I lied to my doctor

[MsNobleEleanor]

I've been sick for over a week now. I don't think it's ever going to get better. I saw my doctor last week and just yesterday evening because I'm not getting better. It started with a stomachache that hurt, next day it began.

I lied to my doctor yesterday evening. I've been having diarrhea and it's waking me up and going during the day. Thankfully last night I wasn't woken up with it or the night before, but the night before my stomach was sore.

She asked me if I gained any weight or lost any in the last 3 months. I lied to her. I gain all this weight and then I lost it all really fast. I didn't do anything to lose it either. I'm ashamed with how much I gain and then lost that amount. I'm still at the same weight as before.

If I have it next week then it's going to be concerning because then I'll be tested for Crohns and this and that. This has never happened to me with IBS. I'm freaking out. It's not normal.
I should have not lied but I did with reason, I just don't want to believe there might be a possibility something else is going on.
I might call them to tell the receptionist to send a note to her about it. Might help with well, my situation.

It was a lot of weight I gain in a short time them lost it all in a short time... I wanted to lose that weight not gain it and go back to the weight ive been at.

I don't know what to really do. I want it to run its course but it's not. Maybe it's a longer viral thing. I guess more than 2 weeks it's not a viral thing it's something else which I'm just worried.

[Celyn]

Hey there,

I'm really sorry to hear what you are going through. Diarrhoea isn't nice, even at the best of times. I understand why you thought lying was best, but as you found out, it doesn't help the situation either. I know it's scary to think that there might be an underlying cause to your stomach issues, but for your health, it's always good to get to that cause so that you can begin to treat or manage it better.

I don't know if it would be a viral thing, or if it's something that you might be eating/allergic to/getting stressed about as those things can irritate your stomach too. Try to keep your liquid intake up to replace the liquid that you are losing- that's important so that you don't end up dehydrated.

I think it's a good idea to contact the receptionist and who will hopefully pass on the information.

Take care

[Proud90sKid]

Its totally normal to lie about something to a doctor because you are afraid of it- hoping it would just run its course.

My brother had an inflammatory bowel disease similar to Crohn's disease. If its that , there is usually a lot of blood in the diarrhea. So it could be something else. But you are at the age at which IBDs normally develop.

Hopefully it is nothing serious but if you are having tests, it shouldn't matter much that you didn't tell the doctor the whole truth - because they will find out what it is then regardless.

Hey there,

I think that you should message your doctor about this. I know that there have been times when I lied to my doctor but I ended up coming 'clean' about it eventually. I think that the best thing to do was get a note to your doctor because this might have something to do with what is going on.

[Lelola]

It's not the end of the world. Just call and leave a message saying you were thinking about the visit and realized you had gained (insert estimated amount) and then lost (insert estimated amount) quickly over a period of (x amount of months). Include whether you were trying to lose the weight or not. It won't be the end of the world and they won't hate you for it.


Heck, we don't usually give a crap when people lie to us about drug usage. (Oh, patient lied and said they didn't use marijuana. Whatever)