My mom and I were talking this weekend and I was sharing with her a lot of what I've learned about IBS here and elsewhere the past few weeks. Her mother (my grandmother, now 99 years old) has struggled with D for years, but she calls it "spastic colon." I was surprised to have my mom reveal that she, too, has struggled with chronic D for years... not diagnosed with anything particular, but the Drs. have never found anything wrong with her, either. My mom is kind of emotionally unavailable, so I was surprised that she would share this... me, I just blurt out all kinds of stuff.  It made me feel great to be able to share with her what I've learned here. Mom especially loves fruit, and now she knows to peel things with tough skins, and combine any fruit with SF to make it more tolerable. I also plan to share Heather's books with her.
But I am going to continue to wonder, "anecdotally," about the heredity connection. I wondered if anyone else here has close biological relatives who also have IBS.
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