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Digestive issues
I started having digestive issues last fall. By December I was told I had bilary dyskenisa and had my gallbladder removed.
That did not fix my problems.
I sometimes have traditional heartburn but mostly I have sour stomach and stomach pain mostly middle immediately below sternum and to the left. Increases after eating. I often feel like food did not make it into my stomach. Like it's stuck down there.
I will get this weird fast quiver like spasm deep inside. I can feel it with my hand I push down and so can my husband and it goes on for hours at a time. Anyone have that before? It's very strange but something inside is not working properly. I also have postprandial hypotension and intermittent difficulty swallowing.
My blood tests show slightly elevated liver enzymes but doc said they are not dangerously high. My stool is frequently bright yellow and liquid:(
Also I cannot seem to get a straight answer but do those of you with experience with ulcers did it cause excessive burping?
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Perhaps you can find a way to purchase the Monash app. It’s the only one that I feel is accurate. There are a lot of discrepancies out there regarding the FODMAP diet.
You can look up Monash info on foods online without having the app. If you are ever in doubt about a low fodmap food, skip it. This plan is not a life sentence…just seems that way in the beginning. You have to starve those little SIBO critters…that is how it was explained to me. Good luck with your persistence!
Ps look up IBS Diets,
Low FODMAP foods
I leave it open on my phone, or it’s printable. Bad stuff in pink, good stuff in green. Very easy to use
There is also the Fig app. Fig
Is free and you can scan food labels to see if high or low Fodmap
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1 ReactionI am about a month into the diet and still experiencing major bloating and gas, belching, and pain but the diarrhea has pretty much resolved. GI gave me Hyoscyamine but I’ve only taken it a few times. Tried Metamucil which he also recommended but that seems to bloat me more although I know there’s a period of adjustment needed. I just don’t feel as if anything really helps with the gas and bloat - and pain from the gas. Someone on a previous post said they feel like if they could “just poke a hole into their ‘stomach’ and release the gas like deflating a balloon they’d get relief” and that’s exactly how I feel - as well as the “8 mos. pregnant in 90 minutes” even after a BM when one would thing the bloat would be relieved. I’ve tried Gas-x with some minor relief. I had been feeling okay after two weeks on Low FodMap so tried to reintroduce wheat and lactose, following the Monash app protocol and I didn’t feel much different either way except having terrible pain the first day of lactose - then the next two trials of a bit more of the food went fine, which was very puzzling. Maybe I rushed that phase? So I am back to restrictions. My SIBO test came back as “SIBO is suspected” but my GI hasn’t reviewed with me. I’ve scheduled a session with a dietitian familiar with IBS for a consult because I feel as if I’m not getting anywhere.
Questions: Am I supposed to be symptom free before trying reintroduction?
Other tactics to address gas and bloating?
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1 ReactionThanks ! Going to look at it now
Great that they let you use it free for first week to see if you like it! Wonderful way to get started reading labels. In the beginning I spent lots of time getting the hang of it.
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1 ReactionMy Gastro recommended eating organic foods, at least during the first 3-4 months. A little more money, but it all worked!
Twocoastsm,
I believe that it takes about 3 months for the issue to resolve.
You literally are starving the bad bacteria (and their offspring 😂) from the foods that turn into the yummy food they thrive on. This is how it was explained to me. Takes time.
(Who would think that garlic and onions, two of my favorite foods, are the worst things you can eat when trying to cure SIBO?)
Don’t give up, take a big sigh and restart the diet; give it more time.
After SIBO was gone for about 7-8 months, I made Christmas cookies…and ate a bunch of them! symptoms started and I immediately went back to the diet, was better in a couple weeks this time. All about the sugar…I guess some of those creatures were still hiding