Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
Vikki,
You did a very good job posting this. And congratulations for having found this fabulous website. You're gonna get a lot better because of it. Everyone here is very helpful, so feel free to ask ANYTHING (we've heard it all!).
I started having IBS symptoms with certain food as far back as 1968, but I didn't know I had IBS then. Over the years, other foods started bothering me too, giving me IBS-like symptoms, but, again, I didn't know it was IBS. It wasn't until around 1980-1985 that I realized I had a problem. Still, I wasn't diagnosed (with a colonoscopy) until 2 years ago.
I'll be 60 in November.
Again, Vikki, welcome to the boards! You SOOOO found the right place, darlin'!