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Hi. What does YOUR ibs pain feel like?

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ellacraig
ellacraig

do you feel it daily?

im trying to see what others go through as their struggles .

thanks

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    CEC3 ellacraig

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    For the most part ,I feel pain due to IBS, about 50-70% of the month. I’ll have pain from where my ovaries are all through out my abdomen and into my back. Sometimes I feel like I have a softball at the base of my esophagus and that it won’t enter my stomach and it won’t digest. This is when I get the severe nausea/ vomiting and bloating. I usually know I will have an attack that week when I get those symptoms.

    Then there are times when it feels like my stomach and intestines are spasming uncontrollably and that I can barely breathe. I have been to the ER so many times truly worried that something was severely wrong. It’s become so embarrassing and I work at the hospital in the cardiac unit making me always mortified the next day that I was “fine”. It’s even become a running joke with my colleagues.

     I wish there was a quick fix. The meds I’ve tried have usually had some pretty nasty side effects making me refuse the drug. I usually eat a very healthy and strict diet. Not a lot of oil and butter. Not a lot of of insoluble fiber. No red meat very little poltury. Nothing with a lot of sugar and or sodium. And I’ll still have a horrendous attack. Then there are times whenI eat like absolute crap I’m talking  pizza, ice cream, bread and butter, soda and what ever else I want and still have a terrible attack. The worst part is that there seems to be no rhyme or reason. And all the tests come back “clear” ct scan clear, upper endo clear, lactose, sucrose and fructose test all regular. Gastric emptying scan in the upper limits but still “regular”. It is truly maddening and reading all these posts has helped. I’m currently in the fetal position and it’s helpful to know I’m not the only one who goes through these bouts of horrendous pains. ❤️ Wish we could all be cured 

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