Pressure?

Sometime my body plays tricks with me. I have to visit the bathroom several times before I can actually go. What do you all do to stop the pressure?

When you say pressure, do you mean you have an urgency to go, but can't? If that is the case, I haven't really heard or found anything that does help. As Outpatient stated, you can try gas-x (I just get the generic gas relief from Wal-mart. They are all basically simethicone which is pretty much harmless) and take a couple of those. I have to take them when I am having gas pains and/or bloating. I have D so I take immodium which reduces my frequency of bathroom trips, but I can't remember if you said you had D or C. Sorry, my memory isn't what it used to be!

Good luck!!

Vienna, I used to have this problem all the time, along with going many times a day,(sometimes 20+), and feeling like I couldn't get everything out when I did go. Miserable! After some research I decided to get a food intolerance test called an ELISA, which is meant to identify foods to which the body has a delayed allergic reaction, (Igg). After eliminating the problem foods a lot of those IBS like symptoms disappeared-but then I was dx with crohns. My symptoms improved so much after eliminating the Igg foods that I would have been satisfied and not gone on to see a GI, but the GP found a mass in my lower right and suggested a CT scan.

It could be possible that you are experiencing IBS along with the crohns. I have also had success with the Low Fodmap Diet which I found out about here on HW, (thanks to the person who posted about that!). Sadly, crohns keeps giving us new challenges--I hope you will be able to figure this one out and will be feeling better soon!

eating is such an individual thing as you will know by reading posts in this forum. Were you offered any dietary advice after your resection? I found it really invaluable after mine but I guess this approach varies according to where you are located and who your Gi is.

I adopted the FODMAP mentioned by Betty after my resection and now eat many things I had not been able to for years plus am symptom free so guess it counts as 'in remission'.

Now able to eat lettuce occasionally, but green beans are a no no still and I can't see that changing. Just enjoyed my first tomato in years with no ill effects and have also been able to add mandarins, blueberries and bananas back to my diet.

I think diet is REALLY important in managing symptoms but that is just me ;)

Good Luck with working it all out!
Lesley

Kiwi has posted links to FODMAP info in the thread "candida diet" today, (11/19).
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