Ibs Quotes

“I was still a newlywed and certainly wasn't to the point where I felt comfortable yelling, "I'm going to shit my pants any second!"
But the sweating had started, which was followed by the tears. "I'm not feeling well, and need to get home," I told him.
"Ok, but I have to obey the speed limit because of all the kids in the neighborhood," he replied.
I was pleading with him to hurry up when he came to a complete stop.
I screamed at him, "Why are we stopping?"
He rolled down the window. "Retreat."
I could see the flag lowering in the distance, the beautiful orange sun setting behind it.
In the opposite direction I could see the roof line of our home - so close, yet so far away.
As Retreat played, I surrendered. I pooped my pants. I took one for the flag.
Now that's patriotism.”
― Mollie Gross, Confessions of a Military Wife

“If you confidently start to move from where you are to where you want to be, it's only a matter of time before the people around you will accept what you are doing. Or, at the very least, they will realize you will not be deterred, and they'll stop trying to hold you back.”
― Heidi Tankersley, Finding Miss Sunshine: How the Worst News of My Teenage Life Sent Me on One Giant Adventure Back to Health

“Many people infected with C. diff are sick with diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and weight loss. Others are “carriers” of C. diff with no signs or symptoms of disease. Some of these carriers have been recently infected with C. diff but have recovered and now feel well. But carriers still have the C. diff organism in their stools and can serve as a silent reservoir of infection in hospitals and nursing homes.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“The biggest question of all was tinged with hope: Is it possible I can be completely well again? And more importantly, could I be brave enough to dare to believe it?”
― Heidi Tankersley

“The biggest question of all was tinged with hope: Is it possible I can be completely well again?
And more importantly, could I be brave enough to dare to believe it?”
― Heidi Tankersley, Finding Miss Sunshine: How the Worst News of My Teenage Life Sent Me on One Giant Adventure Back to Health

“C. diff is not a simple “stomach bug” like viral gastroenteritis or food poisoning that disappears in nearly all patients after a week or two.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Hospitals in almost every country have reported outbreaks of C. diff, and the number and severity of cases continues to soar. In 2010 there were 350,000 cases of C. diff diagnosed in U.S. hospitals. That means that of 1,000 patients admitted to U.S hospitals, 10 will become infected with C. diff, most of them elderly. In some hospitals and nursing homes, as many as one in five patients is infected.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“In the past five years, C. diff has spread across the globe, helped in large part by air travel, the availability and frequent use of antibiotics, and the graying of the world’s population.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Among frail, elderly patients, C. diff can be fatal in approximately 5-10%. Some patients with severe C. diff end up losing their colon and have a permanent bag on their side to catch bodily waste, via a procedure known as an ileostomy.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Some studies have reported C. diff in food purchased in a supermarket. Dogs, horses, pigs, and rabbits can also be carriers of C. diff, although spread of disease from pets or domestic animals to humans has yet to be documented. Like most infections, it is usually impossible to pinpoint the source of C. diff.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Testing stools for C. diff in patients after they have finished their Flagyl or Vanco for 10 days and after their bowel movements have returned to normal (that is, formed and not watery) is a waste of time and money, and is not helpful to the doctor or patient.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“C. diff can sometimes be life-threatening, even in healthy young adults.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Once C. diff leaves the colon of the infected patient in a liquid stool, it usually converts to a spore that is like a seed that lies dormant in the hospital until it gets picked up by a suitable human host. Once swallowed, C. diff germinates (hatches) in the bowel and starts a new cycle of infection.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“The idea behind a stool transplant is to “reseed the lawn,” so to speak. After exposure to weeks or months of antibiotics (including Vanco) the normal bowel flora — the organisms in your colon that help prevent infection — is weakened. They simply can’t keep C. diff out. In other words, the normal barrier function of the colonic flora is gone, and C. diff gets right back in. So putting in some normal flora from a healthy donor is like reseeding the lawn — it restores the barrier. When that happens, C. diff cannot get back in, and the infection is cured.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Some older or very ill patients may not be suitable candidates for fecal transfer. Colonoscopy is an invasive procedure, especially for those patients who are too ill with other conditions like cancer, heart failure, dialysis, or Alzheimer’s.”
― J. Thomas LaMont

