IBS

Anyone try Digestive Advantage IBS
I have IBS-C. I tried something new. It's called Digestive Advantage IBS. It is a newer kind of pro-biotics type stuff. You chew it, one pill a day. It may take 2 weeks to work, they say. I improved after 3 days, but I have no idea if it is really due to the stuff. However, my stools one time turned black, wh... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

B. infantis shown effective for IBS.
Don't take my word for it... Check out... http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=8028344 And the source the doctors use: MEDLINE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15765388 The research was published in Gastroenterology so it'... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

miralax query
For those who take it (for C, of course): I started it a week ago, after 4 days I finally had a quasi-decent bm, so I felt better and didn't take it that day. By the next day, things were again C. So I started again. After 2 days of taking it (today), I have had 3 bms. I can't say they were great, but things a... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

Miserable IBS-C. Any suggestions? (Miralax??)
The bloating, pain, and incomplete small bm's are miserable. I am going to try miralax. (Took 1st dose 10 minutes ago) Comments/suggestions MB ... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

Does anyone have this sequence of IBS symptoms
I have CD. Most of the time, things are okay --- asacol (10 per day) seems to help most of the time. BUT... here's what happens. Although the CD has been found on the right side (terminal ileum) the following flareup sequence often occurs: I'll get excellent bowel movement, regular, etc. Then they incre... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

Different IBS symptoms
I was diagnosed with IBS in 1998. For a long time my symptoms all but vanished. Now I have dull pain in the lower left abdomen that started suddenly one night and I've become very constipated. Occassionally when I laugh or bend a certain way the pain becomes more pronounced. It's not in one exact spot all the t... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

Recently Diagnosed with IBS-C
I have been suffering from constant rectal pain for about 6 months now. It started right after I had a bladder infection, so I assumed the two were related and a urologist diagnosed me with a prostate infection. Long story short, none of his treatments or drugs worked, so he suggested I go to a GI doctor. The GI ... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

Abdominal Surgery
I wonder if anyone has had major abdominal surgeery and what it was like? Is it painful? I am looking at colon revomal for a paralized colon. I am trying to hold off but not sure how long I can avoid it. I have never had surgery people and have a rather low threshold to pain. ... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

http://thiscureworks.com/ibs/
http://thiscureworks.com/ibs/ Is there anyone that has tried this or something similar??? Are these things just a crock or is there something legitimate to them??? I am just so skeptical of spending money on things like this that claim a miricule cure like this one seems to. Anyone have any experiance? ... 7 Oct 2005 20:29

Candida...
candida -- Can someone explain what this is, and how it can cause a bunch of health problem, or so people claim?? I know it is some type of yeast problem, but I am having trouble seprating out the quackery from the real info about it. Can someome tell me more about it, if I need to get tests for it, etc.? ... 7 Oct 2005 20:29