Things I have to avoid are hot spicy foods, greasy food, can't overdo the acidic stuff, too much fat and gassy stuff like broccoli, beans, and red meat. I also have anxiety and I was told to find a...
Oh sweetie. I remember some of your past posts and agree that you have come a long way. And I completely agree that the anxiety is worse than the dang gut gremlins that we live with! At one point I...
He said that I have a visually very healthy looking colon. He was showing me pictures in recovering but I was still out of it. Loopy but awake. I did the Miralax in Gatorade prep and at first I was...
I'm not worried about the scope. I've done the prep before because the first doc did a flex scope. I'm more worried about what they find. Believe me I'm kicking myself for not getting a new doc...
Hello. I used to post over on the IBS forum. I was diagnosed in 2003 with IBS. I switched primary docs 2 years later and she wasn't convinced. Tried a new GI guy and he basically said yep it's IBS...
I start to panic when I'm down to my last 4 rolls of TP. And I always have to have at least one unopened pack of Glade scented oil candle refills. I'm not fond of the aerosol type air freshers....
No colonoscopy yet. Still need to find a GI guy that will take me. I've had bad luck so far. I live near a medical school and several hospitals so I guess I'm lucky in that I have more then a few to...
Yeah, I went. Turns out to be a fissure. Lots of fiber and water was recommended. One of those it looks worse then it is things. I've been taking stool softeners and it's helped a lot....
Well I survived the pregnancy. First trimester was something else with both my IBS and morning sickness kicking my rear. Second and third trimester I felt almost normal. No running to the bathroom,...
My belladonna did help with the urgency and cramping I would get. Usually within an hour of taking it( not as a preventive but after the guts have started their revolt) the pain would be dulled...
I'm the same way with drinking things. Mainly because they just taste so foul. Keep something on hand to wash it down with. Just remember to follow the rules with food dyes. I think it's no red or...
I know doesn't it feel good? For me it started with getting pregnant. I went to the doc the first time and was super nervous. And it showed. I'm glad I had the last appointment and no one else really...
It sounds more like IBS since the doc saw the results of your tests. Even my iron gutted husband had some issues when he took Lamasil. I know that antibiotics can mess with the good stuff and the...
My primary doc once recommended macaroons. Cocanut(?) ones. There was a study about different foods that helped people with IBS-D and it showed that they helped some people. Personally increasing my...
I think that's a great idea! I mean docs help so much with getting us on the proper meds and helping us out when our guts decide to change on a whim like they so often do. But they are usually too...
Marsky, I love casino bathrooms. I have one just across the border( it's a 20 minute round trip between here and Canada if the crossing is playing nice) and I thought I had died and gone to heaven! I...
Even before my tummy troubles I used to get frustrated with rest stop bathrooms. You pull into the parking lot and it has enough spots for 100 cars and entire row for just semi's to get in there and...
Missmylife, I'm glad that you boyfriend is understanding. My hubby is understanding as well but it does get frustrating for him. I was able to plan my wedding and even have a honeymoon. After awhile...
You are not alone. While they say IBS is not caused by stress, it doesn't help it either. When I'm stressed the ole' tum tum likes to act up. Stress has always seemed to be linked to my guts and when...
Hi Confused. I second 7Lil about seeing the doctor. What you described happens to me all the time. Try the heating pad and another thing that helps me is to eat smaller meals. Helps with the tummy...
I know that with any holiday food is a big part of it. Ham, turkey, cheesy potatoes, gravy and loads of other delicious goodies that may or may not land us in the bathroom. I remember one Christmas...
bp, for what it matters your not nuts. I had a problem where my IBS was acting up big time for weeks. Not that uncommon but I couldn't even eat. This was before I learned how to deal since my guts...
Marsky, all mine comes from my mom and she's coming over this weekend with a bag of magazines. Sure their old but since I don't get any other then hubby's video game magazine( that he gets free with...
OK I'm smack in the middle of a flare. Waiting for my pill to kick in. I'm having one of those ones where I am stuck on the loo because once it starts there is no way to end it till the guts decide...
Marsky, I'd have to make the hard boiled eggs into egg salad. It's a consistancy thing with the yolk. But yeah sometimes to get more protein I make myself an egg sandwich. I've actually gotten my...
