MarioMasher
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I have had IBS/Crohn symptoms for years, even way before I ever had BFS. I have been tested up and down, backwards and forwards, and they never find anything. I am guessing that and my BFS stuff must be somehow related. I imagine they are both related to a nervous system spinning out of control. By the way, nearly everyone who has BFS has some sort of digestive issue, this is a very very common thing around here. And it makes sense when you realize that IBS used to be called "spastic colon."
but digestive system is supposed to have nearly as much nerve cells as the spine itself, so it is a "little brain" of it't own. For some of us it has it's own brain also.
) Makes totally sense to me, kind of figured as much myself.However, really convincing yourself about it is something different altogether.So thanks, that helps!
) took my fishing backpack and had a nice walk down to the lake (I live right next to one).Only so much twitching, some intestinal trouble, but not too bad and not much muscle pain to speak of.Then, I caught a pike, which is noteworthy as I have never caught ANY fish down there in quite a few attempts (I am a beginner and apart from all the legal theory I really don't know what the hell I am doing...).Actually, I started this new hobby hoping for some stress relief and relaxation and a good reason to hang out at the lake. This was before this BFS crap started and it didn't help much in the prevention of it. It may, however, play a role in coping with it.Anyhow, by the time I got back I was pretty elated and mildly fatigued as I had been fishing for a couple of hours.Then I prepared the fish, had a nice sunbath afterwards and listened to the soccer games on radio and was really enjoying myself.But the, kind of out of the blue my legs began to ache. Just slightly at the beginning, but over the course of 1-2 hours more and more.Yesterday, I could hardly walk as my thighs and calves were not just sore and achy but were outright painful. There were painful spots along the musclesI took a hot bath with epsom salt in the evening as I read somewhere on the forum that this might help. Don't know, it didn't hurt, so maybe I'll try again.Today it's the same, soreness, aches and pain from sole to belly. 
I walked to the office anyway and I get the very faint idea that some exercise helps the pain somewhat...just not too much of it.Bottom line: I hate it, I hate it, I hate it any I want my life back.So, I found quite nice story of a real oldtimer who DID get her life back, even after quite a long time.She endured it for 7 seven years and at some point got better.So folks, join me in remembering and realizing that there is absolutely justified hope no matter what the symptoms or course.