IBS Tales

I was recently contacted by a researcher who was looking into the effect that our attitude to IBS can have on our symptoms, and the value of ‘positive thinking’. She was looking to recruit participants for her university study, which was clearly well-researched and entirely legit. I said that I might be able to advertise [...]

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IBS doesn’t just affect your body, it affects your whole life. When you suffer from something as long-term and as difficult to treat as IBS, almost every aspect of your life is altered.
Food – this one goes without saying. I can’t eat pizza, bread, pasta, doughnuts, cheeseburgers. I don’t eat anything anymore because I want [...]

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I’ve just been given two things which could make my IBS worse – antibiotics to take, and my first ever mercury filling.
That’s because I’ve just had all my wisdom teeth taken out, which actually was less horrific than you would think. The antibiotics, in the form of penicillin (which surprised me; I thought penicillin was [...]

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I have just read an article in the paper about a dating website for people with herpes. Firstly, I want to say that I am not about to make any snide jokes here – if there’s one thing that living with IBS teaches you it’s Thou Shalt Not Laugh at Other People’s Embarrassing Problems, Lest [...]

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