IBS-D Archive
You Know You Are Having a Bad IBS Day When . . .
2 Comments Published by tummyblogger November 12th, 2007You know you are having a bad IBS day when
You start talking unkindly to the button you are trying to sew onto that winter coat that it’s cold enough for, when it’s really all the fault of the needle.
You know you are having a stressful and bad IBS Day when
You drop and break a perfectly balanced, grooved, weighted glass that knows better than to leap out of your hand and crash to the floor.
So the stress catches up with you, and you know you are having a really stressful and bad IBS Day when
Your IBS-C turns into IBS-D.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - What to Use Every Day?
4 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 30th, 2007 in fiber, general, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-D, FiberSure (tm), Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm), Benefiber (tm), PrebioticsIn reviewing the questions that people ask search engines, and then get direct to this site, I am seeing a lot of “is it ok to take xyz every day.” The answers are sprinkled through this site, so I wonder whether people find what they are looking for.
In this post I review some of the […]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - The Three Rules
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 12th, 2007 in Gastrocolic Reflex, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS Triggers, IBS-C, IBS-D, IBS Diet, IBS SymptomsI have been fixing up the inner workings of For My Tummy. This involved going back over two months of posts, and that gave me the chance to notice that I had posted once on two rules for IBS, here. And then, ten days or so before that, I had posted on the one rule […]
Important Reminder for IBS-D
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 5th, 2007 in IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-DPlease Note
The following point has been at the top of my list for posts for a week or so. I want to emphasize that this reminder from the NDDIC is important for people with IBS-D. If you have bouts of diarrhea, or even constant diarrhea, please heed this:
Replacing Electrolytes
Electrolytes, in addition to fluid, must be […]
Digestive Advantage - IBS Suggestion
5 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 1st, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-D, Align, Digestive Advantage - IBS, Digestive Advantage - Constipation, IBS SymptomsThis recent post about IBS probiotic Align has a comment from David at Ganeden Biotech, makers of Digestive Advantage ™IBS. They would like me to repeat the review process that I did with Align, using their product for IBS. Their product is widely available in stores, and has one good clinical test of its efficacy.
I am going to respond and thank them. I will have to suggest that
IBS and the Three Nervous Systems
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 27th, 2007 in Medical, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-D, Digesting Information, IBS SymptomsThe Second Brain
There is an actual physical finding in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), that indicates that IBS is not “all in the head.” All in the nerves, maybe, but not all in the head.
The Three Nervous Systembs
To begin with, we need to understand that our bodies have three nervous systems:
CNS - The Central Nervous […]
Fiber 101b - Fiber for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
2 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 23rd, 2007 in fiber, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-D, FiberSure (tm), Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm), Benefiber (tm), Digesting InformationThe following material is designed specifically for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It may be useful to people who have occasional constipation or diarrhea or non-specific tummy pain. As usual, this is not medical advice. It will be helpful to read the Fiber in IBS Glossary, posted two days ago, and you might […]
IFFGD- International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 21st, 2007 in general, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-DThe AboutIBS Organization
As their URI indicates, the IFFGD is aboutibs.org, an organization and web site devoted to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (and, perhaps, other functional GI disorders). I’ve just added a link to their web site in the sidebar.
Patient Advocates for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
The IFFGD organization is, I think, the closest to a “patient-advocacy” […]
Yogurt for Irritable Bowel Syndrome - No?
4 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 2nd, 2007 in Medical, Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS Triggers, IBS food, IBS-C, IBS-D, Digesting Information, Dannon Activia YogurtModerators in one of the IBS Forums often suggest trying Dannon Activia ™. I have not. That’s because lactose is sometimes a trigger for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)–and lactose is an ingredient in milk and milk products such as yogurt. Of course Activia ™ is a food–yogurt–and not a medicine.
Now comes this FAQ from the […]
Taking Align for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)-Week 3
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger July 30th, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS-C, IBS-D, Align, NSI ProbioticsInto the third week with Align
The state of my tummy is degrading a bit. I am thinking that Align offers less probiotic than the NSI 15-35 formula I had been taking.
What do I mean by “degrading?”
I am more sluggish–that is, constipated. Also, I have had something like four episodes of reflux in five days. I’ve “medicated up” with both Ranitidine 150 (Zantac ™ 150)) and Prilosec ™. That means that
Fiber for IBS - 101a
1 Comment Published by tummyblogger July 23rd, 2007 in fiber, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS-C, IBS-D, FiberSure (tm), Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm)Sometimes it seems so simple I take it for granted. There are two kinds of fiber for IBS. One is FiberSure ™, which is 100% inulin and is made from chicory. The other is Heather’s Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber ™, which is 100% acacia fiber, from the acacia gum tree.
These are the fibers that […]
IBS and Doctors
1 Comment Published by tummyblogger July 23rd, 2007 in Gastrocolic Reflex, Medical, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS-C, IBS-D“The doctors don’t know what’s wrong with me, so they say it’s IBS.”
“I’m fed up with the doctors who keep sending me for tests and don’t seem to find out what’s wrong. They don’t know anything more than when they started and they don’t understand that I’m in pain.”
And I read many more similar complaints […]