Thank you, Heather, for your recent newsletter which included a reference to the October Atlantic article about IBS. Following is my response to that article, but YOU deserve my primary gratitude!
After five years of increasing IBS-D issues (and increasing efforts to address it, as well as increasing desperation), I was practically housebound. IBS requires a personal search for solutions, and I honor the folks who have hung in there, trying every possible way to cope with their own issues. There is no apparent "cure" for IBS, but there can be relief. I am grateful to have finally found a combination that works for me, while understanding that we all have individual "triggers" and responses. What works for one person may not work for another. I kept a food log for six months: nothing I ate or drank (or didn't eat or drink) made any difference. It all went through me within an often-embarrassing and sometime-painful hour. It was "motility on steroids" -- without steroids. What ultimately worked for me: (1) a daily "live culture" (a/k/a needs refrigeration) probiotic capsule for "colon care"; (2) a daily prebiotic powder (in my case, acacia senegal, which is a SOLUBLE fiber); and, ultimately, (3) a change of jobs (in my case, resigning from the nursing care of a dear friend). The brain-gut connection is real. I am grateful to now be able to eat and drink everything that I did five years ago, fully aware that the situation could change.
I feel rested and "normal" and very, very grateful to the physicians who ruled out other potential problems, as well as to my family and friends who have encouraged and supported me throughout.
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Dianne
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