Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards

you and i could be twins! i first thought i was having an ovary issue--- truthfully i thought someone had wrapped it in barbed wire and then set it on fire. it was on the right side. at first. then it was on both sides. my GYN said i was fine. my doc said i was ok. i had pain all of the dang time. it was always there, but then sometimes as an added bonus whomever put the barbed wire in there dialed up the pain for my extra enjoyment. i would be walking, sitting... whatever, and all the sudden BAM! outta nowhere i would double over. that was cool.

sometimes i would get pain up higher--- it was usually a fluttery thing first then some mild pain (compared to the barbed wire).

apparently IBS often shows as pain down there where you're talking about. my docs were confused at first 'cause they said "it's supposed to be on the left side." WHATEVER. it was on the right then later on the left.... the left side is the end of the large intestine, the right side is the beginning. apparently it's more common for gas and pain to be located at the end of the trip rather than the beginning of the colon. aren't you lucky!? you're just showin' off by having it on both sides, sweetie!

ENTER ACACIA and eating right.... pain is so rare now it's incredible. and when i do get it, it's like amateur hour in there!

i laugh at it, now. seriously! then i try to figure out why it's there--- i think of it as a warning sign. maybe i need more sleep or to take some equalactin 'cause i ate something naughty.

anyway, hope this helps.

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