I am feeling "dangerous"
#202655 - 08/04/05 08:06 PM
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Snorkie
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Loc: Northern Illinois, USA
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"Dangerous" as in I am considering going to Dairy Queen this weekend and having ice cream...and it is that time of the month (TMI), so I know it would be potentially even more of a bad idea than normal. 
So the question part is, is it worth it? How painful will the retribution be? All I remember dairy doing to me is creating gas, but for months I haven't had more than butter now and then and the tiniest bit of cheese a couple weeks ago.
I really haven't purposely fallen off the wagon yet. I've had attacks, though less & less often. I did have a pop awhile ago that bugged me, but that was sort of an experiment because I didn't think it was one of my triggers before. So, is it worth it when you eat something you KNOW is going to hurt later?
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haha it depends on how worth it it is!!
I don't get alot of pain and uncomfortableness (I just made that word up myself thank you very much!) 
So for me.. a little diarrhea is worth it.. however, everyone is different. I guess it depends on how hellish your attacks are! My d sucks.. but everyonce in awhile its worth a sneaky treat.
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I learned my lesson hard. The most difficult thing for me to give up has been soda. A couple months ago, I tried a Coke for the first time in over a year. It didn't bother me, so I had another one the next day. Pretty soon I was drinking one every day, even though I knew it was bad, and it only took a couple weeks of that before I suddenly found myself with horrible D attacks... that lasted a MONTH, even after quitting the soda again. Needless to say, I won't do THAT again.
But, you know, it depends on how badly you want that treat and how bad your attacks have been in the past. Even if you got away with little cheats before, there's always a good chance that you *won't* get away with it this time.
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I agree with what Ashley said - it depends.
I do it, I admit it!
If I really want it, I will have something but only if I have nothing to do the next day.
Sometimes I don't get any problems, other times I do.
I can't go TOO crazy, though or I can be really suffering and regret it.
Sometimes I take an immodium before I do something like that to be on the safe side!
Good luck! Dairy Queen is pretty risky, but if you go for it, I hope you enjoy it and don't suffer!
Cheers!
--Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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Ha ha, I know how you feel! Once I'm around other people I completely forget what I shouldn't eat and pay the price later. However, for me if I only eat a small bit of the forbidden food, I can usually pull it off. I also found the digestive enzymes helped lessen the symptoms when it's something I know that will probably bother me. I'm not the kind of person who can overcome a craving and so far if I'm feeling stable I can usually sneak in something bad and get away with it.
Good luck and enjoy that ice cream if you go for it!
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Casey, It may have just been the caffiene in Coke that triggered the D. You may well be able to drink other sodas.
I'm surprised you made it a couple weeks before getting hit.
Possibly you could drink one once in awhile. -Bob
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Go ahead if you need the "slap on the wrist" attack to REMEMBER INTIMATELY why it's a bad idea.
Kate, IBS-D.
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When you do "Fall off the wagon" .. what steps do you need to take to recover? Do you have to start all the way at the beginning again with the BTC diet, or does it usually go back to normal on its own?
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Well I can say that right now unfortunately this is exactly where I am 
I've been so bad in the last few weeks with not getting enough sleep and not eating well, and bingeing on sugar, yeah I've totally destabilized... ugh. So for me that means on on the BTC diet, strict, for a few days, and then I'll be working myself back up. Usually it doesn't take nearly as long though as the first time, imo.
For less severe slipups though I don't usualy go to the BTC diet... just start eating right again and it usually goes back to normal. Honestly though, the more 'falling off the wagon' experiences I have the less possible that is, i.e. the longer I go being stable the easier it is to get back to being stable. Does that make sense?
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Snorkie:
If you are craving ice cream, why not go to McDonald's Hamburgers and buy some of their ice cream instead?
One of my former doctors, who is severely lactose intolerant, once told me McDonald's ice cream doesn't contain any milk products.
I don't know if it is true that McDonald's ice cream is milk-free, but it should be pretty easy to find out since I'm sure they would tell you. However, even if it's milk-free, be warned that it could contain other "bad" things so you would have to check on the ingredients. If you do, let us know what you find out!
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