I'm so hungry
#234282 - 12/29/05 09:39 AM
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Lannie
Reged: 12/17/05
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Loc: Florida
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All I have been able to eat is bananas, plain noodles, potatoes, and sour dough bread with smart balance butter. I eat chicken every few days, but I need more. Peanut butter, apple sauce, and baked potatoe chips make me sick. I cannot afford Heather's book right now my doctor bills have me strapped down considering I have no health benefits yet. What are you eating and drinking? Can I take vitamins? I feel so drained.
Thanks
Todd
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I'm like you....My system is so jacked up right now all I can eat really is soluble food, too.
The cheapest and easiest staple of mine is mashed potato/green bean burritos. I boil about 6 potatoes ahead of time and mash them up so I can have mashed potatoes anytime. I put some mashed potatoes and green beans on a flour tortilla, roll it up and microwave it for 35 seconds and it's very good, filling and is putting weight back on me. Try that! I eat at least 4 of these everyday and it really helps with my D. Most of my attacks come on because of my GERD and mashed potato/green bean burritos really help with my GERD, too. It's all the Nilla Wafers that trigger my reflux!!! My IBS-D doesn't like them too much either!!
Can you eat rice?? I cannot stand rice, but alot of people say it's pretty filling and is good for D, too.
Ummm..... I cannot tolerate vitamins right now in any form. Not even flinstones....so I would wait on the vitamins until you can eat a little bit better. It's your call, though! Just my personal opinion. They really upset my gut right now!!!
Feel Better Soon!!
Michelle 
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If you can tolerate flour tortillas (my gut loves them more than rice!), they are a good soluble fiber. I will literally put ANYTHING in a flour tortilla and eat it as a burrito. Fruit, veggies, eggs, anything! It provides a good buffer for Insoluble Fiber.
Try it and see how you do. They are very filling for me.
Michelle
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Try do some research on this website. I have Heather's book and alot of stuff in there is also on this website.
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Hi Todd,
Have you read the list of Soluble fiber foods? Oatmeal is a great way to fill up! English muffins w/ seedless jam,I also eat pretzels, dry cereal(like rice Chex or Honey nut Cheerios or Kix), dried cranberries, & plenty of veggies! I just stick to water, not much eles agrees w/ me for drinking. Hope this helps!
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Kiwi
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Hi there,
I am so sorry your tummy is so unstable right now, hopefully it will begin to calm down and you will be able to tolerate more foods that will give you more energy and take the edge off feeling so tired.
I think that getting protein is very important, but I know it can be very hard to digest. You said that you cannot tolerate peanut butter, and that may be because of the high fat content. Have you tried low fat peanut butter in very small amounts? I used to put little bits on rolled up flour tortillas and never had any problems.
Grilled white fish, along with the chicken you are already having, is a good source of protein and is generally pretty gentle on your tummy. Try small amounts of cod or hallibut or something like that with rice or some other soluble fiber foods.
Are you making sure that you are eating every couple of hours? Your body needs fueling, and especially if your diet is so restricited, you want to make sure it is getting something ever few hours.
As for vitamins, do a board search on this as there have been a lot of posts on this in the past. I personally take a generic brand childrens vitamin, twice a day. The other brands all had sugar alcohols in them (sorbitol, manitol, etc) that can be very, very irritating even to people without IBS so be very careful of these additives if you do look for some vitamins. Also, don't get ones with extra vitamin C added as vitamin C can aggravate D as well.
If you can have potatoes, try sweet potatoes as well. They have a few more nutrients in them that your body is probably wanting. Have a look at the list of safe snacks at the top of this board and see if any of them might sit okay with you.
Good luck, and keep us posted!
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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Thank you everyone for the replies. I have tried all kinds of foods including the ones offered here on the board and I just can't handle them. Fruits and and cooked veggies tear me up. Its been almost 2 months. I have tried the tortillas, but got sick when I tried anything with them.
I started a new career this week and it is so hard to fight through these attacks all day. I dread being in any type of meeting.
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Are you taking any Soluble Fibre Supplements? It has a tendancy to help both D and C. Have you started taking any probiotics yet? Have you tried peppermint, or chammomile to help ease your anxiety or stress level?
Why type of meds from your doctor are you taking? Is it possible those are making you feel so sick?
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I take Benefiber as a supplement. The prescriptions are Cipro and Bentyl. I also take Immodium a few times a day. My stomach just gurgles all day long. Its like there is just water in my system. I have tried Peppermint tea, but it doesn't help.
I hate to complain, but going to the Doc just isn't helping. I feel so irritated. The weekends always seem to go good, but during the week its terrible.
Edited by Lannie (12/29/05 05:27 PM)
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That stuff made me feel like total crap for a LONG time EVEN after the pills ran out! No wonder why you feel sooo POOPY!!! How long do you have to take it??? You will get better once you can come off of that stuff.
hang in there!!
Michelle
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