my update...

It's been a while!  I have to say that pregnancy has helped my bad IBS-D!  I am right at 5 months now.  I still "have it", but it has let up some...thank goodness!  I'm actually wanting to eat again and I'm not in the bathroom 10 times a day with the "D"!  Although, my hair is still shedding awful.  Still don't know what that is from...stress, or the IBS.   I have also gained weight!  (yea for me!)  In July, at my worst feeling, I weighed around 110.  Not I'm weighing in at 133!  Pregnancy has been great for my IBS.  I just HOPE that it keeps improving after birth!  (fingers crossed!) 

Looking back, I have to say that stressing about your bowls caused me much personal torment that I was inflecting on myself.  I was constantly worring about it and I had the "what if's"...what if it's this, what if it's that.  I had a hard time believing my Dr.'s and I researched it WAY TOO MUCH!  My advise is...believe your Dr.'s. trust the tests they give you and their results.  RELAX!  Try not to stress...take a walk, ride a bike, take a swim.  It took a lot of time to realize that your mind can control a lot of how you feel on the inside.  I'm not saying your "mind" causes IBS...but it sure can effect it! 

Take care all,

Shelly 

_{Hugs, Des}

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_{Dx: IBS 1989, Diverticulosis 2004, Idiopathic Acute Colitis 2006, UCTD 2007 (Lupus? Sjogren's? overlap?)}

_{Meds: Plaquenil 400mg, Chlorzoxazone 500mg, Lyrica 50mg, Protonix 40mg, Naproxen 1000mg, Xanax XR 2mg, Miralax 17g, Supplements}

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