Post out of desperation of yet another Ibs flare up. I can’t control it, can’t identify any triggers. The flare up happens and it’s pain and huge bloating, im talking 5/10 Inches over my tummy, it’s like pure abdominal distension, like my muscles forget they are even there and my abdomen turns into a water bed.
ive been hospitalised with pain and raised inflammation markers 3 times, all 3 times they thought grumbling appendix. Stool test showed high cal protectin but negative FIT, nhs referral to gastro 2 years so paid private. Colonoscopy and samples were clear. Consultant said sometimes they reset and if not come back for endoscopy but he strongly thought ibs. Gynae issues have been ruled out also. Allergies have been ruled out. I will go back for endoscopy but where my pain isn’t consistent with where the small intestine is.
how the f does anyone manage ibs. I just can’t. Prior to colonoscopy I had a flare up that lasted 6 months, every day in pain, bloated up to 10 Inches and now I’m on day 3 again and I can’t live like this. It’s genuinely ruining my life, it impacts my work being in pain every day, my family life as I can barely play with my kids as bending and hunching over are very painful, can’t have any pressure on my tummy. I’m at the end of my tether. All the nhs guidance I’ve tried, all the buscopan and mebeverine, pepper mint oil, been prescribed lorazepam for it and citalopram and nothing not one thing works. Sometimes fasting gets rid of the pain, sometimes it makes it 10 times worse
has anyone who’s had similar found a way to deal with it?