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Just wondering if this is normal for everyone else with IBS-
1st off- I go to the bathroom every day- SOmetimes I have a hard time and I don't finish but I do go..
The only time I have a "normal" stomach is when I first wake up in the morning. I always have oatmeal for breakfast and 2 cups of herbal tea. Then I have my norma; morning BM. I feel great after the BM then about 1 hour later I get rectal fullness. Does anyone get this feeling also??? Like they have stuff in there? Sorry to be so frank.
As the days wears on I get more and more bloated. Sometimes I will have another BM when I go home from work and then I feel great for about an hour. Then I get the crampy feeling back again. Does anyone else get this???
I do take 1 dose of citrucel mid morning, and at night I have 1 cup full of Natures Path opti slim cereal, (high Fiber). I drink tons of water alllll day. Sometimes so much I think Im going to float away. I think I rambled on but my main question is does anyone have that rectal pressure feeling for a majority of their day???

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Melissa
Pain predominant w/occasional C.

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