I take a soluble fiber supplement 3x daily, right before or very shortly before I eat, is that right? but I'm still gettinng that gurgling-rumbling-gassytumbling in my gut, two to four hours afterwards. It also seems to me that if my stomach is empty, my gut does sommersalts, is this possible? It seems to calm down when I eat. Very strange.
I had a triple hemorrhoidectomy, an anal dilation, and an anal fissurectomy mid-March of last year, but I'm certain the 'roids have recurred. The only reason I went thru that torture is because of the high percentage (96-97%) of non-recurrence, but there was no one to help me with my constipation, afterwards. I'd tell the surgeon, and he'd shrug and say, "Eat fiber; drink water." Well, as we all know (now), that isn't exactly it, for an IBSer. It becomes a much more complex Monster for us.
I have no life. I can't go anywhere, I can't sit comfortably, I can't eat much of anything. I've lost friends because I can't go out and be with them. My quality of life is so low, I cry and shake in the mornings. And the bathroom has become my Torture Chamber.
I'm afraid to take a probiotic because the one time I tried an acidophilus capsule, it gave me diarrhea (and I am IBS-C), which irritates me just as much. I've got that Digestive Advantage? Does anyone use that? but I haven't had the nerve to try it, yet. So, I stick to my two light Activias/day.
I watch the food commercials on tv and just sob. Before the surgery, I never had any food issues that interfered w/my life. I could eat a whole bowl of broccoli, no problem. I miss my diet soda most of all. There are very few 'safe' foods for me, at this point. Fresh chicken breast seems fairly ok, and my body seems to love lima beans. Good thing I love them back. Tuna fish twice a week with a very small dollop of light mayo works. Very hard to have an appetite, tho, when my gut is on the rampage, which it never did until after the surgery.
I've been using acacia fiber for awhile, now, and find it helpful, tho it worked better for me in the first month. Peppermint tea doesn't do much for me, but I enjoy it. I don't think I'll do the caps because of the fear of heartburn.
I'm miserable. I don't know what else to do, or where to go. My dr says he doesn't know what to do w/me.
** cheryl **
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