reading these posts and comparing them to my symptoms has reaffirmed my long standing suspician that i may have IBS or something similar even if my doc is not taking me seriously! i do not drink tea,coffee or coke so have no caffine in mydiet, i react badly to dairy products, soy, gluten, tomatoes and cellary. i tried eating raw veg/salad last week, only lasted a day and a half before i was doubled over in pain, very bloated and windier than a hurrocane! pastry is a no no, red meat is not brilliant for me either, so am back to plain white meat and cooked veg! rice milk is great, so too are corn cakes/crackers. I have not had desert since christmas pud with no side! do not have chocolate, fudge toffee or caramel so should be thin, but look like the side of a house, i am unable to walk but have to pull myself up 15 stairs to bed or the loo each day as my house is not adapted so that along with two hours swimming each week is most of the exercise i get, as for bowel movements, these are often three or four times a day, and vary from one extreme to the other within a day often with blood mixed in too!
my doc does not seem concerned at all, i think she does not believe me because my blood test came back ok. she said if i was bleeding she would have expected my blood counts to be out! she has prescribed domperidone to stop the nauseous feeling and that helps but does nothing for the down belows!