Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: The consequences of our actions...

Kim - you seem like such a smart person to be asking a silly question like that!! Don't mean to be so crass, but first of all, I haven't noticed any posters on the boards who are just eating whatever they want. If you want to do that, you're the only one who's going to suffer. And, like you said, you're not a quitter, so DON'T GIVE UP!

Surely you've noticed a difference between before you started the IBS "diet" and the way you were after following it. You REALLY DON'T SEE A DIFFERENCE? As you know, some docs don't know the first thing about how to quiet down IBS. As long as you've had all the diagnostic tests to rule out the other causes of your GI distress, Heather is one of the foremost knowledgeable people about IBS. Listen to what she says and just keep doing what she says to do. You know that with some people, it takes a while before things start to work right. Everyone's body is different. Yours seems like one of the stubbornest (if that's a word).

And, I haven't forgotten about your recipe requests. I've been trying to post recipes that only require common ingredients so keep reading and trying them. If you have any specific requests, don't hesitate to post them. Right now I have a pile of recipe books on the floor that are reaching about 14" in height. Don't know why I just don't bring in the whole cookbook bookcase into the office!

Kimbo, please don't give up. I realize it's hard to be in a foreign land where "things" are scarce (foods, docs, etc). But, if you remember the little ditty I posted a few weeks ago: FAILURE IS NEVER FATAL--IT'S COURAGE THAT COUNTS! We all need courage to face what has been doled our way and to combat and control it--especially for our own sake and for the sakes of everyone we love and who loves us. It's hard to be strong, and easy to be weak; and you don't seem like a weak person.

Mother Sharon

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Sharon
"Anything Chocolate"...that is all!

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