Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: I just dont understand!!!

Okay, now I'm really confused. You've been posting that you're in the bathroom every 30 minutes in screaming pain, because you just have to push, and you're passing mucus. To me, that's diarrhea. The fact that there's nothing left inside except mucus doesn't really make it not diarrhea in my book.

As for the rest of your post, I think you've started in the middle because you're in such misery. The Board is a great place for support and answers to urgent questions - just the way you've used it today. But the backbone of this site is following Heather's diet - really her whole program - to keep IBS symptoms under control. One of the key elements of that program is the elimination of trigger foods - foods that are likely to cause symptoms in people who have IBS. For most of us, dairy is about as bad as it gets.

Here are some links to stuff you should read if you want to understand the diet we follow here:

Go to the Main IBS Message Boards page. You'll see columns headed "All Boards", "Threads", etc. Under the first column, you'll see "Eating For IBS Diet Board". That's the Board you've been posting in. If you read down a little below that heading, you'll see a list of hyperlinks for info you should read before posting. You'll also see a couple of hyperlinks for general info about IBS. These will be very helpful to you in understanding why we're telling you to stop eating certain things.

For fuller information, Heather has two books: "Eating for IBS", which has a summary of her diet, but is mostly recipes; and "The First Year - IBS", which has a fuller explanation and step-by-step guide to learning to live with IBS. You can find both books at Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com and you may be able to find them at your local library. I think "Eating For IBS" is the best one to start with.

In addition, most (maybe all) of both books are on this Website:
Click here to read "The First Year"
Click here to read "Eating For IBS"

And for an explanation of why eliminating trigger foods is so important even when they don't seem to be causing you problems, take a look at this post.

HTH.

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