Hello, I would like to share my story on IBS, and how it has affected my life the last six years!
About five years ago, I noticed that I started to have bad indigestion, which sometimes made me feel like vomiting! About two months after this continuous indigestion, I began to get ill in the morning after I woke up. Usually in the morning after I woke, I would feel like vomiting, followed by a very slow and not so pleasing bowel movement, but as soon as I had a bowel movement I felt better! As the day went on I would eat normally, and around 8:00 P.M. I would notice that the lower right side of my gut felt like ther was a knot it, not much pain, just a large knot!
This went on for several months, so I decided to go to my physician, the following is a list of medical procedures that I had done over the next three-year stretch:
1. Barium colon X-ray - Revealed no problems.
2. Stomach X-ray – Revealed no problems.
3. Gull Bladder ultrasound – Revealed no problems.
4. Kidney ultrasound – Revealed no problems.
5. Scooped – Revealed no problems.
6. Was checked for hemorrhoids. – None found.
7. Change of diet – Some small positive results, none to brag about.
8. Fiber – At the beginning of my IBS, yes! Now, no positive results!
Finally my doctor says I have IBS, now I thought to myself great, at least I know what it is, and then when my doctor said there is no cure or treatment for it, I about went ballistic!
To this day, I still wonder if this is what I have?
Now it's five years later, I still have indigestion, and terrible constipation, usually never diarrhea! I usually go in the morning, after coaxing my bowel with a cup of warm tea, and even then it sometimes does not work! I also have experienced very small stool, which look like it was being pushed through one of those play dough machines with all the different shapes and sizes! After seeing this I thought to myself, maybe I have internal hemorrhoids, but guess what? None found!
This Syndrome has completely ruined my life! The worst side effect from this syndrome, was the fact that I isolated myself from going anywhere, because I was afraid I would lose bowel control, this thought process was based on real bad bowel situations that occurred while I was traveling on a family vacation, and traveling for work! To make a long story short, I started to have Anxiety, and panic attacks from these bad experiences, and only left my house, if I had to!
Well, it’s 6 years now; I have lost my job, lost my wife, and lost the desire to enjoy life because of this so-called IBS! I am at the end of my wits with this, anymore, I am just going to start doing the things I used to enjoy, and If I vomit, soil myself, have anxiety and panics, so be it! IBS - definition = Life Destroyer!
If anyone can mention any relief natural, or otherwise, from this constapation, and lack of movement in my bowel, I would be forever thankfull!
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