[sue660]

I presume one is the diarrhea type and the other is the constipation type...I thought IBS was a combination of both? That is how it is for me anyway..Can someone please explain?

 

[Nat]

You can have D or C, or a combination of both. I have D and C, but predominant C.Nat

 

[Nat]

You can have D or C, or a combination of both. I have D and C, but predominant C.Nat

 

[webbsusa]

Sooz, I can't explain it any better than Nat did. Just wanted to let you know that I also have both, though C is more of a problem for me, too. I think there are several of us around here who "swing"

between D and C.I loved the Austin Powers movies--Austin's misadventures wih the ladies and his "swinging" reputation always make me laugh. IBS is such a pain in the butt (literally!) that saying I'm a swinger (rather than C/D or the other terms most people use) is my own little coping technique. When I'm cursing my IBS and crying about going back and forth between the two, I say "swing," think of Austin, and I get a much-needed laugh. The things we do to try to have a sense of normalcy!

Welcome to the board--I saw your first post on the other board, and thought I'd say welcome while I responded to this post.

 

[webbsusa]

Sooz, I can't explain it any better than Nat did. Just wanted to let you know that I also have both, though C is more of a problem for me, too. I think there are several of us around here who "swing"

between D and C.I loved the Austin Powers movies--Austin's misadventures wih the ladies and his "swinging" reputation always make me laugh. IBS is such a pain in the butt (literally!) that saying I'm a swinger (rather than C/D or the other terms most people use) is my own little coping technique. When I'm cursing my IBS and crying about going back and forth between the two, I say "swing," think of Austin, and I get a much-needed laugh. The things we do to try to have a sense of normalcy!

Welcome to the board--I saw your first post on the other board, and thought I'd say welcome while I responded to this post.

 

[Coggie]

I wish I had C. I only get D. The closest to C I get are incomplete BMs.

 

[Coggie]

I wish I had C. I only get D. The closest to C I get are incomplete BMs.

 

[Homebound]

IBS can come in many forms for people. I'm mainly a D type, my Mother is a C type, but was D at one point in her life. As someone else said those that have both can be called a swinger!

Back and forth from D and C. It's different for everyone...

 

[Homebound]

IBS can come in many forms for people. I'm mainly a D type, my Mother is a C type, but was D at one point in her life. As someone else said those that have both can be called a swinger!

Back and forth from D and C. It's different for everyone...

 

[fred]

What definitions are you using for C and D? Are you using frequency or stool formation or both?

 

[fred]

What definitions are you using for C and D? Are you using frequency or stool formation or both?

 

[sue660]

Thankyou for filling me in regarding the ibs-c and -d thing...looks like I am a swinger then. In some ways being a swinger is worse, because you never know what is going to happen next. Still, IBS is NO JOKE. Thankyou all for responding to my post and helping me out.

 

[sue660]

Thankyou for filling me in regarding the ibs-c and -d thing...looks like I am a swinger then. In some ways being a swinger is worse, because you never know what is going to happen next. Still, IBS is NO JOKE. Thankyou all for responding to my post and helping me out.