I know the feeling re: being upset about the IBS, since I've had it for 20 plus years. I can't say I'm symptom free, but I have plenty of days with no symptoms, and basically I'd had bad cramps, D, C and gas for most of my life. As for the acacia: it got rid of the D relatively quickly (a big deal for me, as I had the explosive, crampy, yuck, yuck, yuck, sort of D). I had C and gas for awhile. Now I have plenty of days when I have just normal function, which I NEVER had before. I'll still go "off" and then it takes awhile to get back to feeling OK, but it used to be if I had a bad day, I could count on a bad month or two for things to get better. Now it is more like a few days. I try to follow Heather's diet, though I'm not as strict as I should be. I take her pepperiment/fennel supplements twice a day, and I'm going to start with a probiotic. Some things I am religious about--no dairy, no coffee, limit fat, no meat. I have black tea now and then, white wine (which is a no-no), and often too large a dinner. I think if I could cut that all out (especially the last bad habit), I'd be in better shape. (I've got a sweet tooth, so I probably eat too large a portion of lowfat sweets, like lowfat soy ice cream.)
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