Over the six years that I have been dealing with this I've done things to help control it. Like avoiding trigger foods, taking it easy when the gremlins and me were at war, not exercising too hard...
Just an idea not based of anything medical but maybe the curve of the spine causes the guts to curve too? Then taking a laxative might not be a good idea if you are prone to obstructions or kinks I...
It didn't act up till after I posted the first time. I tried so hard to coddle it through but no luck. I forget sometimes that my guts know what I'm thinking and like to prove me wrong. I feel the...
Marsky, it decided to act up literally 15 minutes before the inlaws got here. Now it wasn't too bad because it lasted maybe a half hour but of course when dinner rolled around my tummy was still too...
OK just a funny story. Yesterday my guts decided to go nuts. I mean every hour on the hour plus plenty of cramping to go with it. It was a fairly normal attack if a little more painful then usual....
Marsky, My mother in law once made a comment about me not eating something that she was eating. She has no gallbladder and just eats what she wants no matter the consequences. She was trying to...
Marsky, As soon as I can swing it I hope to become the main host of such gatherings. Then I can just claim that I nibbled while I cooked so I'm not that hungry. My family understands and doesn't say...
Your not the only one. I get dizzy as well. I have no clue what causes it and my doc doesn't either. She's seen it in action too. She had her theories but since she can't actually find anything wrong...
Marsky, I know someone who said that her chiropractor cured her IBS. She said that she was going 16 times a day and with weekly visits her problems were gone within six months. I don't think it...
I took one of my pills so I'm going to be just fine. It's more annoying then anything today. I've had MUCH worse days and survived. I have the option today of just lying in my spot with my heating...
I've have one of those days. You know the one where you think you're in the clear because you've already ran to the bathroom three times that morning and it seemed your guts were out of ammo. One of...
Sarita, the one day my mom went into her medicine cabinet and a full container( the big size too) of calcium chews had mysteriously appeared. She wasn't complaining but she does now ask that if I am...
Thanks guys. I'll wait till I'm out of pills( at the rate I'm going I have almost a year's worth left) then bug the doc about it. But yeah the date on the bottle is a year after I last got it filled....
Tomorrow I need to call my doc to get my prescription renewed for my Belladonna. But I'm not sure if I should really take them anymore or not. I just realized that I take them so little that I am...
For me it depends on the problem. If I am having problems with C it like a too full about to pop pressure kind of pain. With a side of sharp stabbing where it feels like my guts are trying to split...
Tracy, on days like those I just chill with the heating pad on the most sore part( and sometimes have a few hot water bottles at other various sore parts) and just relax. Maybe pop a single Tylenol....
Eihcet, I've never been out of the country other then to Toronto and I've had a raging case of Giardia. My brother and I both did. And the thing was I was diagnosed because my brother was. I never...
Good news. Tummy is being nicer and only knocking me for a loop after my first meal of the day. And no problems until then. It wasn't as bad today only got me for about an hour and a half till it...
Hubby made me some rice and it's sitting ok. If I have to eat that for the next couple days so be it. I've got plenty of herbs and spices to make it not so plain. I add just enough so that I can...
Bleeping guts. I have been reduced to a liquid diet for a couple days because my guts can't handle anything. I'm currently running on two muffins and half a chicken breast for the past three days. It...
7Lil, I ended up going back and looking up old posts and finding some tips. I love french vanilla coffee. But I have been looking at probiotics. Just not sure which ones to try. Going to try...
I tend to be both C and D so I guess it can only help then. I did notice that if I have whole grain bread then I do pay for it. But the stuff my local grocery store calls split top wheat isn't as...
Hubby decided he needed to go on a diet and one of the first things he did was switch from white bread to wheat. Not whole grain just plain old wheat. Since I am trying to be supportive I am trying...
OK I have been getting somewhat better for the past 4 months. And by better I mean more tolerable. No so many episodes of not going for several days, the D is more condensed( several trips in a short...
It happens so little that I haven't really given any thought to what I have eaten to make it happen. But it does seem to happen when I have massive amounts of fat like my body can only handle so...