Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

Hi all. I am new to the boards as well as newly diagnosed...although in retrospect, I s'pose I have had problems longer than I realized. I think I am a IBS-A, since one week I go one way(D) , 2 weeks I have nothing (BM), then back to the original....

I also have been having trouble at work, although thanks to Heather's book, I am sure it is the one onion ring that used to sneak into my mouth a day....or maybe it is having to smell grease all day long???

A few major problems I am having are:

1. I feel my H is not really trying to understand, and thinks I am taking things too far by changing my complete diet. I wish just once I could transfer part of my feelings for one day , so that there was a clue what this is like. Or maybe it is me being oversensitive (naw- we females aren't like that at all!)

2. I am having troubles getting regulated, and still am trying to figure out the best way to work fibercon into my diet (why do they lable it as a laxative anyway if it's just fiber?)

3. I have been on Jenny Craig (with success thankfully), and am trying to work extra soluable fiber into my diet without going over calorie or exchange wise. They were awesome about going over every single ingredient of every product until we could figure out what was left to try and tolerat.

4. I consistently feel bloated (am trying peppermint tea- I never used to touch tea with a ten foot pole!), gassy (don't walk behind me!), tired and in general crappy.

I think that the workload I am under (and have been for 4 months)has a lot to do with how I feel. I am a chef in a hospital, and we have been 1 person short for months, and I seem to get all the extra hours, even when I don't want them, and let them know that. Odd that the only female is geting shafted...

sorry this is so long. It is nice to think that someone that understands the health part of it might care about the me part of it!

Teresa

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