Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: i wonder what it's like to be normal

line415, I do exactly the same thing when it comes to PRETENDING I'm normal. Sometimes I used to convince myself that it was all in my head and ate just like everybody else. Of course, that didn't last long and I wound up with terrible pain and bloating.
I'm also jealous of all people that can eat whatever and don't even know what it's like to get REALLY sick. Sometimes people make comments thinking I eat differently because I'm trying to stay skinny so I'm on a "diet" and say something like "oh, why don't you have some, you can afford to eat that since you're skinny"! Yeah, I wish! Sometimes it makes me angry - what do they know what I can and cannot eat? Why do people feel like they have the right to comment on what we eat?

Yesterday I went to a baseball game and during the first 4 innings I was suffering a really bad attack. I was in so much pain so I didn't pay much attention to the game and watched all those people around me eating "crap" without having to thing twice about it. All they have to do is maybe take a long walk today so that they would make up for the extra cals but thats it. I just felt incredibly sorry for myself and everyone else with IBS. Then suddenly the pain just went away so I was able to enjoy the rest of the game (well "enjoy" - my team lost

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I remember what "normal" feels like since I didn't start having really big problems until about 15 and even then I wasn't going from too much pain. Sometimes I have normal days even now and it feels great! Unfortunately it's not that often - the last one I had was almost two years ago. I want it back - I just want to be not bloated and painfree. Is that so much to ask?

I'm sorry for my ranting but it feels good to get it out of my chest. My DH is very understanding but I feel that the only people who can truly understand are my fellow sufferers.

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IBS-C, bloating, cramps
pregnant

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