oh the frustration
#245274 - 02/09/06 11:23 AM
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okay i do not get this now. last week and a half i was feeling good, having normal BM's, no cramps, not much bloating..la di da--you know all the good things each IBSer is trying to find. and then THIS WEEK its like somebody up there doesnt like me very much. last week i said aloud that i thought i was gaining stability and low and behold i lose it! thats just so unfair. ive been eating safe foods, writing down in my personal journal each thing i eat and making side-notes about foods that irritate me. nothings changed so why did my bowel cycles? i havent been stressed either. i feel so pathetic and awful and i just look at myself and want to cry b/c each time i think i find a way out of this hell i just go back in circles again to the beginning. im going out to eat w/my bestfriend soon to a korean vegan restaurant and i feel like i couldnt fit anything else in my tum if i tried!! its so bloated and puffy now..and ive been all cramped and twisted since my green-bean day. does anyone else feel if they say they're stable out loud that they become jinxed and lose their stability??? ive been thinking that since highschool!!! i can only count 5-6 times that i was stable and lost it [i guess im supersticious [sp?] nonetheless im so effing mad  i think this deserves 2 mean faces--> i want to go to a doctor but not mine b/c he doesnt seem to believe in natural remedies [ie: this whole site] i brought info for my last visit but i think he was just trying to humor me while i talked about my diet alterations since finding heather's home here. i even brought spreadsheets! when will i get better? ohhh when oh when oh when?  sorry for this little rant. i was sitting back in my chair when i noticed...the bloat and upset it made me [yoda] *sigh* grrr humph. ps--i only notice this utter discomfort when im going thru PMS symptoms which seem to be coming earlier and earlier as the months pass--anyone else have that? maybe its normal but i get my PMS stuff almost 2.5 weeks before my actual period! and when i get that..there is no warning. well thanks again guys for reading this. arg.
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VEGAN ASHLEY~IBS/C
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Ashley, You're sure about the stress? Have you been eating a
significant amount of spicy foods at all. Out of the blue
problems do happen with IBS. You have to be careful not to
overly stress about them. You sound pretty stressed in your
above post, that will exascerbate it. When I was chatting with
AC last Jan.,she told me that a key to her stability was to
not stress out over these out of the blue attacks, and it
has been working for her. You can talk to her directly at
the Oak Park get-together in three weeks. Hope you start
feeling better. -Bob
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Yeah, what BobK said!  The hypno program is what gave me a much more philosophical attitude towards my attacks. Plus, reducing my anxiety also reduced the number of attacks, which then reduced my anxiety further. A virtuous cycle!
But basically, IBS sucks. I still hate the times where I get so bloated I can't stand up straight. I think the key was accepting that it sucks, but it doesn't mean that I suck or my life sucks. Everyone has bad days.
--AC
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Hi Ashley how ya doin hun? I read your post and I want to just give ya a hug and tell you that I TOTALLY understand. To a capitol T hehe...I'm in the same boat as you right now. Was doing sooo good. My tummy was good, my C was stable, I could go in my closet and wear whatever I wanted and then it all went away. I'm so bloated right now my tummy hits the steering wheel and I can't even fit in stretchy jogging pants. Like you I stick to the diet and take my fibre and stuff but ya know..its so weird.
I wanted to tell you that it will pass. It dosen't seem like it but it will. I've been through it many times like you prolly have and it will be okay again. If I find something that keeps me going everyday I'll let you know and maybe we'll find something to help each other!
Heather
ps. lots and lots of water. I notice that even though I look 9 months pregnant, when I keep the water going down it dosen't feel AS bad.
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