Finally getting somewhere
#53176 - 03/23/04 01:56 AM
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Shellsbells
Reged: 12/16/03
Posts: 218
Loc: NW England, UK
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Phew, seems like a long time since I last posted my sorry woes on here. Taken a little break (been busy at work and stuff) and concentrating on the IBS hypnosis which I'm about half way through and it seems to be helping.
It's taken a looooong time for me, but this diet is finally starting to work. It seems that my occasional cheats that I could once get away with can no longer be done. After eating a handful of fries one evening, followed up with a breakfast cereal that must have been too high in insoluble, I had the worst bowel spasms in years - so bad that (how can I put this???) it left me feeling bruised - I could barely sit down or stand up all the next day. So thanks to my body for that wake up call: I realised I was gonna have to be far more strict with myself.
I'm eating much more soluble fibre and feeling MUCH better. What a relief. I had to cut out the SF supplement because I felt it was a bit too much for me to cope with and I seem to be doing very well without it, just by concentrating on eating high soluble fibre foods.
For me, varying the types of SF foods I eat through the day seems to work best. I think before I was just supplementing my normal diet with extra SF snacks and pre-meals, mostly of the same stuff. Perhaps the variety is key. The good news is I can now eat porridge oats for breakfast and I even seem to be able to tolerate small amounts of wheat which I struggled with before, so that's making life a little easier.
I have been trying to keep up with the boards from time to time, hope I'll have more time to post too in future.
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Shells 
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Shells, I'm so glad you're getting things figured out for yourself. I'm sorry it took such a horrible attack to make it happen, but I guess that's the way things go sometimes. Good for you for making an effort to eat more soluble fiber. I try to get a ton of that, too, and it really helps. And how exciting that you're able to eat some wheat again! That must be a great feeling. Thanks for the update! 
By the way, I'm so glad the hypno is working for you! I'm about half way through, too, and it seems to be making a big difference. Not necessarily in the way I FEEL, but I've been able to get myself to go out to dinner a couple of times in the past few weeks, whereas before the hypno I had been afraid to eat out and hadn't in a long time. It's amazing how something so seemingly simple could be so powerful. I can't wait to see how we're both doing by the time we finish the tapes!
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Shells, so GLAD to hear you're doing better!! Congrats!!!
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