ibs..?
Posted by uk girly, Sep 15 2009, 04:09 AM
people always question it when you say you have ibs .. i hate it , its alomost like they think youre over exaggerating or something !!!..if they only knew !! 
i had a few good weeks not terrible ds ,quite relaxed really but then had a bad few days and had to have more days off work which now brings me up to about 11 days off in total this year , which doesnt look to good for me 
but luckily saw a nurse at my work who actually sympathysed and said it may be expected that i have the occasional odd day off due to my ibs which cannot be helped.... which does help me a bit !
am due to go and see the nutrionist in november which seems a while away but at the moment im just happy to have an appointment !!
untill then i have been trying to find some supplements to calm my stomach as im going away in a few weeks and whenevr i go away my rountine seems to get messed up and i end im getting constipated and bloated and then end up having a day stuck in the bathroom !!! not nice.
-but cant seem to find anything, have tried the antispasmodics but they still dont seem to help with the 'd's which is my main problem.
does anyone know of anything herbal that can be recommended? has anyone had luck with peppermint tea ?
hoping it'll get better
Posted by uk girly, Aug 14 2009, 02:46 AM
had to have another day off work this week and as its been a reacurrance i had to have a meeting and a caution.
my sick time is unacceptable !!! i said I know this but im trying to sort it but it takes time !!!
bearing in mind my managers the hR team know what my problem is and ive explained before that its impossible for me to be at work sometimes !!
the last compnay nurse i was sent to see told me i should be able to control my ibs and that theres no reason why i shouldnt be at work !! is she kidding me ???? 
im now being sent to see another compnay nurse and everything boils down to if she says i have a problem and its acceptable that sometimes im not here...is this right ????
i finally got my appointment with my dietician so im crossing my fingers that eventually well come up with a suitable diet for me !
does anyone else have the same problem with work ??
will it ever stop
Posted by uk girly, Aug 10 2009, 02:41 AM
the last two weeks have been getting worse.
had to have a day off work last week as i just couldnt pull myself away from my bathroom.
i have a new problem now, i go 2-3 days without passing and then on the 3-4th day it will be terrible, really bad ds.
Also having the same problem today and wishing that i wasnt at work as very embarassed that i have to keep rushing back and forth to the toilet
Visited a new doctor who was really nice and actually listened to me ( unlike other doctors in the past who have even told me that i was over exagerating !!!!!) , she suggested i take another spasmodic which i was hesitant to do but she said just to take them when i feel i need them and also she has reffered me to a dietician to see if we can work out if any foods are effecting me at all.. so fingers crossed.
Has anyone taken spasmonal and have any advice on it ?
She has also suggested that worring will not help but not sure how to stop that really as its a Vicious circle ..
But to be honest ( not that i want to be too negative ) but i just feel that im still not going to get anywhere , it just seems to be getting worse and worse , its stopping me from doing more and more things and its just dragging me down, it drains all my happiness when all i do is spend all my days worring when will be the next time itll happen, which is usually every day anyway ...
Will i ever find anything that will work ???
ohh dear !
Posted by uk girly, Jul 27 2009, 03:14 AM
well have tried something else which the doctor had suggested .... a fibre supplement ...very bad idea !!
i woke up this morning in agony and my stomach has swollen to a balloon, i had shooting pains in my stomach, and even worse 'D' than before.
its a nightmare as it has made the urgency even worse....hoping so much that i will find something soon that will help in the slightest way
well this weekend i should have gone out but again as i usually do i went for an hour and then decided i should come home , worrying to much what might happen if i was to go out and needed to come home urgently !! feel like im missing out on soo much!
am going to see a second doctor this week to see if they can suggest anything at all that will help and maybe see if i can get some food intolerance tests !
x
what do i try now?
Posted by uk girly, Jul 22 2009, 05:21 AM
I was diagnosed with IBS last year after 2 years of problems with my gut.
I am 21 years old and have constant issues with my stomach , which seems to effect my work, going out ..pretty much everything... my problem is having sudden urgues which happen almost everyday, i have lost weight, lost alot of my confidence and i find myself constantley sluggish..no fun really !!!
i have been trying hypnotherapy since april this year and this seemed to calm me down which then seemed to calm down my stomach issues aswell but lately they seem to have gotten worse, and i made a trip back to the doctors ...
i have tried making food list to see if any type of certain food is affecting me , relaxation , anti spasmodics , and every doctors i have seen seems to have a different opinion on what is causing my ibs!
some say food could be affecting it and the last doctors i saw last said that ibs is never to do with food is always to do with the mind.... so im getting very confused !!
i cant find anything to try to help with this, i feel like ive tried everything but am just getting nowhere.
for the past 3 weeks it has been getting increasingly worse, and i end up not eating for the whole day in worry that if i eat something at work it might trigger my stomach and i end up rushing to the toilet throughout the day, so i wait till im home and have a light tea.
i know that this is not good for me as my weight drops during these time and im always feeling tired and sluggish but i dont really know how else to handle it at the moment...
i am hoping to see a dietician soon and will have food intolerance tests ..so may have some luck there !
if anyone has any suggestions of what they have tried and has helped, i would be grateful as am willing to try anything
on hoping it'll get better