Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | birth control pills and vacation

First of all, this may not be the correct place to post this, but I was hoping I could get some help! Okay, so I went through and read the previous posts on birth control pills, but I still have a question. The last time I had my period I had the most intense attack of my IBS I have ever had. I think this was due to a million factors, mainly just going off the Zelnorm, stress from moving, and not realizing what my trigger foods were since the Zelnorm seemed to be masking what I could and could not eat. It took me a full week of pain and barely eating and not being able to stand from cramps, gas and bloating before I was able to even stand for a period of time. The point of this is that I am due to just be coming off my period when I am scheduled to take a family vacation to Disney World, in 3 weeks time. I am terrified that I will be in pain even before I get to go there! I read on other posts the possibility of taking birth control pills straight through so that you do not have your period. I wondered what everyone thought about this. I don't want to do that on a full time basis but I am really considering it just for this trip. I do not have a sympathetic Dr that I can check with about this, nor do I technically have an OBGYN. I just go to the local Planned Parenthood, I can't afford to go to Dr. right now. I am still paying on all the initial diagnostic tests for IBS. I'm already worried about how to eat anything while there but do not want to have to worry about this on top of the stress of a vacation!
I would appreciate anyone's advice or tips about the birth control thing or going on vacation!
thanks

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Melinda
IBS-A but leans toward C mostly

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