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How do you manage daily life with IBS-D?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 30, 2022 | Replies (182)Comment receiving replies
Hi! Thank you for replying. I will research EPI. I’ve never heard of it. I called my gastroenterologist the other day because the dicyclomine she put me on was giving me a lot of side effects. I also suffer from internal tremors which started up this year. Well, she’s actually a NP. Hardly see the dr. Now she wants me to try IBGard!!!! Omg! Now we are going back to something I tried yrs ago. I saw a nutritionist before the virus. Her suggestions were trial and error on foods. Omg again! That consultation cost out of pocket $280. So I’m back to square one. I will look into EPI. Thank you!!
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You are welcome…it’s a journey for sure. Hope you get some answers soon. I felt that I had good medical care but EPI isn’t widely known even now. I was on lomotil and dycyclomine and many other meds for IBSD for many years…and by I just had to live with the imperfect solutions for a long time. Then I retired, the opioid crisis came and my new primary care Dr accused me of being addicted to lomotil. It was a real slap in the face. Strangely enough a fab allergy Dr convinced me to see a new Gastro practice. My FIRST appt there I saw a nurse-practitioner there that suspected EPI. She was wonderful and as a result my entire life has changed for the better!!!
NEVER give up in your search for health and wellness. I’m So much healthier now that the nutrition I’m consuming is actually being digested properly!!! No longer do I ago places searching for the closest bathroom!!!
I’m 67 and can now run 5 days a week and lift weights at the gym and most of all ENJOY my life!
Keep searching!!!