u/Amazing-Wallaby3004

32F. Had rutured appendix on april 2023. It wasnt found until a week after the pain began when I rushed to the ER. Was given anribiotics after.

December 2023 when i felt symptoms of diarrhea, constipation. Went to different gastro for months and was told to just take fiber. Symptoms worsened for 6 months until poop was black and severe stomach pain after eating. Had colonoscopy and endoscopy on June 2024 and was diagnosed with erosive gastritis. Was given omeprazole for a month.

Still had food sensitivities and intolerances such as coffee, lactose and others which most of the time i avoided. Last January 2026 had stomach pain again and irregular bowels. Was given vocinti for 2 months and symptoms improved.

May 2026 i started having dull pain on lower left abdomen to ribs. Had positive fecal calprotectin and underwent colonoscopy again. Was found to have chronic inflammation in sigmoid area from biopsy. Now im taking budesonide for 45 days.

Is this all connected? Never had any GI problems or food intolerances before the ruptured appendix. It's frustrating how it doesnt end and new findings just show up.

I’m honestly not sure if this is the right subreddit to ask this since I wasn’t technically diagnosed with UC. I’m just trying to find people who had the same “vague” diagnosis as mine.

I recently turned 32 last month (female). Back in 2024, I underwent endoscopy and colonoscopy because I was having severe stomach pain and black stool. I was also having very slight pain on my lower left abdomen whenever I eat certain trigger foods. I was officially diagnosed with erosive gastritis from the endoscopy, and the colonoscopy came back clear with minimal hemorrhoids. I was prescribed omeprazole for a month and my condition got better.

However, certain food still trigger my stomach pain, extreme gas and the slight lower left abdominal pain, such as coffee, milktea, matcha, milk, etc. and I tried my best to steer clear of those.

On December 2025 I admit I didn’t take caution of the things I consumed because it was exam season (it was my last year in law school so the pressure to graduate was so high). I drank coffee for like a week straight during that exam week but only 1 cup a day. It was also Christmas season after that,and there were party after party where I also occasionally drank alcohol, mostly just beer and limited to 1-2 bottles.

January 2026 came, and all these took a toll on my body. I felt symptoms of gastritis again (stomach pain, diarrhea, irregular stool) so I went to a new gastro and told her my symptoms and my history of gastritis. I also had new weird symptoms such as lower back pain, and the weirdest one was pelvic pain, like I literally felt pain in my pelvic bone. I was then prescribed Vocinti (Vonoprazan) for 2 months so I took that from January to March 2026. My symptoms got better and thought that was it.

Now, on May 2026, I had milktea with my mom (which we only have once a month). My lower left side started to feel pain again immediately after drinking it. I shrugged it off because I thought it would just go away like the other times, but it didn’t 🙃 It would hurt even when I was just walking or laying on my left side, and even when putting pressure on my abdomen like when screaming(I went to a concert last June and screamed so loud for 3 hours my abdomen was basically throbbing in pain after). It would also radiate up to my left rib area, and at some times even at my right abdomen.

I went back to the gastro and she told me maybe it was IBS or muscle pain so she prescribed me paracetamol with muscle relaxant. But that didn’t help so I went back. She told me that she didn’t want to do another colonoscopy because I was still young and just had one 2 years ago. So she made me do fecal calprotectin which turned out positive. She then said we needed to do colonoscopy with biopsy, so we did 2 weeks ago.

She was telling me it most probably might be IBD, like Crohn’s or UC, or microscopic colitis. I was honestly just glad to have a specific diagnosis because at this point I’m having GI problems for almost 3 years already. But lo and behold, the result was as generic as can be, “colonic mucosa with chronic inflammation”. The inflammation and biopsy was consistent with the lower left abdominal pain as it was found and the sample was taken from the sigmoid area. My gastro said this was good news because it wasn’t IBD. I’m also happy that it’s not, but now I’m left with more questions.

I asked her what caused this, and her answer was that it can be a food allergy and that I try following low fodmap diet. She didn’t tell me to follow it strictly, but just like try to follow it generally and make a food diary to see what foods trigger me, which I am doing now. She also mentioned try steering clear of gluten. So now I feel so confused on what I am allowed to eat or not. I’m also currently taking Budesonide (which as far as i know is also prescribed to those with IBD). I will be taking it for 45 days, which can also be a challenge on how I’ll be able to track symptoms from the food I eat because the effect of the meds might mask and hide them.

So yeah, is there anyone who went or is going through the same thing as me? Like having a vague diagnosis, doesn’t know exactly what caused it, and also doesn’t know for sure how to maintain it especially after the meds.

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