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Hi,
I was diagnosed with IBS 3 years ago...when I was 50! The doctor decided I developed IBS because I am a female and under stress. Don't you just hate when they use those reasons as a fall-back because they can't figure out any other reason?
Then I read Heather's books and it became very clear to me why at the age of 50 I had IBS. I had 7 abdominal surgeries in 5 years...the last surgery was about 2 years ago. Heather writes in her books that IBS can be brought on by physical trauma, and duh...what could be more traumatizing to my body than SEVEN abdominal surgeries?!
Once again, Heather helped me to figure it out when the doctor couldn't!
Barb
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I'm not quite 40, I'm 35. I was recently diagnosed with IBS-D. I had an abnormally large amount of stress in my life last summer, which in turn led to a nervous break down in the fall. That is when my problem started. After months and months of testing, several doctors, and ruling out all other possibilities, including ovarian cancer which runs in my family, this was the diagnosis I was given. I have found in the last couple of months since being diagnosed that stress is my biggest trigger. I have a high stress job, single mom with 4 teens, it's not something I can avoid. But I have found over the years that walking really reduces my stress level. I think, at least for me, my body finally said it couldn't take any more. I've always had a high level of stress in my life and never thought twice about. My body is now rebelling. 
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Mine hit like a ton of bricks the night of Thanksgiving 2002. After a battery of tests (all the important ones) and 4 different doc, 2 of which were gastros I was diagnosed early April 2003. I have a number of things that could have triggered it, stress being just one (although I've always handled stress well) and like you, multiple abdominal surgeries. So, instead of trying to find out the exact trigger I just focus on, "well, I have, it's not curable but it is controllable, so DEAL with it". With every set back in life there is a gift, if you just look for it. I was given a number of gifts throughout this ordeal. Some were: to eat better, weight loss (a positive thing for me especially in the self esteem department), beef up the exercise routine by adding yoga to the aerobics I was already doing, rest more, and well, just generally stop and smell the roses more often.
Kandee
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Wow! What a great attitude! You're an inspiration!
I, too, have looked for the reasons that I went through 7 surgeries, and now IBS, and tried to find the positives behind all the yucky stuff. I agree with you, IBS has forced me to eat right (not because I know I should, but because if I don't I'll get sick), exercise (I enrolled in Boot Camp every M-F at 5:30 AM!), and lose and keep my weight off.
We can all learn from you, though, by looking for the gifts in our lives.
Barb
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Thank you
#11632 - 06/13/03 03:39 PM
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Kandee
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Loc: USA, Southern California
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Aren't you nice. Thanks for the compliment.
Every New Years Day I make the same resolution. (It sure beats the weight loss one or the I'm going to stop this vise or that.) It is to "be more positive" period.
It's amazing what negativity goes through our heads, then spits out of our mouths daily. Never got the "positivity" just right--(who does?)--it takes A LOT of work, so guess it will be my standing resolution!!!
Kandee
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Hi,
Wow! Someone else that seemed to have gotten IBS after going through UTI and multiple prescriptions to treat it! I don't know of there's a direct link, but let me know what prescriptions you had and I'll look into it. I also went through all that shortly before I was diagnosed with all this, but I do suspect I had the IBS condition all my life, but never really had it bad until this last year. I tend to think it's more stress related and I was under a lot of stress this last year so for now I'm looking at that at the main cause.
Please email me what you took for antibiotics- it might turn out to be another possibility.
Thanks,
Marlies
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You might check the research library under general IBS - there are articles in there about possible triggers for the onset of developing IBS. "Insults to the gut" are one, and antibiotics as well as severe stress can both qualify.
- H
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