Top One Stupid Thing Said to IBS Sufferers by other IBS sufferers, and the Reason Why It's So Dumb

By sophie on July 16, 2008

OK, so that title's not gonna win me any headline-writing competitions, but those of you who have read my Top 10 Stupid Things Said to IBS Sufferers may have got the reference.

This post is about the one stupid thing that we as IBS sufferers say to each other. I could only think of one as opposed to 10 because we IBS people are obviously more intelligent than that other lot. So - onto the stupid. And the stupid goes something like this...

Hi! I"M 64 years old and have suffered with IBS al;so went threw all kinds of tests and doctors trying to find something to help. I went to a health food store and tried Probiotics called Primadophilus Reuteri. It has just about taken it away!

Several years ago I was diagnosed by a doctor to have IBS and he prescribed tranquilizers for a cure? Said it had to be my nerves. I objected to his theory. I was retired and quite happy; no stress?

I would like to know if my stress from taking care of a wheeelchair and bed bound spouse affect any of my current conditions. I know if I get away for a couple of hours I feel much better, but it tires me out. I could easily sleep most of the day if I had time.
I had serious surgery in Nov 2007 for an ulcer that would not heal so nopw there are medications, such as for Ostoperosis that I can no longer take. Also I can no longer take Celebrex for my arthritis.
Any suggestions for substitutes?
Thanks

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My poor girlfriend. She falls and breaks her hip in the middle of the night. Then has to have two surgeries to fix her hip. Has been confined to her bed and now has developed IBS because of all the anti-biodics she's had to take. She was very proactive and got on a probiodic to help regain the good bacteria in the bowel. Which is something I learned a long time ago, when my husband got a staph infection in his spine and was on heavy doses of a very strong antibiodic.

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