Catherine thank you for all the info! This is so new to me that I am a bit overwhelmed. Every time I look something up, it negates something I had previously read. When me gastro told me the hard facts that I either take the meds or I will die, I shut down on him at that point. He never mentioned that I need to control my diet and eat smaller meal during the day. The dicyclomine pills he prescribe to settle my stomach down, has all kinds of crazy side effect. My autoimmune defects are Hashimoto's and Fibromyalgia. Thanks for the tip on the surgeon. I booked the appt on my portal, I'm surprised I was able to do that. I will call this am, and they will most likely tell me he can't see me!