Lucinna asked:

Since last Sunday i have been experiencing at times unbearable abdominal pain. A pain hard to describe but it is like cramps (sometimes like period pain) and the feeling of being VERY hungry. I had not been going to the toilet very often but i was passing some small stools. The pain has persisted and i have tried antiacid pills (my grandad has some prescribed), indigestion medicine and milk of magnesia. I tried these because i thought i might have had excess acid in my stomach as it is my school holidays and i have changed my eating habits and patterns. However none of these medicines have worked and although i have tried to avoid caffine, spicy and very sweet or artificially sweet foods for a week no progress has been made.
However i have been keeping my fluids up by drinking milk and water and just today i begun experiencing diahrrea frequently. My stomach is making alot of noises which could be a good sign as my mother thought i might just have a stomach bug.
I have been researching conditions such as stomach ulcers, Chron’s disease, colitus and even bowel cancer and have found that i have many of the symptoms of colitus. I have often (not recently) found blood on the toilet paper after passing stools and thought nothing of it until now. I am quite worried that the rest of my life will be a variation of nightmareous, unpredictable pain and anxiety at a spell coming on.

Please bear in mind that I have experienced this kind of pain twice before. 3 years ago it was thought i had gas, and last year when i was in agony for 2 weeks. Both these times i was on school holidays. Could this be due to not eating breakfast? I never used to but about 3 months ago i started eating in the mornings?

Miss Pinkeyes asked:

A year a go I went to the doctors for a different reason, but she asked me how long I had the goitre on my neck. I had put on a bit of weight during this time, but I thought it was just not exercising or living my usual lifestyle during a very stressful university course. She sent me for some blood tests for the thyroid, and they came back slap bang in the middle of where they should be, and so the doctor dismissed thyroid problems.
However, my thyroid does swell and go down during the day. I have tried eating iodine rich food, recommended for thyroid disorders, and alternating my eating patterns to see what could affect it, but there does not seem to be anything directly linked. The only thing I do notice, when I go on holiday it tends to remain less swollen, so possibly stress could trigger it. Should I be worried about my thyroid? Is it at all normal to have something so undulating?
Many thank yous in advance.