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I too used to be able to take Bentyl and manage my IBS by simply taking one before dinner or whenever. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE! #1 because I can't take bentyl anymore and #2 I'm convinced the older I get the worse it gets!

I can say though I don't think I've ever had any rude comments about my IBS. I find the more people I tell that I have IBS the more I found out they too have it. There are many people who have it and keep it to themselves. I was one of them but I now found that if I tell people they cater to me. Today we were having a luncheon for someone leaving the office and the HR director came in and said can you have Pizza? and what can you drink? I kinda felt bad in a way and said "oh don't order lunch based on what I can and can not have" but then again I respected that she was thinking of me.

My biggest problem I'm only 93lbs and am very thin and have been all my life. When I only eat a "taste" of things I get the "no wonder you are so thin, you eat like a bird". I swear people are convinced that I have an eating disorder. (Casey, I too have a major phobia of throwing up so there would be no way I could have an eating disorder in case you read this). I simply tell them that yes, the reason I am so thin is cause I can't eat a blessed thing because of my IBS. Like someone said earlier, usually shuts them up because they know the gory details might follow the letters IBS.

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~~~Lisa~~~

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