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Left side sleeping

I have read that it's better to sleep on your left side due to descending colon and drainage however does anyone else feel poorly doing this. If I fall asleep...

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I just don't know what to do anymore

So my ct scan showed no abnormalities so the ibs is something I have to continue to try to manage but I simply don't know what to do anymore. I...

Nerve Pain

Anyone else experience severe nerve pain in colon? It's debilitating and is worst in lower left side. I know they say we have hypersensitivity but has anything helped you??? Desperate....

So miserable

I suffer with IBS C and chronic gastritis, added to this recently is a bladder issue whereby I'm up 3 or 4 times in the night. If the ibs and...

Do you ever feel that you have to "fight" to be heard by your doctor?

Advocacy can sound like a public act, but sometimes it's as personal as fighting to be heard and taken seriously at your doctor appointments. Does anyone else fight to be...

Mind/Gut Connection

I understand that gut and brain are connected but how much does that really play into symptoms. For example nothing has changed in my life (stress wise) and no food/alcohol...

Time of day symptoms are experienced

Does anyone’s pain eg bloating get worse as the day progresses? Mines is fine with my first meal, generally fine with my second but it’s my third meal at 6...

How to deal with flare up sadness

Hi anyone got any tips for crawling out of the dark place that a flare up sends me???? Thanks in advance...

Constipated to diarrhea

Hi, I don’t know if anyone else experiences this.. I’m usually IBS-C but recently it’s turning to IBS-D. I’ve noticed it’s when I’ve been out and eaten different food to...

Summer heat and IBS symptoms

Here in southeast lower Michigan, we have a week-long forecast of temps in the high 90s. That is extreme for my zone. But we are not the only region affected...

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