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I know how frustrated you are, I and lot's of other C's have
been there. Heather's diet for C's is not at all straight
foward. There is almost always quite a few modifactions that
are necessary for a given person, and it's not at all well
quantified. For example, there's no recommended value for
daily IF consumption. She just says you have to eat IF,well
that's nice, how much?! Of course, this will vary from
person to person. The idea you get from her EFI book is in
general way too low, and a bit high in SF which leads to
worsening C and everything associated with it.Before I came
down to Chicago, I wasn't doing bad, but not real good by
any means. Then I saw Jaime's post on IF, and it dawned on
me that's it!!! That IS THE KEY!!! So, I immediately upped
my IF intake through both fruits and veggies and whole
grains. She was just doing fruits and veggies. Since then,
my BM's have gotten consistently better day by day. It's
just over a week now, and I'm having two very near normal
BM's per day,less gas, less discomfort, and NO pain. I've
even cut out the Bentyl during this time, realizing it was
not really helping and was zombitizing me like Kree has
mentioned. Right now, I'm not taking any SFS, all my fiber
is from food. My contention is that one can readily do that
. If for whatever reason you can't get all your fiber from
food, then an SFS is definitely appropriate. I think that
Beth may even try my approach since it's working so good
for me. Right now I'm sending her my daily diet info. so
she can can an *exact* of how much IF(and SF) and from what
. I or she could foward a copy of it, if you'd like. From
what you told me about what you ate in Croatia, you were
getting the right amount of IF. Your change in diet since
you've come back is, I think, the primary cause of your
problems.
I should also note that I'm not wholly stabilizing by
diet. I am taking Paxil as I have mentioned. I definitely
think that it is necessary, at least now. I believe that
Dr.John Gershon's(of Columbia Univ.in NY) SSRI theory is
definitely bonafide. It is working for me and a whole lot
of others. I definitely think you should try it. Also, if
your present GI doc is not helping you too much, I would
suggest that you try the doc that Beth and I have, Dr.
Michael Jones of the Northwestern Med. School Faculty.Beth
or I can get you his contact info.
So, in summary, I think you should stay on the boards,
and try out my suggestions. The emotional help I've gotten
from the boards has been tremendous! That, of course con-
tributes to stabilization too. Think about it.
In any case, I'll definitely email about the next get
together which I think will be in the middle of May.
{{hugs}} -Bob

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