My IBS Story
I was "diagnosed" with IBS when I was 15 years old. I went through upper and lower GIs at that time. That was the most embarrassing thing for me at that age. It is bad enough being a teenage girl but to have to go through that was the worst. I put diagnosed in parentheses because it is kind of a catch all syndrome.
I have had to change my eating habits so often over my life. Living for years on a farm it was so hard to be growing all of these wonderful fresh vegetables and not being able to enjoy them fresh. Some I can even enjoy cooked. Dairy? Forget about it!
I do not like to go out to a restaurant to eat. No one really understands it. Even my husband has a hard time with it at times. No matter where I go I am always scoping out the place to see where the bathrooms are.
And emotions can also impact IBS causing a flare up. When my son passed away years ago my IBS was the worst. It did finally settle some but it seems with every major crisis in life comes the physical pain along with the emotional.
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