@jgroudan, I didn’t know about IBS until it hit about a month ago. Here’s the antiseptic definition:
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. Signs and symptoms include cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhea or constipation, or both. IBS is a chronic condition that you'll need to manage long term.

Only a small number of people with IBS have severe signs and symptoms. Some people can control their symptoms by managing diet, lifestyle and stress. More-severe symptoms can be treated with medication and counseling.

For me, it feels like there’s a clamp tightened around the inside of my abdomen, along with an ongoing flow of adrenaline, like I just got a huge tax bill. On top of that I can’t poop without several EXlax pills every few days. It’s awfully uncomfortable and consuming with anxiety and insomnia. Doc says it most commonly follows long term high stress, which is true for me. I’m working on it, albeit slow.

I’m not checked out on ACNES but the solution sounds severe. I’m curious how it felt and hit you had options to treat it? Fortunate that they adjusted the discs without cutting wide open. ‘Hope it went well and you’re better.

No, the surgery to sever 3 abdominal nerves was not sever at all. It took the surgeon 30 minutes and I went home ACNES pain free, aside from soreness from the cutting, at 4pm that afternoon.