silly but important poll
#217344 - 10/04/05 10:01 AM
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Do you read or do some other relaxing thing in the bathroom? I never used to read years ago but now I find it necessary to really relax and go. For chronic C'ers make sure to do this if you are not presently. Also bring reading material with you for traveling and going places.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Heh...
#217352 - 10/04/05 10:09 AM
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atomic rose
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Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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All catalogs that enter the house automatically get divided between our 3 bathrooms. Other than that, I keep a Martha Stewart Living and a This Old House in mine, and sometimes the latest InStyle. Magazines are my favorite bathroom reading by far.
And yep, I always bring reading material when I travel anyway, but I've found when staying with friends and family that 99% of the time they have their own toilet reading in the bathroom, and it's usually more interesting than mine. LOL!
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Yep! I subscribe to a couple of free work-related magazines at my job just for that reason. 
--AC
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Yes, good idea! I read magazines or catalogs in the bathroom--it keeps my mind off the pain.
I think something like 70% of North Americans read in the bathroom. 
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Have a blessed day!...Rachel
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I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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I have brought reading materials in the bathroom with me and I am usually not in there long enough to read them or I can't concentrate on reading them because I am in pain. It would be a good relaxation tip though for when I am C. I'll have to try it sometime.
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Bethany, Ontario, Canada
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I never read in the bathroom until recently. Being IBS-A when I have the switch from C-D and all the pain and cramps, I have found that reading helps me relax. and at the very least helps the time pass quicker. LOL
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yep... I read my mail in the bathroom... magazines, cat, I even have a book of "word finds" to take my mind off of what I'm doing....
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Well, if I can tell that I'm going to be in there awhile, I'll bring a magazines sometimes. If I'm in there longer than I thought I'd be, I'll read the back of the toothpaste tube or shampoo or hairspray bottle.
DH doesn't have IBS, but I know he'll read comic books in there.
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