Re: sick of being sick - ME TOO!!!!

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Hi Colin,I have IBS also, and so do both of my daughters (not sure of the heredity thing - never checked it out). But my one daughter used to take that med they had out for this, zelnorm, and has now been recalled!!!! She was fine while she was taking it. Within 6 months of her stopping the med, she got pregnant. I have a beautiful grandson, but he has all kinds of medical problems and has had since he was 2 weeks old. I wonder if it's somehow related.Mine comes and goes........but I have been told by doctors it can be controlled by your diet. I don't eat the best, because I have swallowing problems, live alone, don't cook (not worth it for one), plus I take a lot of meds and some of them cause problems with the gastro tract.Have you been to a specialist? Or try a dietician.....they could tell you what to eat to try to get this under control.Good Luck, Knitman

<apso@...> wrote: I have been told I have IBS. I find it scary and frustrating. It started with a trauma 5 mths ago. I thought it was getting better(it was at it's worst in November). My symptoms are discomfort in my gut and stomach. Feeling full of air but not burping, or bloated and burping/ farting. Bubbling up the middle of me. Feeling of needing to evacuate and then not or doing so and then still feeling like I need to go. What I produce is either normal, or it is loose but formed and sometimes very firm, pellet like, but still formed.

I also get a burning sensation which was the first reaction to the trauma and this got really bad till I cried for a few weeks. Now I still get the gut problem. It worries me. I am told it will take time to heal from the shock I had. I tried an antispasmodic which had peppermint oil in it but that irritated me more. My mum had IBS and died because of it-she backed up and perforated and died in surgery form septicaemia. Anyway, I pass no blood, do not vomit. Am feeling much better than I was. I have just had the Noro virus (Winter Vomiting/Diarrhoea bug of which there is an epidemic here) and now my gut is worse. I eat very plain now for months, steamed veg and fish, chicken or pork. Very little fat. I have lost a lot of weight but only at 1.5-2lbs a week. I am physically disabled and in pain 24/7 (FMS, OA,RA and angina) and that is easy to deal with compared to this IBS. I understand that, know it's cause, and can deal with it.

IBS scares me, makes me feel bad, and also makes me angry because I can't get a handle on it. I know the more I worry about it the worse it gets but it is hard not worry. I get the distinct impression that this is a condition I am causing yet I don't know how. I am becoming the sort of person I never wanted to be, who can't do this or do that because I am too 'sensitive'. Can't eat this, can't drink that, no I can't just stay over night, and if I go away I have to take something to make me poop cos my autonomic system kicks in and I back up. I am a real pain to myself and I can't stand it. I never used to be like this. I wonder if the fact I gave up smoking has anything to do with this. In the few mths afterwards, before my big crash bang wallop, I also had strange bowel things happen. Then that crash bang wallop happened and now my gut is really weird. As my main reaction was terror, and we all know how that affects the gut, I wonder if this is just the

dregs and it will take time heal as I have been told. Gosh, I don't drink, don't do drugs, not anorexic / bulimic any more, don't compulsively wash, can't be bothered to have sex, quite a goody two shoes in fact. Excuse my rather ill hidden anger about this, I am royally p'd off. I have worked my b***s off to get this together and the last thing I wanted or expected was to have a condition like this. as I have said, the pain in my joints and muscles I can cope with, the fatigue I can cope with. I get all those and understand them. This I don't So why I am so sick? Why do I feel so embarrassed by it? I am not in the best of moods today so I apologise for not being. -- bw colin (in England) Take Care, B. in ILLINOIS

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I HAVE THIS ALSO;; BUT ALSO HAVE COLITUS;; WITH DIAHREAH;; I TAKE LOMOTIL WHICH HELPS TO STOP IT FOR A FEW HRS;DONT MATTER WHAT I EAT;; & THEN IT WILL SWICH BACK THE OTHER WAY FOR A FEW DAYS & THEN BACK TO DIAHREAH;;EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH;; ME.. HUGS DORT B <muttsmom55@...> wrote: Hi Colin,I have IBS also, and so do both of my daughters (not sure of the heredity thing - never checked it out). But my one daughter used to take that med they had out for this, zelnorm, and

has now been recalled!!!! She was fine while she was taking it. Within 6 months of her stopping the med, she got pregnant. I have a beautiful grandson, but he has all kinds of medical problems and has had since he was 2 weeks old. I wonder if it's somehow related.Mine comes and goes........but I have been told by doctors it can be controlled by your diet. I don't eat the best, because I have swallowing problems, live alone, don't cook (not worth it for one), plus I take a lot of meds and some of them cause problems with the gastro tract.Have you been to a specialist? Or try a dietician.....they could tell you what to eat to try to get this under control.Good Luck, Knitman <apsotantra-apso> wrote: I have been told I have IBS. I find it scary and frustrating.

It started with a trauma 5 mths ago.I thought it was getting better(it was at it's worst in November).My symptoms are discomfort in my gut and stomach. Feeling full of air but not burping, or bloated and burping/ farting. Bubbling up the middle of me. Feeling of needing to evacuate and then not or doing so and then still feeling like I need to go. What I produce is either normal, or it is loose but formed and sometimes very firm, pellet like, but still formed. I also get a burning sensation which was the first reaction to the trauma and this got really bad till I cried for a few weeks. Now I still get the gut problem. It worries me. I am told it will take time to heal from the shock I had. I tried an antispasmodic which had peppermint oil in it but that irritated me more.My mum had IBS and died because of it-she backed up and perforated and died in surgery form septicaemia.Anyway, I pass no blood, do not vomit. Am feeling much better

than I was. I have just had the Noro virus (Winter Vomiting/Diarrhoea bug of which there is an epidemic here) and now my gut is worse.I eat very plain now for months, steamed veg and fish, chicken or pork. Very little fat. I have lost a lot of weight but only at 1.5-2lbs a week.I am physically disabled and in pain 24/7 (FMS, OA,RA and angina) and that is easy to deal with compared to this IBS. I understand that, know it's cause, and can deal with it. IBS scares me, makes me feel bad, and also makes me angry because I can't get a handle on it. I know the more I worry about it the worse it gets but it is hard not worry.I get the distinct impression that this is a condition I am causing yet I don't know how. I am becoming the sort of person I never wanted to be, who can't do this or do that because I am too 'sensitive'. Can't eat this, can't drink that, no I can't just stay over night, and if I go away I have to take something to make me poop cos my

autonomic system kicks in and I back up. I am a real pain to myself and I can't stand it. I never used to be like this.I wonder if the fact I gave up smoking has anything to do with this. In the few mths afterwards, before my big crash bang wallop, I also had strange bowel things happen. Then that crash bang wallop happened and now my gut is really weird. As my main reaction was terror, and we all know how that affects the gut, I wonder if this is just the dregs and it will take time heal as I have been told.Gosh, I don't drink, don't do drugs, not anorexic / bulimic any more, don't compulsively wash, can't be bothered to have sex, quite a goody two shoes in fact. Excuse my rather ill hidden anger about this, I am royally p'd off. I have worked my b***s off to get this together and the last thing I wanted or expected was to have a condition like this. as I have said, the pain in my joints and muscles I can cope with, the fatigue I can cope with. I

get all those and understand them. This I don'tSo why I am so sick? Why do I feel so embarrassed by it? I am not in the best of moods today so I apologise for not being.-- bw colin (in England) Take Care, B. in ILLINOIS