Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: The diet and constipation

I saw the Zelnorm add on TV over a year ago and asked my GP to perscribe it for me. It worked. It worked too well! I was doing just fine until 2 summers ago I was diagnosed with having border-line osteoporsis. My doc put me on Fosmax. That's when I started having a lot of stomach upset and increased constipation. I finally figured out it was the Fosmax, but I've been on a downward spiral ever since with this constipation problem because I've gotten hooked on laxatives and other stuff. Now I go through each day and especially night with back pain - sometimes so excruciating I can barely walk when I get out of bed.
I KNOW I need to go to a gastro specialist. And I plan to as I suspect something serious, maybe diverticulits, maybe even, God forbid, CANCER, although I have not seen any blood. I probably need to do a colon cleanse too. In the meantime as I struggle with this, I am doing SF diet as much as possible, drinking the teas, and taking the peppermint oil pills to try to get my system to settle down.

Here's hoping and praying,
diva

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