Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Trouble Socialising?

Hello,
I just wanted to add my 2 cents in here. I was diagnosed with IBS in June of 2006, so I've only dealt with this for over a year and a half. I was not dating anyone when I was diagnosed and couldn't even think about the possibility of doing that. the thought of being intimate with someone and having to deal with my IBS was just way too overwhelming. Then in June of 2007 I was introduced to someonewho asked me out on a date, I was immediately terrfied. I had not gone out to eat anywhere since I was diagnosed. to make things worse the guy wanted to go to Olive garden which was the one place I was always gauranteed to have an episode even before I knew what was wrong with me. I had to tell him I couldn't eat there. He thought that was odd but agreed to go somewhere else.
Well since that date we have been inseparable. I eased into telling him about IBS. At first I just told him that I had stomach issues and couldn't eat certain things without getting sick. Eventually he asked what it was called, I told him but did not elaborate. Soon he was staying at my apartment on the weekends and I had to give him all the details because he kept asking about all the wierd food I had at my place. He was very cool about everything, and never once has complained about it. One time when at Red Lobster after eating just our appetizer I had an episode, and without even asking me he asked the waiter for our check and our entrees to go and we left immediately, He knows me so well now that he can tell by looking at me if I am getting sick. He understands when I have to sleep with my heating pad which is quite often because I am convinced it helps to fend off attacks quite often. So don't fear there are guys out there who this is not a big deal to at all. I even cook for him now and as long as it tastes good he doesn't care what is in the food.
We go out to eat almost every weekend and I have learned what I can and cannot have at every place we go to. I am always apprehensive to go to a new place but so far so good. good luck with this, good things can happen!

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Melinda
IBS-A but leans toward C mostly

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