MY IBS JOURNEY SO FAR

After 2.5 years of IBS, Ive finally met a doctor who could confirm the diagnosis...

Previously I've always had bloating and frequent loose bowels every few days... I've seen a specialist, done the scope and worked on low fodmap with the nutritionist but failed to built food tolerance...

it even reached a point where I felt worse taking vivomixx and stopped 😭😭😭😭

thru a few twists and turns, I learnt about Gutcare and Dr Wong recommended to do objective testing.

I needed to do preparation to make sure there's a good baseline.

each test involves abstaining some food, overnight fasting and 3 hours on the clinic to take my breath at specific intervals

for the sibo test, I felt uncomfortable and quite bloated before the test, so the first hour was challenging. after that I bloated and burped as usual 😮‍💨

for the Lactose test, I was generally okay just farting and might wanna take a dump

for the fructose test, I felt extremely uncomfortable like headache and anxious within 10 min after drinking the solution...🤯🤯🤯

I only felt better after 15 min, followed by bloating and continued burping

In all 3 test, I felt hungry and cold...

I was thankful to have my heat packs ard🥶🥶🥶🥶

my trusty medicated oil helped the bloating too 🤕🤕🤕

after a week, the tests confirmed that I'm positive

for small intestine bacteria overgrowth (SIBO) and there's a course of antibiotics to take.🎉🎉🎉🎉

( bloatedness is a normal side effect as bacteria being eliminated)

but for lactose and fructose intolerance I'll need to work with a dietitian to built back the tolerance... this is in sync with all the materials I found online, but I was hoping for an elixir🙏🙏🙏🤣

I do hope I recover and find the root cause of bacteria growth, but wanted to let more people know about this...

for now I have dropped pumpkin as it seems to be the problem

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