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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 in my gut 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 from septicaemia.

Anyway, I pass no blood, do not vomit. Am feeling much better than I

was. I have just had the Norovirus(Winter Vomiting/Diarrhoea bug of

which there is an epidemic here) and now my gut is worse.

I eat very plain now, 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(for a few years now) and in pain 24/7 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 to worry.

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bw

colin