Hi, everybody!! This is my third post. However, I feel it's a necessary one. My name is Lynn. I am 26 years old, and I have had IBS since I was a small child. It didn't really start to peak until my later teens. I was diagnosed officially at age 19. Since then I have been diagnosed 4 more times with little resolution.
My bout with IBS has been a rough one. My IBS is quite painful and triggered by food and stress.
I have been almost completely hermetic for the last 2 years. I don't get out much except for work. My personal life and job life have been miserable. Actually, I am on the verge of losing my job because of IBS. However, I haven't been fired yet so I am fighting to win.
I continue to have hope because as I don't want to give up, and I found your books Heather.
My boyfriend's grandmother has IBS but without pain. Last May, in a rare moment that I got out of my house, she showed me two books that she had found, and they were both written by you.
You cannot imagine some of the relief I felt in reading your words, and how much they have meant to me. I am fighting my IBS but it's a very difficult battle. I just hope I don't have to lose everything.
Many people are not understanding about my condition, and I feel taxed by the strain of the whole ordeal.
Thanks for putting up a messageboard where we can share with each other.
I can't wait for the wonderful new things you have in store.
BTW, I am a member on iVillage's IBS Board, and I help to spread your wisdom because so many people are being diagnosed with IBS, and it seems that they have no one to turn to because doctors seem very unsupportive and clueless.
Thanks!!
~ Lynn
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