Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | From "D" to "C"-Could use some advice

Hi Again!
Yes "Line415", my friend said she felt real nauseous and it happened more than once. Today I actually felt a little better, last night I had pasta tossed in a lttle olive oil and garlic powder, herb chicken and green pureed green beans. An hour after that I had a slice of gingerbread(Heather's recipe with a small cup of coffee). I had had a headache all day and my youngest son told me I was having coffee withdrawal, sure enough my headache went after the coffee and actually the gas wasn't as bad as usual. When I thought I needed to "Go" it was just gas but not a burst, gradual, like I was squeezing it out of a place it had been stuck-sorry to be so graphic, this happened several times and, the bloat was almost gone,I actually slept prety good and this morning I felt fine. I had oatmeal with a weetabix again, a little honey and rice milk, then later when my husband got up I had an English Muffin with a scraping of English marmalade and a small cup of coffee, no gas just a little cramping that went away after drinking some fennel tea. I am still taking the fiber, 3/4 tsp before meals but still not had a decent BM, at least my gut seems to be adjusting to the fiber, you think?. For lunch I made us Turkey Bacon BLT's on pumpernickel, I only had 1/2 a sandwich, no mayo and a tsp shredded lettuce a and a sliver of fresh tomato, with a glass of pure papaya juice and equal amount of water. I am still drinking the Fennel tea a lot, I ordered the loose kind but find it more bitter so prefer the tea bags, more convenient too. I have just has a small piece of Heather's Applesauce bread/cake, I made two of those also, my husband practically ate up the first one on his own, I put a little Blackcurrant jam on it, delicious,when living in England, I used to get Blackcurrant juice from the Ante-natal clinic along with OJ concentrate, free, for expectant mothers before and after the birth. Blackcurrant juice is great for constipation. The jam though is my favorite, I make little tartlets with it too, my 4 kids couldn't get enough of them. I've had so much energy today, I'm afraid to hope that I'm on the road to a normal live again! Yes, "Line 415" "C" sure has it's own misery and just as bad as "D" in it's own way, I never realized what it was like before and to be praying for a BM is just unbelievable for someone who lived in the bathroom at times. My Mom suffered with "C" all of her life , gosh she used to drink Mineral Oil in OJ every morning, gross, one of my sisters' has had it for years too, when she comes to visit here she is much better cos I make sure she is getting a better balance of fibers, I always had to be careful not to eat too much IF.. Dealing with IBS taught me to try to eat healthy but this episode of "C" has really thrown me for a loop. I always read and research everything, especially about IBS. I am going to increase the IF gradually, I am probably over cautious after the horrendous "D" episodes I had before taking the fiber. Thanks again "Line 415" for your support and to everyone else, hopefully the improvement will go on!

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