Posted 5/10/2014 2:11 PM (GMT 0)
Seymour, while I don't frequent the Chronic Pain forum often (I'm mostly on the prostate cancer forum), I do come here and read about some of the members. I've read your posts and am dismayed that you are so anxious over your pain.
Your doctor mentioned IBS as a diagnosis for your problems, but it sounds like you disagree with this diagnosis because your pain is constant and you don't feel that IBS could cause this type of pain. Remember that what you read on the Internet is very generalized and non-specific. No website can go into every detail of a particular condition or disease, which means that individual situations can and do vary - often very much so.
If your doctor feels that the cause of your constant stomach pain is IBS, I would go with that and see what happens. Don't dismiss it because of what you read on the Internet. No matter how good a website is, it is not meant as a replacement for sound medical advice. These types of conditions can vary greatly from one person to another, so it's not a good idea to assume anything when it comes to your health, especially when it's based on information found on the Internet.