Just wanted to share!
#1512 - 02/26/03 04:47 PM
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Peanut
Reged: 02/09/03
Posts: 182
Loc: England
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Hello everyone! I first want to thank all of you for the amazing support the past 2 weeks since I joined! YOU all have been great!!
Yesterday I had an appointment with my GI doctor who was so impressed that I have almost been able to manage my IBS so much more with my diet! He said that he didn't want to give me any meds, since I was doing so well. I think I really impressed him with the amount of research I have done in the past 2 weeks as well! He agreed with what Heather wrote in her book and said once I get my stress under control I should be good. He also reminded me that there will still be good and bad days. Now that I have more control, my bad days just don't seem as bad!
I have an appointment next week with a councilor (excuse my spelling)to begin the process of not worrying about everything.
I just wanted to thank you all for always being here for kind words, advice, or just to listen!
I feel extremely lucky to have found all of you!
Sheri
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So much baking, so little time.....
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Well done! You're halfway there... It's amazing what a few changes can do. I've gone from being utterly miserable to holding down a fantastic job, hiking 20km 3 times a week as well as trying to learn soccer & tennis. I've even started to learn how to surf! I've found that restaurants are really helpful (unless you try a steakhouse or similar) and I don't miss coffee or alcohol as much as I used to.
Well done.
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Sheri - WE feel so lucky that WE were able to help you.
Relating to what you said about your doctor--a lot of people stick with their docs because they feel they don't want to give up. There are a lot of docs out there who look at you and see $$$$$, and then there are the docs who really want to help people. I've gone thru a lot of MDs who didn't help me and have found ones who cared...it's like trying to find the proverbial "needle in a haystack". It's a tedious task, but like John Wayne once said in a movie..."a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!..."
You sound like you found a keeper!
Sharon
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"Anything Chocolate"...that is all!
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I did find a really good GI doctor who let me know that if I need to see him I can, but it is when I need to. When I had talked to his nurse she has first mentioned that he might talk to me about a new IBS drug. I think when he saw how well I was doing with the diet change, he decided he didn't want to go that route. Sometimes it is hard to find a doctor who will actually listen and try to help you solve the problem without meds if possible.
I have also had my share of doctors!
Thanks again guys and I really do feel like you are all apart of my extened family!
Sheri
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