“Today, I hold firm to my ability to say "no" to everything that doesn't fall under the umbrella of my ultimate gifts. If it doesn't allow me to offer my best self to the world, it's a graceful "no.”
― Heidi Tankersley, Finding Miss Sunshine: How the Worst News of My Teenage Life Sent Me on One Giant Adventure Back to Health

“Food was my friend that day.
Little did I know it would take nearly seven years to break my unhealthy relationship with food. I had to end a relationship that was one-sided. I was very selfish, and food was very good to me. It kept giving, and I kept taking, and both of us cared very little for the damage it was doing to me, both psychologically and physically.”
― Heidi Tankersley, Finding Miss Sunshine: How the Worst News of My Teenage Life Sent Me on One Giant Adventure Back to Health

“They’re service dogs,” Norah said, without missing a beat. “So they have to stay with us.”

Patel looked at the mutts dubiously. “These are service dogs?”

“Yes,” Norah said serenely.

One of the things that Alicia had always admired about Norah was the fact that she was a committed liar. Not to be confused with a good liar; Norah’s gift was the ability to come up with a lie on the spur of the moment and remain committed to it against all logic and reason.

“For…?”

The pause was negligible. “Irritable bowel syndrome.”

The detectives exchanged a look. Hando, still stroking the dog’s chin, snorted. “You have service dogs for IBS?”

“Of course.”
― Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

“Reduce inflammation to treat the root of many issues. If your gut isn't working right it can cause so many other issues.”
― Jay Woodman

“One of the symptoms often mentioned by many people who have active MC is abnormally loud digestive noises...these noises are usually amplified to a level where they can be easily heard by someone on the other side of a large room.”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“Unfortunately, the disease cannot be diagnosed unless the gastroenterologist looks for it, so referring to it as a rare disease was a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“After diarrhea, the second-most prominent symptom of MC for many patients is extreme fatigue...fatigue is an almost constant companion.”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“The typical medical interpretation of microscopic colitis does not include the possibility of constipation as a symptom, nor alternating diarrhea and constipation, and yet many MC patients have those symptoms rather than chronic diarrhea. ...Unless a patient comes to a gastroenterologist complaining of watery diarrhea, MC will probably be completely off the doctor's radar. Few colonoscopies are done to investigate cases of constipation, and without a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy plus biopsies, diagnosis of MC is impossible. In cases such as these, the default diagnosis will almost surely be irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), so the patient will be very unlikely to receive any treatment that is effective at relieving the inflammation that's causing the symptoms.”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“...many patients with MC have actually been diagnosed with other autoimmune syndromes, only to discover that when they were able to control their MC symptoms, those other autoimmune issues disappeared.”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“It is known that if the symptoms of MC remain untreated indefinitely, additional autoimmune issues are likely to become a reality, and even if the issues are later resolved, permanent damage can remain, especially in the case of arthritis symptoms. In addition, permanent residual neurological damage can result from untreated gluten sensitivity. (Hadjivassiliou, Grunewald, & Davies-Jones, 2002)”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“Diagnosis rates of MC seems to be improving recently, but misdiagnosis has been so common in the past that an old joke on microscopic colitis Internet discussion forms goes something like this: "What is the difference between MC and IBS?" The answer, of course, is, "Biopsies.”
― Wayne Persky, Microscopic Colitis: Revised Edition

“After discovering Wilhelm Reich's insights on natural motility and blocked spontaneous movement, I connected IBS to his concept of Vegetative Equilibrium. Reich taught that neuroses arise when the body and mind lose their balanced energy state, stifled by social and religious repression. This creates physical armoring. The imbalance blocks natural energy discharge and fluid expression. It breeds psychological strain and physical ailments like mine.”
― Laurence Galian, Crossing the Forbidden Highway: The Untold Story of Orgone, Body Therapy, and Suppressed Emotion