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I've had 2 levsin...and can hardly eat. I just called my doc and he is in procedures all morning, but will call this PM. I am a bit worried... this is so strange. My attacks usually get everything out. This is just hurting me. I feel horrible! I really hope that the doc has some ideas... the one last ngiht asked me to try a suppository in case something was constipated, but it only stayed in 5 min b/c of the cramps... so I am out of luck. I am just so miserable and my boyfriend is at work...isn't it tough trying to deal with a horrible IBS attack alone? It has been 3 days of this...and I don't feel strong enough to deal with it anymore, ya know? I did manage to eat half of a bagel this morning, so that's good... but wow this is horrific! here;s hoping for some answers!
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I know the pain and cramping you are talking about and it sucks!  I've never actually figured out what causes it. Sometimes, I'll take Zelnorm for a week or so when I get these bad pain attacks and it will usually help. It sometimes give me D but I figure I probably needed a good cleaning out anyways!   Maybe ask your dr about it when he calls back. Hope you feel better!
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I'm sorry you are having such a terrible attack.
I wonder if it could be trapped gas. Have you tried taking a Phazyme or Gas X? What about pulling your knees up to your chest to try and get it out?
Hopefully your doctor will come up with something to give you some relief.
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Ok. so listen to my evening. My GI doc finally called me back-- he said to stick to a bland diet and that if it didn't help, I had to go through my family doc (WHY???). I don't understand that. I was in SO MUCH PAIN! So that didn;t help. SO I called my family doc ...who is new to me and doesn't know hardly anything about my IBS. He said there wasn't much he could do, and the nurse said I would be better off going to the ER. So...off we went. Got there, waited FOREVER. Finalyl got blood taken, my potassium was low and needed a pill for that. Got 2 rounds of pain meds (which helped beyond belief)..got an x-ray, which showed no impactions or anything. And then the doc came in. I was still in lots of pain and worried...here are hit direct words. "We think the pain might be due to your IBS, you can leave now"......... I just lost it. I was so sicck of everyone treating me like my IBS was fake, and that this pain--which is TOTALLY different from what I usually get-- wasn't that bad. Thank goodness for a very sweet nurse, but I just cried and cried...finally the doc, who wouldn't look me in the eye, and was very short and curt with me, said he'd do a rectal exam if I wasn't happy with what he said. He did that and said, yep- you're all good. So no answers... I am feeling ok today, i think the pain meds certainly helped...but seriously. I felt so little and so unimportant. I had severe pain and they acted like I could just suck it up...doesn't having IBS and trying to get doctors to understand everything just SUCK? 
Well, I am a bit better this morning, so hopefully I can eat a bit and relax...oh, and they were reluctant to give me a work excuse for 2 days. They said 1 was ok, and then the nurse just whispered "don't worry, I'll get it sweetie"... but oh my. what a night.
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I know how frustrating it is, stupid dr's!!!  Lets seem them go through this pain and say everything is fine!! I finally found a dr a couple of years ago who listens and believes me when I say I'm in MAJOR pain, she gives me Vicodin and sometimes if I take enough of it at the beginning of a pain attack, it'll help it go away faster!! Lots of love and Hugs!!
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#258165 - 04/14/06 07:35 AM
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How did you find a good doctor? Just luck? Is she a PCP or a GI doc?
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Re: Michele
#258169 - 04/14/06 08:02 AM
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Just Luck! She is my PCP!! I saw a lot of unsympathetic and crappy docs before I finally found her!!
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Nope, I can see any doc I want with my insurance. I actually saw a rheumy doc about 4 years ago when I suspected something else was wrong with me but that rheumy doc said there wasn't anything else, turns out she was wrong! But, she was nice and I asked her for a list of PCP's that she recommended and this doc was on the list. Its funny because at first I wasn't sure if I was going to like her, she has an Middle Eastern name and I have a hard time understanding people with accents but she speaks english perfectly and she has turned out to be the best doc I've ever seen! Most of the GI docs I've seen act too busy to deal with someone who JUST has IBS!!
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Quote:
Most of the GI docs I've seen act too busy to deal with someone who JUST has IBS!!
Absolutely agree with you!
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