Holidays in wales

[Charlieandtom]

Hi everyone recently had a colonoscopy diagnosis diverticulosis polyps which were removed I have always suffered from IBS but recently it was unbearable hence the procedures just letting you know that although it is awful in fact terrible to live with I have bought a static caravan in Wales and am currently on holiday there I will not let this condition beat me I have fought against it all my life and it is a fight but I am not willing to give in I have had a terrible time recently but I feel that somehow I have come through stronger good luck to everyone and fight the fight you deserve it good luck to all of you Christine

[Linley]

Thank you for sharing your positivity hopefully it will inspire others👍

[Charlieandtom in reply to Linley]

I hope so that's why I posted my messageLinley because recently I have felt so overwhelmed by my symptoms mainly diarrhoea D we have got to be strong and yes positive.

[3443Ness]

Love ur positive attitude enjoy ur live best u can enjoy ur holiday

[Charlieandtom in reply to 3443Ness]

Thank you 3443Ness I will try my best just took dog for a walk keeping calm x

[Sparrow58]

I hope you have a good holiday and your IBS is kept to a minimum. Sometimes you have to take a deep breath and carry on and afterwards say 'Yeah I did it and nothing too bad happened and when it did I dealt with it'

[Charlieandtom in reply to Sparrow58]

Well said sparrow58 what is the worst that can happen anyway, I am taking that deep breath and living.

[Gardenlover2020]

Oh how nice , I’ve always loved the holidays I’ve had in static caravans , enjoy it , fresh air & a change of scenery will be good for you , you deserve it as IBS is awful day to day to live with x

[Charlieandtom in reply to Gardenlover2020]

Exactly had a bad episode this evening but tomorrow is another day, thank you garden lover 2020 and love your name.

[Gardenlover2020]

Well as we know 2 days are never the same , so fingers crossed tomorrow is an improvement on today 🤞When I first joined on here I couldn’t think of a username so I looked out into my garden for inspiration, hence the name 😂

[Charlieandtom]

Brill not much of a gardener but love my daily walks in the woods were we live couldn't live without it and understand the simple beauty of nature.

[Andann]

I may be biassed since Monash uni is in Aus and I am in NZ, and therefore some dieticians here are Monash trained or at least familiar.This means we have a publicly funded process to guide one through the low fodmap diet, even if it takes many months to get seen and often with a group of others or online. We at least know its a well researched process and that it will help maybe 75 % of people. Other than that there seems to be media discussion via Michael Mosley and that Channel 5 programme.

When I was 10 -20 and experiencing some of the symptoms noone seemed to know anything, it was only when my younger brother experienced it too (and worse) and got some advice that I knew what I was experiencing. In the 1980s in UK I worked with women who had it, not that they got much help but they at least knew what it was. So, purely subjective ....but these days you can learn a lot through the internet and there are entire books about it, not just the odd paragraph in a general medical book.

And my experience has been that it started with bowel symptoms and moved on to stomach as well ...low fodmap has really helped but it needs persistence before tolerance and recovery builds . I'd say for me in total over a year. (I was astonished the other day to find I had eaten a snack with pea powder and onion powder and had no bad effects.) A friend bought and checked there was no garlic i would not have bought it. So there maybe hope, and I have found the most help with going back repeatedly to gastro team at local hospital as each had a different perspective. And 1 (youngish and trained largely in Aus) GP out of about 7!