IBS Tales

OK, I know I promised that my next entry would be filled with the happy joys of being alive in the springtime, but unfortunately I have IBS so my moods are controlled by my stomach. And my stomach is not at all happy.
I was doing fairly OK again for another couple of days, and then [...]

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So, as you’ve probably guessed by my last entry, I’ve had a bit of a setback. I may have contributed to this though – although I haven’t eaten anything much that I shouldn’t have, I have been letting myself indulge in weird sleeping and getting up patterns, just because I felt like it, and that [...]

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I’ve spent about four hours today dealing with varying levels of pain. Nothing mind-blowing, I’m not about to collapse in a heap, but it’s still pain, and it still means that I can’t focus on anything properly because I’m too busy trying to ignore my stomach.
It’s worn off now, so I’m OK again, but it’s [...]

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I’m still doing pretty well, although I had a slight blip on the radar last week. Nothing major, just a bit of a tight stomach and discomfort, and I’ve been fine again for the past few days.
I think that this blip was caused by the fact that I have stopped taking the Berberine/grapefruit seed supplement [...]

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