Good morning Skeeter!
I think there is nothing worse than a doctor (and particularly, a specialist) telling you to just try different things and "live with it". You go home, alone, unaware and probably feeling even worse than when you went in!
If that is the case, that it is all sort of squished in there and does not have enough room, why do they think that it wouldn't help to remove some? How swollen are you (shape, size)? Does the swelling change? When did you notice it?
When did this problem begin with you? In that I mean to say that if they think that you were probably born with it, why wouldn't it have been a problem your whole life? Or has it been?
What are your typical trigger foods? Has Heather's diet helped you at all? If IBS is supposed to be related more to your emotions and levels of stress (brain-gut theory) and particularly in those instances, exacerbated by the trigger foods, are the doctors (or you) thinking that for you, it is more a problem of anatomy which has all the IBS symptoms? Did that at all make any sense? I'm sorry to ask so many questions (I'm the daughter of a reformed journalist!)
I hope this email is finding you well (within the "normal" limits of IBS, of course). 
2 jobs? You poor thing...been there, done that. ugh!
Saralou
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Re: Skeeter--Question about swelling
