I was going to ask a similar question tonight. I have gone the last four months without any problems until tonight. I was eating healthy, taking my fiber and vitamins, pretty low stress currently (the biggest stressful thing was last week was realizing that I had maxed out on vacation this month and had to take Friday off or lose the day- rough I know) and then tonight suddenly I am dealing with an upset system- went from sudden cramping to C followed by a severe case of D. The system is now unhappy, bloated and just miserable for the last three hours.
In reviewing my food/symptom diary it seems that over the last eighteen months that about every 4-5 months I am having a flare-up like this and things go fine in between. The last flare-up was due to the lovely stomach flu that was going around at work in March.
Compared to four years ago when I was having an attack every 3-5 days I am a bit happier but I am just concerned that when the attacks happen now the pain is much more severe and inconsistent with anything that is going on and no specific trigger. The bigger concern is that when these attacks now take place I lose 5-10 pounds and take almost two-three months to gain the weight back. Thanks in advance
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