Out of control IBS

JT80, much love and happiness to you and your family.....take the very best care of yourself you can....Prayers are with you....Leslie

I feel your pain and frustration.  What you described is exactly how I feel, a LOT.  Please don't give up hope.  There are others out here with the same issues, and we understand. 

Ceeka
    From your lips to God's ears...I have not found really anthing that my intestines can handle.  Just got a call from my doc today about my anal/rectal mamography test.  I guess you have a inner spincter and a outer one.  Well my inner one is not working too good and the outer one he said is so tight and clamped down that is the reason I cannot go to the bathroom.  So he is setting me up with another specialist to do some Bio Feed Back in that area to try to train it to relax.  Then he said once that happens and I guess it takes a lot of visits, but he said my intestines will probably calm down once that happens...  I hope so but I dont think that is going to fix all of what is going on.  So now still have to wait, have been so sick for ten days now, Christmas was terrible, spent a few hrs with my son and his family and the rest of the day alone and in agony..

So I hate all the waiting to get some help plus the hospital I have to go to is 3 hrs away.  Well that is great news for you, nice to hear someone is better.  Have a safe and Happy New Year..Leslie

Curious question - what do you brush your teeth with? Years ago my mom used to say we should make our own paste, from simple baking soda and a few teaspoons of water. I have tried this with our dog (LOL) but never for my own needs.

It is interesting if we break down what is in the products we ingest into our bodies. Very interesting.

I have posted this several times but it bears mentioning again, my family and I both watch Survivor. Two instances come to mind to support what we eat in the Western diet wreaks havoc on our guts. One male contestant had a visit from his mom. She asked how he was feeling. He said - Mom, I haven't had a bm in two weeks! (paraphrasing). She asked - what have you been eating? He said - only rice and papaya. My family looked at me and said - well there's your answer Mom, go on Survivor!!!! LOL The other example I have Survivor related is Elisabeth Hasselbeck's experience with the game. When she participated in S.'s second season, she suddenly felt very healthy and all she was eating was rice. She joked she was allergic to the American diet. Prior to the game she was in misery all the time. Coming back from the game she decided to eliminate gluten from her diet and sure enough she was allergic to gluten (later she had it confirmed by a doctor and then wrote her excellent book).

So these are two extreme examples but two excellent ones I believe. We are what we eat! Or in the case with gum, toothpaste, etc. what we absorb into our bodies other ways.

Marsky said...
Curious question - what do you brush your teeth with?

Ofcourse, I use a tooth paste. I donot want to mention the name of the product in the previous post as it would mislabel my honest thought. some tribes use charcoal, some asian ethnic used Neem stick....

I know the agony how it is  loosing everything coz of your bowel...it is like a beautiful parrot inside a cage.

The cost of the tooth paste is 2 dollars and i am paying 30 dollars for shipping. Pm me i will tell the name. Or you could easily google and find it.

trust me

FORBID, SORBITOL, CARAGEENAn, SLS... and other additives.

Y u become alergic to Gluten? Lactose? Fructose

Your normal structure of the intestine is altered or affected by these additives.

Donot ask me again,, Y other who use these products are not suffering...

Honestly, I donot know... But the search is for ourselves... for the people who suffer like us.

All diet america, european, mediteranean, asian  are good diets forumlated by ancestors.

It is not the diet..... It is the extensive increase of processed foods  in our diet..

I am not telling to buy anything... Just avoid few substance...You will not loose anything. Not for me , but for you all.

thanks

 

Post Edited (Bael) : 1/1/2010 2:33:00 PM (GMT-7)

FYI

Since I have suffered for thirty eight of IBS I wonder what role foods play in IBS. So I asked Dr Douglas Drossman at the UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility disorders and here was his response. This is not a substitute for seeking medical advise from your doctor on any specific conditions you may have, but for educational purposes only.



Dr. Drossman is a Co-director of the Center and Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at UNC-CH. He established a program of research in functional gastrointestinal disorders at UNC more than 15 years ago and has published more than 250 books, articles, and abstracts relating to epidemiology, psychosocial and quality of life assessment, design of treatment trials, and outcomes research in gastrointestinal disorders.


Dr Drossman's comments on foods for IBS Health.

Shawn,
To say that people with IBS may get symptoms from food intolerances is an acceptable possibility, since the gut will over react to stressors of all types including food (high fat or large volumes of food in particular). Furthermore, there can be specific intolerances. So if you have a lactose intolerance for example, it can exacerbate, or even mimic IBS. Other examples of food substances causing diarrhea would be high consumers of caffeine or alcohol which can stimulate intestinal secretion or with the latter, pull water into the bowel (osmotic diarrhea). The same would be true for overdoing certain poorly absorbed sugars that can cause an osmotic type of diarrhea Sorbitol, found in sugarless gum and sugar substituted foods can also produce such an osmotic diarrhea. Even more naturally, people who consume a large amount of fruits, juices or other processed foods enriched with fructose, can get diarrhea because it is not as easily absorbed by the bowel and goes to the colon where it pulls in water. So if you have IBS, all of these food items would make it worse.

However, it is important to separate factors that worsen IBS (e.g., foods as above, stress, hormonal changes, etc.) from the cause or pathophysiology of IBS. Just like stress doesn't cause IBS, (though it can make it worse), foods must be understood as aggravating rather than etiological in nature.

The cause of IBS is yet to be determined. However, modern research understands IBS as a disorder of increased reactivity of the bowel, visceral hypersensitivity and dysfunction of the brain-gut axis. There are subgroups being defined as well, including post-infectious IBS which can lead to IBS symptoms. Other work using brain imaging shows that the pain regulation center of the brain (cingulate cortex) can be impaired, as well as good evidence for there being abnormalities in motility which can at least in part explain the diarrhea and constipation. So finding a specific "cause" of IBS has grown out of general interest in place of understanding physiological subgroups that may become amenable to more specific treatments. Hope that helps.
Doug