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CrampGirl
#60921 - 04/13/04 09:23 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Yes, I AM doing better -- MUCH better. I have MUCH fewer attacks. Gee, I'm sorry that my post gave the wrong impression; I may have to go back in there and change it.
Yes, I am able to get out and go places and do things now -- and I wasn't able to 4 months ago. That's incredible! Yes, I am SOOOO much better.
I even went to the new property and, typical construction site, it was full of debris. Hubby and I spent hours picking it all up and hauling it away. Sweat was pouring down my face, my hair was dripping wet, I worked my BUTT off! I could never have done that 4 months ago. True, it hurt when I bent over to pick up the stuff; my tummy did not like that at ALL -- but I just ignored the pain; after all, it's not going to stop me anymore.
I really think bloating and gas are nothing compared to having panic attacks and being home-bound, afraid to go anywhere, having extreme cramps and URGENT diarrhea all the time. Oh yes, I am SOOO much better now.
Also, it's a matter of priority. I have just been diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol and tryglycerides. That's not good. Very scary stuff. That's at the top of my list of complaints, believe me. A little gas and bloating are nothing compared to placque-clogged arteries. I have SOOO got to do everything possible to reduce it -- my daddy died from it.
Sorry, I'm rambling now. CrampGirl, thanks for your concern. You're a keeper, Girlfriend!
Bev
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RE: fennel ... do you like Italian food? Good Italian sausage often has fennel seed in it. If you can eat Italian food (spaghetti, lasagne, pasta) and add fennel seed, would that help you get it down? How about putting the fennel seed in a gelatin capsule and swallowing it?
RE: bloating ... I recently started on the acacia. For about a week before that I had HORRIBLE bloating and painful gas. I started the acacia powder and in less than 48 hours the bloating and gas were gone.
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Quote:
On the IBS diet, I have not been having any fullblown attacks...
Sadly, this is no longer true.  This morning when I got out of the shower I had a mini-attack. Very confused as to what triggered it. Here's what I had to eat yesterday:
luna bar mid-morning (couldn't eat earlier than that because I had an ultrasound on my gallbladder in the a.m.)
lunch: baked potato with salt, 7 or so baby carrots, cranberry juice
afternoon snack: dried apple (2 rings)
evening snack: 10-12 fat free saltines
for dinner, leftovers from the night before: 5 oz. rare grilled yellow fin tuna with salt and pepper and 5 asparagus spears
late night snack: 2 slices toasted french bread from baguette
oh, and lots of water throughout the day
The signif. other and I are mystified -- is it because even though I had asparagus the night before, I couldn't handle the insoluble fiber in the asparagus without more soluble fiber closer to the time I ate the asparagus??? Is it intolerance to HFCS in the cranberry juice? (I haven't been tested for fructose intolerance or anything, I am just trying to think, and the cranberry juice is the only thing I had yesterday that I haven't had in the last few weeks.)
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Detective Work
#61421 - 04/15/04 09:57 AM
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belinda
Reged: 10/09/03
Posts: 474
Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pearlmaj:
I can't tell you exactly what caused you problems, but here are some points to ponder:
1. Organic versus conventional. Was the food you ate conventional or organic? (Organic is safest for IBS people.)
2. Did the salt, cranberry juice and saltines contain any additives or chemicals? (Additives and chemicals can pose problems for IBS people. Some brands of sea salt can be purchased without additives and chemicals.)
3. What were the ingredients in the baguette? For example, did it contain any milk products or additives? (It is always safest for IBS people to either make their own bread or buy it from a bakery which bakes the bread using IBS safe ingredients.)
3. Pepper? (Pepper can cause problems for IBS people.)
4. Asparagus? (Not sure about asparagus, but was it organic?)
5. Dried apple without soluable fibre? (A lot of IBS people have problems with fruit. Some, like me, can only tolerate certain types of fruit in a mashed or pureed form with soluable fibre -- for example, pureed babyfood apple sauce on a bun.)
6. Didn't eat on time because of your test? (From personal experience, failing to eat on time or failing to eat small regular meals can cause an IBS attack.)
Hope this helps.
Belinda
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Thanks for the detective work, Belinda! I appreciate all the detail.
After reading a recent post from another thread about IBS-A, I can't help but wonder if the problem was that I did not have a BM yesterday. Thus, I was C until the D couldn't wait?? As I get used to taking the citrucel (and remember to take it in the afternoon, not just in the a.m.) and eat dried fruit and fruit leather, maybe I'll be able to get myself on a daily BM schedule and thus head the D off at the pass (so to speak  )?
Anybody else have any theories? Thanks in advance!
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