This doesn't solve anything, but it gets you back to square one where you can stay on the high fiber bandwagon. It seems like I have to do this once or twice a month and it is always after I ate meat or cheese. Once in a while I have to slip or I'll go insane. The magnesium citrate gets me out of trouble from the slip ups.
Good Luck!
At Sat, 17 May 2003, Elaine wrote:
>
>Oh you don't know how much I detest hearing the IBS thing. My doctor
>mentioned this to me after the hysterectomy. I told him that was just a
>catch all and I refused to accept that. I truly believe it's like you
>said, they have no clue what the problem is so they say IBS.
>
>I know this sounds crazy, but I was thinking today if maybe it's also
>why I'm so tired all the time. If things aren't moving through my
>intestines correctly, they can't be absorbing nutrients correctly
>either. I'm also a walking fiber farm lol (love that analogy!). I eat
>a salad for lunch every day, I take metamucil now and am eating two
>bowls of shredded wheat a day. I still haven't had a bowel movement
>since LAST Sunday! I have enough gas to supply Texaco for a month though
>lol! I need a shirt that says "no flames or we're going to blow!" It's
>awful. Of course, the more bloated I get the worse the pain gets. I
>hate to take another laxative because I'm so frightened of my body
>getting used to them. I'm not sure what else to do, so I plan to do
>nothing until I talk to my doctor next week. In the past three weeks
>I've had to take a laxative twice, so I really don't want to do that
>again unless I have to :(.
>
>well, whinning, sorry. Thanks for listening. It's so great that others
>are also sick of hearing IBS! That isn't my problem...or else after they
>cut down the adhesions I would have had the same problem. Everything
>worked like it used to for a month and now I'm back to where I was
>before. I just wish there was an imaging study they could do to locate
>adhesions. After two surgeries in four months, I really don't want
>anyone to even look in there for fear of more adhesions :(.
>
>At Sat, 17 May 2003, Karen Steward wrote:
>>
>>Elaine,
>>
>> Doesn't that IBS "diagnosis" just give you such comfort??....lol......
>>I always noticed that was always the overall quoted diagnosis....and then
>>what
>>is offered for the relief of this so called IBS???.....well, nothing rea ly.
>>
>>There seems to be a pattern that I read....many women (not all)
>>begin experiencing MORE problems, even problems they didn't have prior,
>>after a hysterectomy. As far as your bowel problems......oh brother..... .
>>I had Melissa eating cabbage soup, crushed apples, pears, she even
>>choked down prune juice (yes we "warmed" it)...I bought Noni juice
>>(a popular cure all), we added magnesium to her diet....along with every
>>piece of advice I could buy on sluggish bowels.....we tried it all.
>>One doctor told us, "I can tell you what her problem is--she is backed u
>>to her EARS!!!"........Melissa said, "And.....what can you do to help??" ...
>>.......
>>he goes, "Eat a lot of fiber"...........Once I pulled Melissa off of him ...
>>...lol.........
>>she finally managed to say, "I am a walking fiber farm now!!! How
>>can I eat more!!!!!!?????" He said, "You must not be eating the RIGHT ki d."
>>
>>I told Melissa I would cut down a tree once we returned home and we woul
>>put it in the blender........trust me, I know what you are going through !
>>Hers bowels weren't just sluggish--it was almost non-existent. NOTHING
>>helped!!
>>When you start to figure it out, it makes sense, if the bowels are entan led
>> how can you
>>have a normal bowel movement? Also, you may have rectal adhesions,
>>along with the bowel adhesions.
>>I know none of this is helping you a bit, but maybe it is confirmation to
>>what you
>>already know!!! It seems the help is just not there until the adhesions re
>>properly removed!
>>
>>Karen
>>