IBS Tales

Well, OK, not destiny, but it sounds better than “my appointment with nutritionist”. Anyway, I had it.
And it was pretty good – I actually, genuinely came OUT of the appointment feeling better than when I went IN, which, if you are an IBS sufferer and have visited a number of healthcare people, you will know [...]

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So – the first aspect which my new therapist looks at is food intolerance. There are a lot of different theories and arguments surrounding IBS, but I think that one thing that is pretty much beyond doubt is that food affects our symptoms. The question is how much of an influence it has – and [...]

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Right – I’ve made the appointment, hurrah for me.
Over the next few weeks I’m gonna write some blog entries looking at the approaches which this particular IBS clinic uses, ie: looking at food intolerance, plus yeast overgrowth, plus the presence of bad bacteria.
And if anyone’s inspired to go for a similar approach themselves then the [...]

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OK – the Save the IBS Hedgehogs (and Save the Sophie) campaign has got off to a rather rocky start, because I’ve had the cough from hell over the past two weeks. It was really quite impressive, resulting in some spectacular and lengthy coughing fits. On several occasions I was quite disappointed to find that [...]

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Right. This is my New Year’s resolution – that 15 years of IBS is far too much for anyone to take. So I’m not going to take it anymore!
I intend to spend 2006 looking for some real, genuine improvements in my IBS. Because I’m exhausted, and sad, and restricted, and so sick of being sick [...]

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