Anyyone ever try soluable fiber diet?

I haven't tried this diet.... But it sounds like it is working for you. Please keep us posted.

Hopefully someone will come along shorty who can share their experience.

Thanks for the info pb4! Good to know.

I'm guessing you're reading Heather's book, which I've read.  The soluble fiber method makes perfect sense, and works.  I started to stabilize doing it, but like you, I fell off the wagon - hard.  It's been a month and I still haven't gotten back to feeling like I did.  I'm also taking probiotics and Acacia fiber as a supplement.  Good luck - it sounds like you're following it the way you're supposed to.  Just be consistent, cuz' it sound like you're triggers really work you over.

Your chiropractor is going to do a test on your guts? Isn't that like a podiatrist telling you what's wrong with your brain? If your g.i. hasn't heard of this test, then I would be somewhat suspicious. Not that she doesn't have your best interests at heart, but that's just a bit out of her league as a back doctor (unless she also specalizes in whole-body, holistic medicine, and then you're venturing into the unknown--not that I'm down on that, sometimes regular medicine doesn't work and we have to go out on a limb and try alternative medicines, but be cautious).

Also be aware that when you get into alternative medicine, it's usually not covered by insurance, and if you are relying on that, then make sure that it's covered before you take it. There is a breath test that a g.i. can do that will measure the level of bad bacteria in your gut and will tell if you have a bacterial (and yeast too, I think) overgrowth and that should be covered by most people's insurance.

Hey, you're preaching to the choir when it comes to having sucky g.i.'s. My old one isn't bad--he gave me the Welchol for my bile problem--but when I saw one up here for sudden and daily diarrhea, she was "Scope!" No blood tests or stool samples first; no, straight to the scope. I mean, I wasn't having nearly enough problems to even suspect I had an IBD and I didn't want the scope but solutions for the diarrhea. I had had a scope previously to no effect (I was having gall bladder problems, not IBS at the time) and didn't want another invasive and pointless test. It didn't help when I asked for the pills for the colonoscopy prep and they wouldn't let me have them because "they don't get you cleaned out good enough." I looked the nurse in the eye and said "I have diarrhea every day; how much more cleaning out do I need?" She didn't have an answer for that (much less an acceptable one). I ended up not only canceling the scope but driving down to see my old g.i. (or at least his nurse since he had a two-month-long waiting list). By that time I had already cured myself with a combinaiton of my Welchol and calcium pills (thanks to info from here). The nurse said if it works, it works, and also recommended probiotics from her own personal experience. So, there are some good g.i.'s out there. I think they're probably the ones with the months-long waiting lists. Ought to have been suspicious when I only had a week or two's waiting period with this one up here. I had to wait longer to get in to see my old g.i.'s n.p. than the dr. up here. The good ones have repeat customers and those customers recommend them to other people. It's like looking for a place to eat in a different city: where there are a lot of cars, there's a good restaurant. Where's there's a long waiting list, there is almost usually a good doctor (sometimes, though, a long waiting list denotes the only specialist in a region, but that shouldn't be true for a g.i.).

Well, I can't say that a chiropractor is a good place to start with gut problems, but if you've gotten no where with a bunch of g.i.s, then I'd say go for it. Better some help than no help at all, and at least she's sympathetic (that's a big help). And, you're right about the forums; this place has been such a big help. Even if you can't find a cure, you can at least know you're not alone. Talking about poop has such a stigma attached to it that even close family members don't usually care to hear the details, and in the meantime you're wanting someone else's opinon as to whether your new poop shape, color or smell is a sign of something worse or par for the course.

I'm glad you're feeling better.

Cash, that reminds me of another thread:

What would YOU do if you didn't poo?

Maybe you should post a reply.