Includes index.

Your First Week: Learning and Living Every Day -- Learning: You've Just Been Diagnosed with IBS. Now What? -- For Children with IBS -- Personal story of Ann G. -- Living: Inform Yourself--Know the Enemy -- Learning: The GI Tract and How it (Should) Work -- Living: Lifetime Lifestyle Management--The Five Key Strategies for Symptom Control -- Learning: Food--Friend or Foe? -- Living: The Ten Commandments of Eating for IBS -- Personal story of Kit Gorrell -- Learning: Keep Active to Stay Healthy -- Living: Get Your Exercise -- Personal story of Mindy Helm -- Learning: Stress--How to Wrestle It into Submission -- For Children with IBS -- Living: Give This a Try--Therapeutic Heat, Meditation, Yoga, and Tai Chi -- Personal story of Analy Alfonso -- Personal story of Monique Spencer -- Learning: Doctors' Visits and Medical Options -- For Children with IBS -- Living: Trying Prescription Drugs -- Personal story of Melissa D. Godwin -- Learning: Alternative Therapies and How They Can Help -- Living: Acupuncture and Hypnotherapy -- Personal story of Shawn Eric Case -- First Week Milestone -- Your First Month: Learning and Living Every Week -- Learning: Eating Enjoyably at Home -- Living: Let's Get Cooking! -- Three-Day Sample Menu with Quick and Easy Recipes for People who Love to Cook -- Wild Mushroom and Thyme Scrambled Eggs on Sourdough Toast -- Maple Oat Bread -- Red Lentil Soup with Cumin-Caraway Toasts -- Asparagus and Lemon Pasta -- Chocolate Cherry Pound Cake -- Cinnamon Peach Oatmeal -- Apple Spice Walnut Bread -- Mexican Mango Shrimp with Rice -- Blueberry Pecan Cake -- Cornmeal Cream Cheese Pancakes with Cranberry-Apricot Syrup -- Roasted Miso Salmon with Rice -- Three-Day Sample Menu for People who Hate to Cook -- Learning: Eating Safely Away from Home -- Living: At Restaurants, a Friend's House, and Parties -- For Children with IBS -- Learning: With a Little Help from Your Friends... -- Living: Become a Social Butterfly... or At Least Break Out of Your Cocoon -- First Month Milestone -- Your First Year: Learning From Living Every Month -- Learning from Living: Dietary Supplements--a Little Something Extra Can Make a Big Difference -- Learning from Living: Support Yourself--You Are Not Alone -- Personal story of Jeffrey Roberts -- For Children with IBS -- Learning from Living: Follow Up with Your Doctor -- Learning from Living: Time for a Holiday--Let's Celebrate! -- Learning from Living: Re-Evaluate Your Stress Management Strategies and Alternative Therapies -- Half-Year Milestone -- Learning from Living: Make Your Voice Heard--Why You Should Talk About IBS -- Learning from Living: Take a Vacation -- Personal story of Diane Feierabend -- Learning from Living: Take Stock of Your Support System... Especially When You Fall Off the Wagon -- Learning from Living: Keep Current with IBS Research--But Only If You Want To -- Learning from Living: Feeling Adventurous...and Hungry? -- Learning from Living: Review and Reflect.