Can anyone help we with my undiagnosed condition(s)?

George85

I'll get straight to it. In November 2017 one day I noticed my muscles were fatiguing at a faster rate than usual most noticeably during physical exercise. It was seemingly spontaneous, numerous doctors and hospital appointments proved futile and this ultimately spelled the end of any hopes I had of pursuing a career in football. As I was never diagnosed with anything I just learned to live with it and manage it accordingly. However, 10 weeks ago, again spontaneously my stomach became bloated and in all these weeks hasn't debloated. Similarly, there hasn't been a diagnosis and I fear history may repeat itself. I don't believe the two are linked and of course I understand these issues are on the whole quite trivial but they have proven a great cause of frustration for myself. I was hoping maybe someone had experienced something similar to the two conditions I spoke about above. Any advice would be really appreciated.

vikingqueen

     You need to go back to your GP, none of us are medically trained so we are unable to advise you.

George85

vikingqueen said:

     You need to go back to your GP, none of us are medically trained so we are unable to advise you.

I’m not seeking medical advice I was merely enquiring as to whether anyone had experienced something similar. And if so could they offer any advice on how they dealt with it. Besides going to my GP has been a complete waste of everyone’s time.

SueHeath

Morning @George85 welcome to our great group.
I'm sorry to hear about your health conditions it must be very frustrating.
Hopefully you will be greeted by other members of the Scope Forum when they wake up ha ha.

When your ready have a look around the site, you can join in with any of the chats/threads etc.
Any problems just ask, some one is bound to be online to help you out.

I look forward to seeing you around.

Alex_Alumni

Hello and morning @George85 and welcome to the community Thanks for sharing what's been happening, I'm afraid I don't have experience of either, so I can't relate directly, but I can understand your frustrations.

When you say there hasn't been a diagnosis for your bloated stomach, assuming you spoke to your GP, did they organise treatment for you or advise how to relieve symptoms at all?

One thing that could help with finding others who've had similar experiences, is using the search function if you haven't already. It's the magnifying glass button You'd need to type in a keyword or phrase like "muscle fatigue" or "bloated stomach" to find any discussions which contain those words. Please excuse me if I'm telling you something you already know!

I'm sorry to hear that your hopes of playing football were impacted, have you considered any types of disability sport?

Let me know if I've missed anything, and hopefully other members can also share their thoughts on this with you.

Alex

George85

SueHeath said:

Morning @George85 welcome to our great group.
I'm sorry to hear about your health conditions it must be very frustrating.
Hopefully you will be greeted by other members of the Scope Forum when they wake up ha ha.

When your ready have a look around the site, you can join in with any of the chats/threads etc.
Any problems just ask, some one is bound to be online to help you out.

I look forward to seeing you around.

Will do thank you.

George85

Alex_Scope said:

Hello and morning @George85 and welcome to the community Thanks for sharing what's been happening, I'm afraid I don't have experience of either, so I can't relate directly, but I can understand your frustrations.

When you say there hasn't been a diagnosis for your bloated stomach, assuming you spoke to your GP, did they organise treatment for you or advise how to relieve symptoms at all?

One thing that could help with finding others who've had similar experiences, is using the search function if you haven't already. It's the magnifying glass button You'd need to type in a keyword or phrase like "muscle fatigue" or "bloated stomach" to find any discussions which contain those words. Please excuse me if I'm telling you something you already know!

I'm sorry to hear that your hopes of playing football were impacted, have you considered any types of disability sport?

Let me know if I've missed anything, and hopefully other members can also share their thoughts on this with you.

Alex

Thanks Alex for the message, regarding my Gps input they gave me some tablets to take 3 times a day but other than that they seem just as puzzled as I am about my sudden bloating. Also, yes i'll do as you suggested and use the search function that seems like a good idea. Fortunately, I am still able to play some football just with lower intensity and level.

Alex_Alumni

That's okay, I'm glad you're still enjoying football @George85, and I suppose some medical things are a bit of a mystery even to the professionals! 

Do you feel as though the tablets are helping to relieve the bloating? Hopefully given time your GPs will be able to get to the bottom of it, but please do contact them if you have any further concerns, even if they are small.

Keep us in the loop with how everything goes

elizabeth01

George85 said:

I'll get straight to it. In November 2017 one day I noticed my muscles were fatiguing at a faster rate than usual most noticeably during physical exercise. It was seemingly spontaneous, numerous doctors and hospital appointments proved futile and this ultimately spelled the end of any hopes I had of pursuing a career in football. As I was never diagnosed with anything I just learned to live with it and manage it accordingly. However, 10 weeks ago, again spontaneously my stomach became bloated and in all these weeks hasn't debloated. Similarly, there hasn't been a diagnosis and I fear history may repeat itself. I don't believe the two are linked and of course I understand these issues are on the whole quite trivial but they have proven a great cause of frustration for myself. I was hoping maybe someone had experienced something similar to the two conditions I spoke about above. Any advice would be really appreciated.

Sorry to hear you are going through this, of course, I can't provide medical advice but I wonder if you have been seen by a gastro? If not may be something worth looking into as some conditions of the digestive system can impact muscles too. 

1488girl

SueHeath

Morning @1488girl are you okay - right in the comment box then post the comment 

L_Volunteer

Thanks @SueHeath for supporting within our community as always. It is people like you who make the community the supportive and friendly space it is.

@1488girl if we can do anything to help, please don't hesitate to let us know! We are all here for you