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IBS ALL MY LIFE

by TERRY
(SPAIN)

I AM A 65 YEAR OLD MALE LIVING WITH IBS AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER,DIAGNOSED BY MY LOCAL MD WHEN I WAS 20,THEN CONFIRMED IN MY 40S BY A BUPA HOSPITAL.

AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I AM GOING THROUGH A BAD BOUT OF IBS AFTER TAPERING OF BENZOS WHICH WERE PRESCRIBED FOR ME 12 YEARS AGO TO HELP WITH THE IBS,WHICH DID HELP BUT I DO NOT RECOMEND THEM AS THEY ARE VERY ADDICTIVE AND RUIN YOUR LIFE BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY.

I HAVE TRIED MOST PILLS AND POTIONS OVER THE YEARS BUT NOTHING REALLY WORKS, AT THE MOMENT I AM ON ALOE VERA CAPSULS,DO THEY WORK? PERHAPS THEY HAVE SOME HEALING.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND SUFFERING WITH IBS I KNOW HOW YOU ARE FEELING AND THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE TO YOU IS DONT LET IT RULE YOUR LIFE,I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD BUT TRY TO THINK POSITIVE AND KEEP BUSY.

ONLY YESTERDAY I HAD VERY BAD LOWER TORSO PAIN BUT WENT OUT FOR A MEAL AND A DRINK WITH MY WIFE WHO HAS HAD TO PUT UP WITH ME AND MY IBS ALL THESE YEARS, BLESS HER BUT CAME HOME WITH NO PAIN AND FEELING POSITIVE,AND YES THE NEXT MORNING BACK TO THE PAIN THAT IS ALWAYS THERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

BEST WISHES AND KEEP WELL TERRY

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IBS ALL MY LIFE

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Feb 25, 2010
All my sympathies
by: Siān@IBS-Life

Hello again, Terry, thank-you for posting on this blog.

I used to take Aloe Vera juice when I could, and did find it helpful - such things are a matter of cost now, I think with all natural remedies, they take longer to work, or so I have found, but those I did used to take seemed to kick in after two or three months.

I am also prescribed low dose Diazepam for my anxiety, (4 mgs per day) and I know they are addictive, but I have taken that dose for about twelve years and dread the side effects of coming off, as I was so ill coming of anti-depressants my mother thought I had something dreadful and way dying.

Take care, and I hope that the Aloe gives you some relief. I know Aloe gel is soothing on the skin, so perhaps the capsules soothe the intestines.

Take care

Sān

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