Re: Getting the IBS diagnosis
02/04/05 07:10 AM
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melitami
Reged: 02/23/04
Posts: 1213
Loc: Ewing, NJ, USA (IBS-D, Vegetarian)
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I was diagnosed by two doctors. One GI (in Richmond, VA) in Fall 02, who just did bloodwork and a rectal exam for occult blood. He said I had IBS. He just gave me a list of "gas-producing foods" and told me to avoid those and he put me on an antispasmodic, that worked for about a year, then stopped working.
In Fall/Winter 03/04, I went to student health and then todifferent GI (here in Philly), who between them did a abdominal and pelvic CT scan and a colonoscopy and more blood work, including a celiac test. I was diagnosed with IBS again. I was put on a different antispasmodic (Bentyl) that I had an allergic reaction to, then a bunch of different antidepressants that I had nasty side effects to. The GI just told me to eat more fiber (but she meant IF, not SF). So yes, I've been diagnosed, but the doctors didn't really help much.
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