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About 7 years ago I went to the GI doctor for some mild gut issues. They ran some tests and determined I have IBS.
Life carried on with very minor symptoms. About 6 months ago I was not eating great and drinking 1-2 Nos energy drinks per day. I was also selling my business at this time and was under a decent amount of stress. At this time my gut started to act up in a way it never had before. I was extremely bloated, mildly constipated, I was still having BMs but less frequent and not complete. I was so bloated that I could feel pressure being put on my sciatic nerves and my lower back and sides were incredibly sore. After about 2 months my symptoms died down.
Fast forward to about 2-3 weeks ago the same exact flare up has occurred. My diet went bad again and I was drinking energy drinks again, maybe one per day. When I say my diet went bad it wasn’t terrible but I wasn’t eating extremely healthy.
Has anyone had issue like this? Any advice other than the standard bullcrap that seems useless and generic?

As an aside about two years ago I went to Ecuador for two weeks. Upon returning home my gut felt amazing. So much so that I was literally walking around the kitchen telling my wife about it in disbelief. I would love to get back to this feeling.

Hello Everyone.

I hope this is the correct subreddit for this question.

We are trying to book our family vacation for the end of this July for two weeks. Family of 5, three sons 10,13,15.

We have traveled to Peru and Ecuador. We did not visit the coast, we stayed in the highlands. We absolutely loved both places. We’ve also traveled to Costa Rica and liked that too.

My wife wants to go to Europe, we have looked into Austria, northern Italy, Croatia and Slovenia and think these may be decent choices.

Does anyone have any experience they’d be willing to share? Perhaps you e also traveled to Peru and Ecuador and have found a place in Europe that may rival those epics places?!?

Thanks for you help