u/Helpful-Macaron1096

I’ve had gut issues for a few years now, and despite numerous tests, no doctor can come up with a reason except IBS. I know it’s not IBS because nothing consistently triggers it. I’m almost positive it’s SIBO. My cousin was diagnosed with SIBO with the exact same symptoms.

What type of person did you all go to to actually get a SIBO diagnosis? I refuse to do more bloodwork. Every single one wants bloodwork that all comes back normal. I’m sure I just need a good clean out, and I really just want someone who will do a scan of my gut, but you mention anything but IBS to specialists, and they look at you like you have three heads.

I have a sprinkler system that was installed in 2025, and one of the valves had a leak that was repaired in the summer. My house is on a hill, and the leak was found by what was thought to be a low head drainage issue on one of the sprinkler heads. Check valves were installed on all of the heads along the lowest part of the yard.

The neighbor below me complained last year and eventually threatened to sue for water runoff into his yard. In the fall, the neighbor uphill from me installed a sprinkler system and had it running a ridiculous four times a day, when it was cool out and unnecessary to do so. The guy downhill complained again, so I paid yet again to have the company out to check for leaks. They followed the trail of water from the other neighbor’s system and found that that was where it was coming from.

I had my sprinkler system activated this week but haven’t turned it on yet. The checked for leaks and all that during the activation. I’ve noticed a wet spot near the lowest sprinkler head, just damp, although it did rain pretty hard last night after the sprinkler had been running for the activation.

Keeping in mind that my yard is very rocky and the grass isn’t lush, if grass grows in this spot and thickens up, will that help water runoff? Now that the yard uphill has all grown back, I’ve noticed I’m not getting a river when it rains hard like I did last fall.

Or is there something I can plant to soak excess water up? I’m working on getting the yard filled out, but my grass seed was washed out last fall by the doofus next door overwatering like crazy, and I’m paying a company to fertilize and plant seed this year. I just don’t want to keep paying and wasting the irrigation company’s time to come look at it when they’ve done all they can do to ease the issue.