Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: my Life is RUINED!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I could say something to make you feel better. We are all in the same boat. I am stuck in a cubicle all day making shitty money too, and part of the reason that I am still here after 6 years is that I am afraid to find something new. I have a univeristy degree in Geography and could have persued careers in a number of different paths, one of which was environmental sustainability. But there's no way I could work in a demanding job that required me to do presentations, meet tight deadlines, and negotiate with people. I'm just not that kind of person and the stress would have KILLED my IBS. Last fall I started looking at a course in forestry science offered by a local college, and I started thinking about applying. I considered it for several days before I suddenly remembered that there was no way my IBS would allow me to work in the middle of the woods with no bathrooms for miles around. What on earth was I thinking?

I've never been much of a career-oriented person - I want to be the stay-at-home mom who works part-time after the kids go to school. BUT I don't have kids yet, and, heaven-forbid, it's always possible that I never will. I don't want to sit on my butt and do nothing for the rest of my life. But I don't want to work at a job I hate for the rest of my life either. Money is not important to me, I just don't want to dread getting up in the morning and going to work. I just feel that IBS severely limits my options.

Perhaps there is still hope after all - I've been doing Heather's diet for over 3 months now and things are getting better.

Sorry for the rant, just wanted to let you know that we understand.

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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!

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