I would be careful about using an urgent care or ER facility, unless you are really in a bad way. My experience has been that they know even less about IBS than my primary dr did. I had my worst attack ever while I was at the hair salon (I passed out in their bathroom after having D and vomiting for an hour) and ended up at the ER, where I sat for 6 hours (spent mostly in the ER's bathroom) before they saw me because I wasn't 'critical.' When they finally did see me, they said I had a virus, gave me some meds for nausea, and sent me home. The only good thing to come of this was the meds, that was the only thing that saved me while I waited a month to see the GI dr. And you can call and ask the GI to get you in sooner - tell them how much pain you are in and keep calling them if they put you off. They may schedule you in just to get you to quit calling - hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
And I would follow the adivce given you by the others...go to a very bland diet for a while, it worked for me. It's not fun, but its so much better than being so ill. Once you get things calmed down, you will feel better and then can work on introducing other foods back into your diet. Good luck and keep after the GI dr or try your primary care dr again...I ended up going back to my primary care dr as my GI was a huge jerk who would make me wait weeks for follow up appts. Remember that you are not alone and that the people here care for you. I hope you feel better soon. ((HUGS))
Shari
ps - just thought of one more thing. You also might consider getting allergy testing done too at some point. I had started Heather's eating program and felt alot better but was still feeling bad...part of my problem was a new allergy to yeast and vinegar (something that had never bothered me before). When I quit eating bread and anything with vinegar (and you would be surprised at just how many things have vinegar in them) I felt better right away. You might consider keeping a food diary of what you eat and how it makes you feel. You don't always react right away to a food allergy - sometimes it takes up to 6 - 8 hours before you react to something.
Edited by howiesbuttercup (10/07/03 08:58 AM)
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