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Ibs advice

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linzi27029
linzi27029

hey just after some advice I have pi ibs and I have good days and bad days is this normal? Usually is a bad day if I have been at work and I can go up to 5 times but on my day off I can go just twice does this sound about right? 

Thanks

linzi

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  • pippa58442
    pippa58442 linzi27029

    Posted

    Good days and bad days are perfectly normal for IBS. IBS comes and goes.according to whatever your particular trigger is, whether that be food or stress or both.  When my IBS started I had mainly bad days.  After diagnosis, I now have many good days, weeks and months.
  • linzi27029
    linzi27029

    Posted

    Thank you I still obsess about bowel cancer but dr doesn't deem a colonoscopy as I don't have enough red flags but I'm guessing good days are a blessing 

    • pippa58442
      pippa58442 linzi27029

      Posted

      Not having enough red flags is a very good sign. I wasn't given a colonoscopy either because one of my doctors told me that she didn't hear any alarm bells ringing.   Concentrate on the positives.

    • linzi27029
      linzi27029 pippa58442

      Posted

      Thank you so much I have health anxiety with I am battling do you or did you get the tummy ache and nausea also? 
    • pippa58442
      pippa58442 linzi27029

      Posted

      Constant stomach ache, nausea and constipation were my very first IBS symptoms.  After diagnosis, my symptoms reduced to on off stomach pain and constipation.  The nausea has gone now.  It only comes back if my stomach ache is severe which is rare.
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