
Low FODMAPs – The NET Effect
BackgroundMany people with NET have had issues prior to diagnosis and then continue to have similar issues after. For some it will be either one, i.e. no issues before but issues after or vice versa. However, it's even possible that some people have will have different issues after diagnosis than they had before, e.g. the side effects of the treatment will produce new problems for those people. In the early days, I once said to my Oncologist "I was never misdiagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but I sometimes feel like I have it now". IBS is said to affect up to 1 in 7 of the 'western' population in varying degrees of severity with the symptoms of abdominal pain and abnormal bowel habits (constipation, diarrhea or a mixture of both)…