A GI doc what asked me "what is that" got fired. 

The study is rather new. 5-10 years old. And most docs don't know anything what they did not have in books when they went to school. 

It took me a while to find a doc GI what know that stuff, 

I can send you links to scientific studies and you can take that to your GI, if he is one of those guys that is willing to learn. 

http://m.ard.bmj.com/content/63/4/450.full

http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=18486

http://www.gidoctor.net/small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth.php

http://www.endfatigue.com/articles/article_sibo.html

Just google " sibo fibromyalgia " and you see tons of links. 

Also check connection beteen SIBO and Fibromyalgia. Google that. (Together)

As RNY we are prone to SiBO...  

Oh I hear ya I'm in my sixties and I had planned on being that happy, healthy, active gramma that took the kids on vaca and did all kinds of field trips with them. Or spending time with hubby traveling to our favorite spots around the country! But where am I?

I am stuck basically bed ridden because I have COPD(bad lungs)on oxygen 24/7, fell and am left with a fractured spine that didn't heal right so more pain there, a-fib with my heart so can't get to physically active at least that doesn't hurt!, gastroparesis bad stomach doesn't digest right so I end up with horrendous gut pain every time I eat. So I don't want to eat which is of course causing weight loss that I really don't need anymore.

All of that on top of the fibro that never lessens or calms down. Had a lapband but it was causing pain too like I didn't have enough, got it removed a year ago only to end up with the gastroparesis from it! So now I have no WLS and can't stop losing weight, what's up with that? Like you I did all this to get healthy and I'm in the worst health of my whole life.

I finally decided if I'm gonna be stuck in bed I may as well try to do something constructive so I knit and crochet hats for the homeless and dog sweaters to sell and buy more yarn for hats. It's something I can do to boost my mood and hopefully help those less fortunate, but yep there are days I wake up and say why the hell am I even still here? There must be some reason but I guess maybe it's to make hats who knows? I just try to look on the bright side when my fingers are so sore I can barely bend them. Some days are way harder than others but ya gotta just keep putting one foot in front of the other one and hope for a better day soon. Keep on trying and who knows where we will end up maybe we will be rich and famous or poor and on the midnight news with my luck!! Good to hear from you, check in again soon!!

Here I am a year later and not much has changed. I do see a therapist a couple of times a month, and am on several medications.

Also trying LDN for the fibro which is a hit and miss.

I wake up some days (like today) and it hurts to even close my fingers, my neck, my lower back spasms, constant headache blah blah blah. It's like when I do try to get healthy, something physical screws up and I can't do diddle again.

I really wanted to get into kickboxing with my DH, (he used to teach) but my knee has been re injured.

Thanks, my family doc is no help. He told me to look it up on google :'( some support huh? I'm joined curves and am going to see if I can handle that since it's geared towards those who are either older or extremely heavy. We will see if it's something I can do.