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Re: I'm afraid to have to say this...
      04/20/05 01:25 PM
Sand

Reged: 12/13/04
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)

I agree with Linz that stressing out can be a major trigger for IBS and you'd probably feel better if you could relax a little.

At the same time, I think running around looking for answers, worrying about it being something worse, almost hoping it is because maybe then it will be curable, not wanting to hear that you have IBS, picking out all the symptoms you have that just don't quite fit, not wanting to hear you need more tests, etc., etc., etc., may be an inescapable stage in the process of accepting the diagnosis of IBS and getting on with what needs to be done. It's been a long time since I've read Kubler-Ross' work, but I think this pattern would fit into denial sliding into anger. When I was doing it, I called it "churning" and it didn't end because I was suddenly definitively convinced I truly did have IBS - I just wore myself out and decided, what the heck, I'm so sick and miserable now, I'll assume I have IBS and give Heather's plan a try.

I think a colonoscopy is a good idea, although the odds are that if you had colon cancer for the past year plus, you'd know it by now. If I were you I'd do it because it would give me more peace of mind but you know best whether this would be the case for you.

I would like to ask you one question and I do not mean to be rude by asking it: Your English is excellent, but is English your first language?

BTW, interesting Board name. Mine's short for "Cassandra", although that isn't my name.

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