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Well, I took myself to the ER on Saturday morning because I was afraid the pain was from appendicitis...turns out they did an xray and blood work and it looks like I'm C ...they gave me milk of magnesia (0ne dose) and a prescription laxative but nothing has worked totally yet and the pain has gone back to being as bad as it was....(they did tell me to come back if it wasn't gone in two days and they'd do a CAT scan.) I'm holding off because I know I'm still C. I just got my acacia in the mail but I don't know whether or not to start it until I'm cleaned out! Any suggestions? Up til now I've been fine for about 6 months, predominantly bloat and gas and D.
I'm really discouraged. I DO have stress in my in life. I'm the primary caretaker for my 91 year old mother who lives with us but she's basically not been a lot of work...it's just hard getting used to not going out when I want to!
I've been faithful to the IBS diet for the past week so I'm at a loss as to what to do. Any suggetions would be appreciated. Thanks. Judy

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