Hi!
I've suffered from intermittent inflammation of my left-lower gut for about 5 years now. I've had:
In between GI's, I did quite a few rule-outs and finally was able to figure out my worst food triggers:
After reading about my main trigger Carrageenan being used to induce inflammation in lab tests, I wondered if I might have leaky gut and brought it up to my GP (DO). She had recently attended a leaky gut seminar, so she advised me to eat a very restricted low carb (no sugar, starch, gluten/grain) diet, which went nicely with my insulin-resistant diagnosis (fasting sugars have been normal, but all post-prandials were high — I'm on 500mg Metformin ER with biggest meal except on fasting days due to "IBS").
Between avoiding food additives, and the new restricted diet, the amount of "IBS" attacks initially decreased for a while, but I've been getting more "IBS" attacks lately, even if I'm avoiding triggers and high-carbs/grains.
GP/DO also wanted me to get another procedure, but also with the oral-scoping because "it's more thorough", but I don't want to go through all that yet again if it's going to be with another GI that just wants a medically-justified paycheck to rule-out cancer, then lose interest.
I found the Recommended Drs listed here, and found one that's sort of close to me, but anyone living in a MAJOR city knows what it's like to travel across town in traffic. Does anyone from the HOUSTON area know of a good GI to diagnose/rule out IBDs in the south part of Houston (or Clear Lake, Pearland, Pasadena)? If not, I'll setup an appointment with Dr. Cole T. Thomson, as he's the closest of the Houston drs with written recommendations from this forum.
I'm hoping that with a proper diagnosis, there might be more treatment options, or a better diet (although I'm grateful to at least found a GP that's somewhat knowledgeable with nutritional therapy, because it did decrease the attacks somewhat!)
Thanks so much!
ETA: Forgot to add that I rarely have D, mostly C due to the inflammation. In fact, if I go a few days with no IBS at all, sometimes they seem normal :eek2:
I've suffered from intermittent inflammation of my left-lower gut for about 5 years now. I've had:
- Ultrasound came back as negative
- Many CTs at the ER when inflamed, they came back as "negative"
- 2 colonoscopies, both "no cancer", but no other diagnosis
In between GI's, I did quite a few rule-outs and finally was able to figure out my worst food triggers:
- Carrageenan (the very worst pain 20'ish minutes after eating it)
- Nitrates (moderate pain 1-4 hours after eating it)
- Annatto (moderate pain 1-4 hours after eating it)
- Unknown in commercial soups/bouillons (moderate pain 1-4 hours after eating it)
After reading about my main trigger Carrageenan being used to induce inflammation in lab tests, I wondered if I might have leaky gut and brought it up to my GP (DO). She had recently attended a leaky gut seminar, so she advised me to eat a very restricted low carb (no sugar, starch, gluten/grain) diet, which went nicely with my insulin-resistant diagnosis (fasting sugars have been normal, but all post-prandials were high — I'm on 500mg Metformin ER with biggest meal except on fasting days due to "IBS").
Between avoiding food additives, and the new restricted diet, the amount of "IBS" attacks initially decreased for a while, but I've been getting more "IBS" attacks lately, even if I'm avoiding triggers and high-carbs/grains.
GP/DO also wanted me to get another procedure, but also with the oral-scoping because "it's more thorough", but I don't want to go through all that yet again if it's going to be with another GI that just wants a medically-justified paycheck to rule-out cancer, then lose interest.
I found the Recommended Drs listed here, and found one that's sort of close to me, but anyone living in a MAJOR city knows what it's like to travel across town in traffic. Does anyone from the HOUSTON area know of a good GI to diagnose/rule out IBDs in the south part of Houston (or Clear Lake, Pearland, Pasadena)? If not, I'll setup an appointment with Dr. Cole T. Thomson, as he's the closest of the Houston drs with written recommendations from this forum.
I'm hoping that with a proper diagnosis, there might be more treatment options, or a better diet (although I'm grateful to at least found a GP that's somewhat knowledgeable with nutritional therapy, because it did decrease the attacks somewhat!)
Thanks so much!
ETA: Forgot to add that I rarely have D, mostly C due to the inflammation. In fact, if I go a few days with no IBS at all, sometimes they seem normal :eek2: