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Hi Darron - Well, you've certainly been through the wringer with diagnostic tests! I have to say the very diagnostic definition of IBS is abdominal pain or discomfort IN ASSOCIATION with bowel dysfunction. So, technically, if you just have pain and no diarrhea and/or constipation, you don't fit the definition of IBS. Do a board search for "Rome Criteria" for diagnostic details.

The only thing I can think of you might not have been tested for is celiac - that's a simple blood test to start.

Do you ever have any bowel dysfunction with the pain? Or just simply never? Because other than this oddity, your history and symptoms sound like lots of other cases of IBS.

Since you've had conflicting feedback about Crohn's, you might post your story here on the Crohn's board and see what the moderator Jill thinks. That's her forte.

Otherwise, I'm so sorry to have to leave you still wondering. I'm not a doctor, and I don't have any way to make a diagnosis or even a reasonable guess as to the accuracy of a diagnosis you've already received. Usually the best idea if your diagnosis is uncertain is to push for more tests and keep doing reading yourself to try and find some possible answers.

Wish I had better help for you,
Heather

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