Anyone else have chronic constipation? What have your doctors said? Has anyone ever had it go away?

[condoleeza]

14. We are what we eat

and nearly all intestinal issues are caused by food allergies, be it gluten, dairy, yeast, legumes, soy, whatever. I would seriously recommend that you have the ELISA Panel testing. Most insurance companies will pay for this. In the meantime, L-Glutamine is wonderfully calming, as well as probiotics and proboulardi, all available at a Naturopath's office w/o prescription.

Unfortunately western med isn't into healing as much as they are into prescribing drugs. I suggest you read these articles written by an MD that I have a great deal of respect for:

http://drhyman.com/5-simple-steps-to-cure-ibs-without-drugs-2226/

http://drhyman.com/are-your-food-allergies-making-you-fat-40/|

Your body is reacting to something it can't digest. I'm not a doctor, but I've been where you are and found that I am genetically gluten intolerant, as are both my daughters, my grandson, and recently my husband. It explained a lifetime of illness for all of us grownups and my grandson was being told he had IBS at 10 months old, he was the last of us to be tested by Enterolab, which our insurance didn't cover, but he is like a new kid now.

Start with the ELISA test and be sure to have them also do a check on your C-Reactive Protein level, it speaks volumes.