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Hey there Tinkerbelle,

I know how you feel. You may very well have been doing everything right. Sometimes, our bodies want to give us a hard time despite our best efforts. Again, please don't worry about posting. Having IBS is traumatic and we are your support group and your cheering squad. When nobody else understand the pain and anguish that accompany this terrible illness, we do. I can remmeber having a HORRIBLE attack about 2 weeks ago after being fairly stable for months and I was a complete and total WRECK. I couldn't stop crying, my husband had to rent a car and drive home early from his job out of town, my parents came over because I was literally suicidal I felt so horrible. I couldn't take care of my baby, all I could do was lie in bed in with pain and terrible D and cry. It passed after about 10 days of misery.

It is those times when we feel like "what did I do wrong?" or "what more can I do?" or "am I going to feel like this forever because I just can't cope?". It is a terrible feeling to feel so bad. You feel so alone, like nobody is there for you and nobody truely understands. You are scared because your body is doing crazy things that hurt you and don't make any sense. I know there were many times when I would ask myself "how in the heck did I get this when I felt perfectly normal the first 32 years of my life.".

I am writing this because I always felt better knowing that others were feeling or felt the same way I did. It helped me not to feel so alone during the bad times. Hopefully, with this diet, you will begin to feel better. It takes time for your body to adjust. I am sure others could give you much better diet advice as I have a different medical condition along with the IBS that precludes me from Heather's diet (with exception to the trigger foods which I stay far far away from).

Please know that we are here for you and know EXACTLY what you are going through.

Dana

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Dana

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