Has any one ever used the Family and Medical Leave Act successfully with IBS. My workplace, due to many absences due to the blessings of IBS, has suggested I file for this with my doctor. I accumulated negative sick time which no one told me about and will now lose all my vacation time for 2003-July 2004. I have 14 hrs of vacation remaining.I explained that I cannot plan the days I may miss work due to the nature of this IBS, but no one is getting it or understanding why diarrhea would cause me to miss work.
I have a new doc with new meds( Questran and Donnatal) but as we all know the body is slow at times responding to new things. I really love my job and have given up in other situations by leaving a job and I will not let that happen again
. Any suggestions or thoughts?Gilda

