Thank you for responding! I was tested for IBD and other inflammatory conditions when I initially started having stomach pain and other symptoms (and all tests were negative.)
The scary thing is that ischemic colitis is a disease of the elderly, with the vast majority of cases occurring in people over the age of 70. I'm in my early 30s. Other risk factors are things like obesity and illness...I'm normal weight and felt perfectly fine that week before suddenly being in agony. So I don't fit the patient profile and don't have any risk factors, and my doctor seems completely uninterested in figuring out WHY this happened. Not knowing why it happened makes me feel like I can't do anything to help stop it from happening again.
At this point, I'm really afraid to try any whole grains. The bars I ate were Kasha brand, and so had quite a mix of various grains. I've eaten oatmeal in the past without problems, but then I've also never eaten it daily.So I'm worried that I'm not getting any insoluble fiber in my diet, but I'm too scared to try working them back.
On a side note...the doctor suggested I start supplementing Vitamin D and B12. With Vitamin D deficiency, they suggest taking quite a large dose at first, so I tried that for a few days and had the worst flare-up of IBS I've had in years. I was careful to choose a brand without anything like artificial sugars, as I know they trigger me. Are vitamins a common trigger for IBS?
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Re: ischemic colitis- anyone ever experience this?
