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[Samantha45]

Hi I'm samantha45

[Hidden]

Hello Samantha it is nice to meet you.

[Samantha45]

You also jimtom , thanks for your reply .

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

Thank you.

Have you come on to ask things or are you just curious about the place?

[Samantha45]

Iv recently had bowel surgery and still suffer with issues to do with this , it might be a comfort to ask questions to people who suffer the same or similar in times when no one understands what we go through , so thought I'd take a look .

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

Well it's a good place and people are really helpful so I hope that it helps you to be on here.

Besides the bowel surgery, do you have IBS too?

[Samantha45]

Ty , and yes ibs/diverticulitus .

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

It's a bit quiet on now but it does get busier, if you do ask stuff on here usually someone will come along and chat to you about it.

I have IBS but I seem to control it pretty well.

[Samantha45]

Do you also suffer ?

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

Yes IBS, but I can normally control it these days, I have had it for about 15 years. I changed my diet and worked out my triggers also.

Do you do anything to help with yours?

[Samantha45 in reply to Hidden]

Medication , investigations still , my sister is a chronic chrones sufferer so on going tests after surgery might help other problems I hope .

[Samantha45]

Glad you seem to be in control , thanks for the advice .

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

You are welcome, if you have any advice to share please do if you don't mind that is ☺

You could be in the same boat as your sister then?

[Samantha45]

I'm beginning to learn trigger foods quite quickly now though and AVOID haha .

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

It took me ages to learn mine lol

I only have a few but what about you?

[Samantha45]

My sister has been diagnosed for some years now and is a few years younger and her disease is very advanced and she has had many many surgeries so hopefully things don't progress the way they have and did for her , but she stays very positive and helps advise me so I will try to do the same

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

It's good that you have someone to advise you, not good that you are both unwell though.

[Samantha45]

Yes a few , I'm still living and learning ....depends on the as well sometimes I think , sometimes doesn't matter what I eat I suffer

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

You can eat a lot of stuff that doesn't bother you?

[Samantha45]

Not really , all my fave foods seem to upset me atm , fruits , some veg , anything with seeds , cheese , cereals etc

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

My triggers turned out to be some of my favourite foods too 😥

Do you eat anything that actually helps you to feel better?

[Lynnetod in reply to Samantha45]

Hi, they all have the sugars in them that irritate the bowel, hence the reason you are suffering. I thought I had quite a healthy diet and I did but not for IBS 😩. Everything I loved was on the unsafe list.

[Hidden in reply to Lynnetod]

Same here 😥

[Samantha45]

No food makes me feel better , I'm finding food a chore atm , if I eat I'm either running for the loo or in agony with cramps and bloating so I'm getting very unsociable to as I don't like to be out and about incase things get embarrassing .

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

It must be a hard thing to deal with, I hope you find something of help on here.

Do you do anything to pass the days if you can't go outside much?

[Samantha45]

I work still , I just don't eat or drink much before I go so the journey to work doesn't become a toilet stop and stay close to the toilet when I'm at work , I'm sure there are 100s of people like me I'm just fairly new at this

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

Yes there are lots of people on here who have to be careful about things. Have you been reading some of the other posts about this on here?

[Samantha45 in reply to Hidden]

Yes iv browsed a few

[Hidden in reply to Samantha45]

Have any of them helped you at all?

[Samantha45]

Ty lynnetod all advice is usefully ty .