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Hi, Cara.
      03/23/04 05:31 AM
jenX

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Doctors can be so off the mark it's amazing. How are we supposed to have faith in a diagnosis like that? "yeah yeah that's what I think you have." OMG, I get soooo frustrated hearing stories like that.

As for the vomiting... I don't have that, but I've never been (as an old friend used to put it) "an easy puker." What I do have, though, is "episodes." That's what my doctor calls them! He and I are friends and he had been having a hard time grasping what was going on with me 'til last July when we were at a party together. I know now that I was too tired, got too hot, and had eaten too many fatty foods (didn't know about that stuff at the time!), and I got really dizzy, very disoriented, very nauseous, very cold-sweaty. He made me lie down (everyone thought I was trashed, but I hadn't had a lick!) and checked my blood pressure, heart rate, etc... Within a half an hour I was running to the bathroom with D. I was sick for a week. Now I know that when I get that woozy, disoriented, nauseous, cold-sweaty feeling, I need to take my meds and get to bed, ASAP! (I also stay out of over-heated situations. That's a huge trigger for me. But that's neither here nor there, is it...? And we ramble on... )

I also lost about 40 pounds last year from being sick, so maybe everyone with IBS doesn't lose weight, but I think it's not too too unusual, especially for those who aren't eating right. I lost that from being very ill and being afraid to eat more than toast. Once I started Heather's plan, I wasn't afraid anymore and branched out.

One last comment in regards to the vomiting: it's not a typical IBS thing, from what I've read. Yes, people can get nauseous and may vomit from pain and from severe attacks, but you may want to seek out a second opinion with another Doc. There are other things (celiac and gall bladder issues come to mind, but there are more) that could be going on that could cause vomiting. You need to rule them out definitively! You don't want to be going along assuming it's one thing when it could be another. Your doc isn't too confidence-inspiring. At least find one who can be more certain he's done all he can do....

Good luck.

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03/24/04 10:13 AM
* Hi, Cara.
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