Hi there I have been a sufferer of IBS-C for 2 years now. It started when I had my gall bladder removed and I never got back to eating properly. Then I stopped eating for 7 months straight it was too painful and I just drank water. Went into hospital for 3 weeks and had tests. They would try to get me to eat. It at the time I fufhtbrealise I have a gluten allergy and lactose intolerance so it was making everything worse! Came out of hospital because I got Covid. Basically they said I had different symptoms of different digestive disorders so just put t me in the IBS-C category. They put me on shakes and slowly I started the FODMAP diet. Well I’ve so much research, tried so many recipes, eaten completely plain home cooked food, done the batch cooking, I’ve got an air fryer joe which helps as I’m too weak to stand for any length of time. Because I lost so much weight in so little time I have lost so much muscle mass. I went from a size 20 to size 6 in 8 months. Some of tge doctors asked if I’d done it deliberately! I love my good always wnd this to me is hell! Yes j wanted to lose weight but not like thins. The fatigue is terrible, I can’t get out of the house to drive because I can’t press the clutch, I can’t get anywhere! Friends come and they pick ip
dhoppinb but Tescos and Amazon are my best friends!!! I was doing welk but last May it’s all gone pear shaped. My daughter decided to move her boyfriend in without my permission, I can’t get rid of so the lady 9 months has been hell. At first I stopped eating then I started right from the beginning again on the FODMAP diet, nothing worked. I was literally under so much stress I couldn’t eat. I rely as though my BB stomach was fulL of a 5 course meal all the time and my stopped was bloated so much I thought my skin would break. So I wrhrbto my sisters, witching a week I was eating 3 meals a day, very small but eating and snacks, I had Indian and Chinese takeaways which would have been full of onions, garlic and other IBS nastiest huy I just ate and my digestive system started working so no laxatives. I didn’t have IBS I thought. Tge minute I came home I was right back to the beginning, went to my sisters for Christmas and ate everythjng gain! Came back Jan 1 and back to IBS again. What’s going on??? So my consultant said Ido have IBS buy the stress is exacerbating tge symptoms greatly. So my daughter has a date to move out. I know I’m not going to be perfect straight away but if I can start eating like at my sisters I would be overjoyed! At the moment I’m in a pattern of eating something one day tgen two days not eating. I’m lying in bed with my stomach huge and the constant pain is becoming overwhelming. I had breast cancer and my tiler has always been high but this, this is something else entirely! I have other medical conditions and my consultant is happy to write a letter confirming my IBS is a medical disorder. I really am not able ti move, when my daughter moves out the room can be used for a cater to stay over. I suffer from episodic attacia which are severe dizzy spells where I completely lose control of my body. My mother has had to feed me, I drop where I stand and nothing can be done except sleep. I get attacks more frequently because of the stress. When my daughter moved out I’ve been told o will be eligible from Adult Careand ti stay in my flat. All consultants will write attesting to this so hopefully I can stay where I am. I did go to the shop with ju friend today for a quick outing. I managed to get down the stairs on my bum with her help then the wheelchair was waiting . We had a bit of fun and games getting in and out of the car but it was nice to be in a superrfor a change. I just got some chicken and vegetables. There’s no point in buying more it’ll just go to waste!
1 has anyone got advice on what I can do during these really severe. Out of stress
2 can anyone give me any advice of what dicymm my rhrx I need to collate to keep my flat. I do know I have to have a care assessment. They have been before and out grabrais around the flat to help m. They’re Greg but during and attacia attack useless.,
so many thanks and sending love and positive thought to all the IBS sufferers out ther
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