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Hi everyone,saw the Gastroenterologist today and had a long discussion,he thinks I also have IBS,he told me to cut down a little on my fiber ,have a sigmoidoscopy and some new blood tests.When I originally had my colonoscopy I was told to increase my fiber,do they just try anything ???I will give it a try and will see what happens.He also said Diverticular disease and IBS can cause bladder problems.

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  • madeline27614
    madeline27614 Guest

    Posted

    Yes they guess. This forum is great with helping us. You have to suffer from these conditions to be able to understand and treat it. We are better than doctors!!
  • Guest
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    Hi Yvonne

    I guess getting the fibre right is a balancing act.  As for fibre, I have just 1 small slice of bread or 30gm porridge oats per day.  The rest comes in the form of blended veggie soup, well cooked veggies and Fybogel. 

    I was interested to hear him say DD causes bladder problems, as I am currently finding that more difficult to deal with than the DD, which is behaving at the moment.    Best wishes

    • Guest
      Guest Guest

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      I can have bladder problems anytime but it's always worse when I have loose stools.If it's not one thing it's another .I will try not taking the Fybogel on a morning and see if that helps as everything's worse on a morning.Time will tell.

  • susan95516
    susan95516 Guest

    Posted

    I am in the same boat as you fyber for DD no fyber for IBS what do you do ?
    • Guest
      Guest susan95516

      Posted

      Hi Susan,he said to only have Fybogel once a day instead of twice and there is no problem at using Imodium every day.Did you have the Sigmoidoscopy yet?
    • susan95516
      susan95516 Guest

      Posted

      Not yet just waiting for appointment I haven't taken fybergel today due to have diarrhoea

    • Guest
      Guest susan95516

      Posted

      Hi Susan,when you have the diahroea does it make you feel unwell like Crampy and nauseous?I feel really unwell with it and that's why I take the Imodium.

    • susan95516
      susan95516 Guest

      Posted

      Yes it does also really windy. My gastroenterologist told me to take half a Imodium tomorrow just incase I get stressed for my daughters wedding on Saturday. If I get bad I can take another half Saturday x
    • Guest
      Guest susan95516

      Posted

      I don't suffer too bad with the windy bit but feel really sickly and loose my appetite,Hope all goes well for the wedding😊

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