Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Hmmmm... I checked the glossary...

Hi Alicia,

No I still have my gall bladder. I am just beginning to recover from a 7 yr stint with this eating problem. I used to be able to eat anything and loved all kinds of foods. I was diagnosed with IBS in 2001 and started visiting here around then, and found that many of the problems I was having was due to diet and after I got that under control I found that I was doing better.

Well, at least I thought I was doing better and had decided that if this was going to be a life altering event that I would have the IBS, instead of the IBS having me. I never suspected that there was anything wrong with me. You will of course understand my shock, to find out last June that I needed to have surgery to fix several blockages in my Aorta Artery (the one that goes from the heart to the legs and main body). I was admitted to the hospital three weeks prior to my surgery so that they could feed me through an IV and "beef me up", so that I would have a better chance of surviving the surgery. I was so malnourished that my body was eating itself up and the doctor told me that I would be dead by Christmas if I did not have the surgery.

Up until that time I had figured that I had IBS with Constipation. So on July 24th I had major surgery and two weeks later the diaherra began. It was and is a foul smelling nearly white colored poop. I have also been having cramping and bloating and gas. One of the bypasses is still a little swollen and the doctor said it will become flatter in 3 to 6 months.

Other than that I have been doing fairly well. I appreciate any help that any of you can share with me.

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Honor the Creator... Seek peace!!!

Lummibeader
IBS-D with pain
and bloating

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