I am new to this forum but have been finding some of the comments very helpful and interesting. I had a tumor by my appendix and near the cecum so had a surgery to remove it and of course, they had to remove the ileocecal valve. But it was not until starting in 2020 when I started getting symptoms that affected my quality of life - terrible grumbling noises in my intestines, chronic diarrhea, nauseous, and just feeling lousy. After my research and a great GI doctor we came up with the diagnosis of SIBO. Now I must say that I live in a country where testing cannot be done for SIBO so my Dr decided to just give me the treatment for it and see if it worked. Well, like many of you, I took Rifaximin plus several other antibiotics and each time, they worked for a while but then all symptoms returned, sometimes in a few day, a couple of weeks and one time after a month. But as you can see, without that valve in our bodies, this will be a permanent situation.

Well I got tired of that treatment so decided to do more research to go the natural route, which I am now on. I figure, if I need treatment all of the time, I might just as well go this route since the side effects will not be so harmful to my body as antibiotics. I started 3 weeks ago with Berberine Complex, Oil of Oregano and Betaine HCL. I also take Saccharomyces Boulardii. I have greatly improved, but am I totally symptom free? Not exactly, but much better. I understand from my research though that I cannot stay on Oil of Oregano permanently, so am going to try other natural supplements to switch them around. So it seems as this is going to be a trial and error journey and an expensive one at that!! My GI Dr says that this is the most expensive ailment a person can have and believe him! Well, this is just the start but as I progress along in my journey I will post my updates on what is not or is working for me. But as I can see each person is different and what works for some may not work for another. But I will share what I have discovered!