What's your typical day in the life with IBS?
I take an ACACIA fiber powder with banana every AM, again late afternoon or with dinner if there is something to mix it in. I have 1 1/2 cp coffee. I drink water all day, mint tea that I make and try to follow my IBS diet criteria as much as possible. 1/2 hr exercise every other day or more. Relaxation techniques.
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I been told I have IBS but never had ant tests to prove it.
I got constipated and 5 different Drs ignored me one sent to a psychiatrist.
It turn out I had an impaction and a fissure..
I went to the ER about 21 times each time I only got enemas and sent home .
This went on from August 19 to Sept 28.
Finally my family Dr sent me to a colorectum Dr .I had wait a month to see him.
He did surgery on my fissure and discovered my impact but he added water to it to break and it didn't break a week later he did a procedure to remove it .
Now it's been 2 1/2 months I developed gastritis right the procedure first two months were hell.
Horrible pain and nausea throwing up all day .
Two weeks ago my pain is more or less gone , nausea has been gone for 23 days .
My problems now my bowel.movements yesterday I went 6 times today gone only two times worried I. Constipated .
Just took prune juice muxed with apple juice .
Last night. To metamucil with hope of having just one large bowel.movement .
I don't go out much I spend my days in the bathroom!
Thought the whole ordeal I lost 60 pounds !!Here's my typical day with IBS-M. When I wake up, I drink 16 oz. of water. I don't really want to, but it helps push down the acid since I have GERD. It also helps with my digestion. I don't dare eat breakfast until I have arrived at work, and I keep an emergency kit (changes of clothes, wet wipes, adult diaper, disposable bags) both in my vehicle and at work.
Breakfast is a handful of almonds and a piece of fruit if I'm feeling well enough to eat. I sip chamomile tea all morning and water all afternoon and evening. I will eat lunch on days that I am not having diarrhea. I try to eat enough vegetables to get my fiber, and I like to sprinkle ground flaxseed onto some foods for extra fiber. I used to drink Metamucil 30 minutes before dinner, but now it seems to actually cause my constipation to worsen. Dinner is my big meal of the day because I am near my own bathroom and feel safe to eat. I make sure to not eat to satiety, though, and to finish at least three hours before bedtime, or I will go to sleep fighting nausea.
I go to sleep as early as I'm able because there's always a possibility that I will awaken in pain and be up for hours making multiple visits to the bathroom.
