After having IBS for 20 years and not having found anything that helped, I found Heather's book and started following her diet, while also using acacia. For a month, this turned things around. And I was delighted, to say the least. Now, though, I'm having a bad stretch (gassy, burpy, feel like I have to go to the bathroom all the time, but I can't, crampy). I had a GI appointment today--in the past I'd only discussed my esophogeal stricutres with this GI who is a new doctor for me, but someone I think very highly of. He wanted to run a few blood tests (I've had the standard GI workups in the past), gave me a prescription for Levsin (I had Bentyl years ago but it didn't help), and he gave me a diet. Which is for a lot of insoluble fiber. A cup of bran a day. I don't know how to make this merge with Heather's advice. I've always been a healthy eater (lots of fruits and vegetables, whole wheat everything), and had only changed to some French bread, more white instead of all brown rice, and smaller servings of vegetables with Heather's diet. I don't really know what I should be doing now. I was hoping for advice. I'm awfully uncomfortable (once again) and fairly frustrated. I also wondered what people's experience with the Levsin has been. Do people go on Heather's strict strict diet of rice, french bread, crackers, whenever they have GI distress? Or do you try to keep on the diet outlined in her book (i.e. no triggers, a bit of soluble fiber with each meal, some sort of fiber supplement, fennel and ginger teas)?
Sorry for the long post, but I'd welcome advice.
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contradictory advice b/w Heather and GI doc--I'm confused
