I've been suffering for YEARS now...at least 6. I've gone to the doctor multiple times for extreme bloating of my lower stomach but it was always Navy doctors and they just blow you off like it's nothing So I've continued to deal with the bloating, daily stomach pain and discomfort, frequent embarassingly loud/long gas, and the constant worry of what is wrong with me and why can't I just be normal!? For a while I thought it was IBS but that is definitely not it...after that saga I just gave up and said I'm doomed. It wasn't until recently that I randomly noticed my super flat tummy after a day of what I now know as gluten free that I decided to try a gluten elimination diet...OMG!! I feel like a new person...it's so liberating. I've seriously spent long hours worrying about how I would ever be a normal person or work a normal job...and now all that worry is just gone. Strange...WONDERFUL!!!