test I never wanted to have repeated. I have done it twice and this will be the third time. It is disgusting. They give you a cup and have you place your sample in it. Then you have to take it back to the lab. It’s an embarrassing, nasty test.

I get the test taken care of and wait to hear from the Dr.’s office. They call a few days later to inform me that the test came back positive for the small intestine bacterial overgrowth. I need to take an antibiotic that will wipe out all the bacteria in my intestinal tract. I then have to re-introduce the good bacteria back into my system by taking probiotics. The antibiotic lasts for 7 days. I will see Dr. Frech in 2 weeks, hopefully will be feeling a bit better.