Ohhh you touched me...you really did!! Thank you soo much!! You are a blessing!! I am currently debating with my GI..on the surgery is that what it's called .. see I don't know much.. but am soo desperate!! You are also hilarious.."dont mess with my meds"..I love that!! Well I was doing fine on Linzess the the GI put the Scopolamine patch on my neck.. OH NO!!! Gut stop!! ER!! I should have left well enough alone.. nausea is better that plugged up..gee whiz.. so now he had me try IBSrela..$340 copay monthly..(I and I have ChampVA.. Husband was a 100% DAV Vietnam vet) well 3-4 days of those just made me sicker.. so I'm on Trulance .. which doesn't work but doesn't make me sick..and 3 biscadyls every so many days.. I'm really careful what I eat..do 2 Vanilla plant based ensures a day.. and have gone from 98 pounds to 144 (nothing fits now either.. too chubby..) And .. my boyfriend (haha!!) It is wierd..isn't it..lol!! I stopped the shrink from giving me 3 different antidepressants and sometimes four.. he would have been a "friend" to all those "script abusers".. I switched shrinks.. and am only on one at night.. no one messes with my meds either...so I'm taking the Trulance to no avail and bombing myself with biscadyls every so often and waiting for my appointment with my GI first of October.. we live so rural.. I may have to go to a hospital 4 hrs each way.. and my boyfriend doesn't drive in "big towns".. (he's sooo country).. his sister will take me .. I am soo pleased you have a good man and 3 children.. they may not understand.. all about this and it's hard on them..it's hard on my boyfriend..and sometimes we fuss.. but you see.. you have soo much to live for!! And you have brightened my life!!! God wants us well.. I hope you don't mind me saying that.. Jesus died that we might have life and have it abundantly. I want that abundantly (healthy .. satisfied!!) I want you to have that life too!!!I think you're actually quite an amazing person!! Sweet dreams to you!! Nitey nite precious lady!!