sad today...dealing with diagnosis
#322047 - 01/09/08 12:10 PM
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lkr
Reged: 01/07/08
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Very sad today. IBS has been worse and worse in the past month I've been trying to put on weight. Former marathon runner and competitive athlete, now having to exercise minimally during the week or else C is not relieved. Keep wondering to myself if the running is what gave me IBS. Friends are worried about me but I feel like they think I went crazy and now it's partly my fault. Very down today... could use some encouragement...
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I am so sorry you are feeling so down. I have never heard of running giving anyone IBS and typically exercise is good for IBS. Being a marathon runner, you might have to scale it down a bit but keep as active as possible.
If pain and cramps are bad, heat always helps me, snuggle up with a heating pad on your tummy! Or take a really long soak on a hot bath! Stress can make symptoms worse so try not to let what the others think of you, I know, easier said than done! I am not a tea drinker but others swear by the peppermint and fennel tea.
Hugs and love
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Taking it one day at a time.....
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Thanks michele... I'm mostly just embarrassed because IBS made me have to give up things like dairy and, as a vegetarian, that really limited my diet. even though i was a dedicated athlete i wasn't getting enough calories tho i was eating 6x a day, and once i saw i was losing too much weight it became hard to course-correct without having "episodes" in front of my friends / boyfriend. i had been doing so well with the IBS that i was terrified of it happening again and i didn't fix my diet up fast enough. now so upset with skinniness i'm eating gaining the weight back but sacrificing my digestive comfort for it. so tummyaches all day. 
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So sorry you are feeling so bad. It's hard to go through what we go through with IBS. I'll offer you one of my favorite quotes: "When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." ~Barbara J. Winter
I wish you a happier day today. Keep your spirits up. Keep fighting. Keep exercising, too. {{{hugs}}}
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I can totally understand your discouragement and also blaming yourself for something that you most likely have no control over. IBS is a difficult diagnosis (and illness) because people don't understand how much it can impact one's life. It is embarrassing not to be able to eat what everyone else is eating. To have tummies that make noises, to have to make a beeline to the bathroom and hope you get there in time, to try to smile and follow a conversation while your insides are cramping up, to be so bloated up that someone actually asks you when you are due. And finally after subjecting oneself to a battery of invasive tests then to be told, "Its only IBS."
One thing though that I have found through the years (and I have a lot of years) is that IBS flares and goes into remissions. And during the flares things can seem pretty bleak. But isn't it nice that we can come here and everyone here understands.
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