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Hi Beth! I don't know what to advise...as I am in the same boat if you exchange the D for the C!
Aw, that's okay. I feel like I should be the one doing all the advising after this much time, but it's not working out that way right now! I know you are having a really rough go of it, too. How is the Acacia going? I wanted to say that when I first went out Acacia years ago, I did feel that at first I was going more often (the long thin ones) but it did get better.

How much Immodium and Calcium are you taking? Maybe you need more. Back when I was D the following worked best for me: Culturelle GG probiotic, slippery elm tea, Carob powder in heated Rice. I got the idea from Dr. Weil's website.
Well, what seems to happen for me is that I can take 1 immodium and it helps. Then the next time, I take 1 and it does nothing. So I take two. It helps. The next time I take two, and it's like I haven't even taken it. I think my body is just used to it by now. Like I was taking half a tablet before bed, and then the other half as soon as I woke up and that worked great for a couple of days.. Now if I do that, it's like nothing. I was taking two calcium chews a day, but then found that I was so sick so I read that it is supposed to help constipation and thought, "Uh oh". I was taking a probiotic, but didn't notice any change so stopped. I will start again and see what happens.
Have you tried antispasmodics? How about Lotronex? Do they offer that in Canada?
Yeah, I have been on about 5 different anti-spasmodics in the past year or so. I haven't found relief from any of them, and some have given some pretty nasty side effects. I haven't tried Lotronex, though. Maybe I will ask my doc about it. Most recently I was on Asacol, which is a Colitis med, which I thought was helping but then I got really sick again on the exact same dose so I went off of it, and no change, so I guess not!
It is just so confusing! You'd think after this many years, I'd have more of this stuff figured out more conclusively but nope! Grr.
Thanks for the help, though!
--Steph

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