February 9, 2011 - IBS

The IBS finally allowed some to pass.  Even though it was painful it is better than the pain of IBS-C.  This relief, though minimal because there is still IBS pain, generally lasts a day or two and then the pain starts building again.  I know it may sound strange, but if I have to have IBS I would rather it be the D and not the C, at least with the D the pain was only while eating, and right after eating, and then whatever I ate was gone and it wouldn't hurt very much until I ate again.  With C, the pain is all the time and if there is gas included the pain can be so bad that I cannot move.  I am not sure what makes the gas so much worse, but it frequently feels like my insides are stretching and trying to tear apart.  I now avoid whole wheat and oats because of this.  White bread does not seem to cause a problem, but when I had gluten free oat product I was eating I was in a massive amount of gas pain all of the time and the IBS-C was worse than normal.  It seems the more fiber I eat, so long as it is grain fiber, the worse the C gets.  I am not sure how the vegetable fiber is working out as the C has been pretty bad lately and I can only eat a little bit at a time most days because if I eat a normal sized meal I feel like I am going to vomit.