On My Way to ihop
#53263 - 03/23/04 08:19 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Haven't been down there in ages -- ever since I got stable. Pretty scary.
I've had my acacia, and I'm taking with me:
1. Equalactin
2. Tummy Mint tea
3. Donnatal
4. Large supply of "potti wipes"
Yep, think I'm all set.
What am I ordering, you ask? Well, hubby and I always split an order (they give you WAAAY too much!). I take the pancakes, he takes the rest (dead pig sausage, hash browns with lots of butter, yucky coffee -- you know). I will ask them for pumpkin pancakes instead of buttermilk, hold the butter, and of course no syrup (I'm sugar-free, guys!).
Here I go .......
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Yeah Bev!
Sounds yummy!!! I hope you enjoy yourself!!! Let me know how it goes!!!  
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Have a great breakfast! Wish I was there!
Barbara
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Yummy!!
#53279 - 03/23/04 08:49 AM
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Bethany
Reged: 02/27/04
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Loc: Nashville, TN
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That sounds delicious! Can I join you!?
I made some pancakes out of the bisquick recipe over the weekend. It didn't seem to bother me too much. Used egg whites and soy milk.
Let's us know how yummy it was!
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Yum, yum, yum. You're making me hungry. (Doesn't take much to do that anyway). Let us know all the delicious details about how good it was!
Terri
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Good Luck!!
#53299 - 03/23/04 09:24 AM
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Kimm
Reged: 03/10/04
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Enjoy!! You deserve it!!
Let us know how it goes....
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Let us know how it went. I LOVE pancakes and was doing the sugar free bit and know know that was bad cause they were starting to "get me". Haven't had the nerve to try them again. Not bad at home when hubby makes them but restaurants are a whole different story. 
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I'm Baaaack!
#53392 - 03/23/04 12:03 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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You guys are all so CUTE! Every one of you!
Bethany, what a knockout picture of you guys! Yowza!
Ruchie, don't give me any praise; I don't deserve it, Girlfriend. I'm a bad girl.
Okay, so ihop wasn't too bad. Actually, it was a lot of fun joking with the waitresses. Didn't have much luck though. Turns out the pumpkin pancakes are seasonal, so I didn't get them. I asked about their other pancakes besides the obvious buttermilk kind, what was in the batter, and was told all the batters contain a cultured skim milk powder. So I passed on the pancakes.
I had my Equalactin and Tummy Mint tea. Hubby had coffee, and I had two sips of it (my first in over 3 months). OMG! Lets not go there.
We split an order -- as usual, he had the dead cow sausage and greasy hash browns. I had toast, no butter, and a scrambled egg (which I'm sure was full of butter). I'll have to go easy on the fat for the rest of the day, but that's okay. We had fun and I have a happy tummy.
You guys ROCK.
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I'm glad you had a good time! Bummer about those darn pancakes! OH well...come October you can go back for some! As for the coffee....very good!!! YOu did it!!! How do ya feel now? Everything still agreeing? Do you just tell them to make the egg with egg beaters or whites?
Well happy to know you had fun!
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Bev, I'm glad your breakfast is settling well so far! I completely understand the agony of not being able to have pancakes. I went out to breakfast with my family last weekend after my cousin's wedding. Everyone else ordered the breakfast buffet, with french toast, scrambled eggs, sausages, apple turnovers... and the ONLY thing I could have was a specially-ordered bagel with some jelly on it. Sigh. But it was good to be with the fam, and I felt great afterwards, so I guess that's what's important. Personally, I think you made a good decision by passing on the pancakes. Way to have will power Bev!!
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Hi Jenx,
I'm hungry for Pumkin also, but my pancake days seem slim,
if I don't get IBS. I've been watching the board for
several days but could not get my password to work.
I'm in now, and wanted to know if anyone out there has
tried or read up on Aloe Vera and IBS treatment?
I've read about the liquid and lately read about
a capsule formula equals 8 gals. of liquid. Just
curious ?
P.S. Jenx - where did you download the cat. Looks like
my cat at home (I have 3 of them - all different colors).
Laurie 
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Hey Bevy! (you bad girl, you! lol)
Glad you had a good time! I always stock up on the fiber before I go out too. I also try to see if they have menus of places online (just did this recently with Denny's - they had GREAT menu & allergy info online) so I can be prepared for battle (AKA ordering ).
BTW - how come you never call your turkey sausage "dead" turkey sausage?
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Laurie,
Welcome to the boards. Glad you got your password to work!
Here's the site for the kitty: http://www.gifs.net/animate/cat01.gif 
Listen, if Bevrs can get out there and have some pumpkin pancakes, then you'll be able to try it one day, too. Just get stable and follow the rules! Plus, if you go to the IBS Recipes site , I bet you can find a recipe for pumpkin pancakes or someone can help you adapt a recipe. For any kind of pancakes you want! You can also search for things in the forums. I don't eat wheat, so I'm going to look for a good recipe with a substitute flower. Pancakes sound good right about now!
I don't know anything about the Aloe Vera. My bet is a lot of people aren't going to see your question tucked in here. I recommend you post it separately, with "Aloe Vera as treatment" (or something like that) in the subject line. To post your own thread, just click on "Post" at the top right-hand side of your screen when you're looking at the forum. Or search for that in all forums, and see if it's come up before. If you want to post about a pancake recipe, do the same in IBS Recipes.
Good luck. I hope you get your questions answered. And...
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Bevrs,
What is equalactin and donnatal? are those drugs u take?
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Hi Shirl,
Donnatal is my emergency med prescribed by my doctor. It's dangerous stuff, so I take it ONLY when I have a severe attack. I looked up the stuff in my "Funk-n-Wagnall's" last week and got quite a shock! Check out the warning I just discovered about it:
"Warning: special mental and physical adverse effects. Older adults are especially sensitive to the harmful anticholinergic effects of a family of drugs called belladonna alkaloids. Atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine are all in this family. Drugs in this family should not be used unless absolutely necessary. Mental effects: confusion, delirium, short-term memory problems, disorientation, and impaired attention. Physical effects: dry mouth, constipation, difficulty urinating (especially for a man with an enlarged prostate), blurred vision, decreased sweating with increased body temperature, sexual dysfunction, and worsening of glaucoma."
It's a combination of Atropine, Hyoscyamine, Scopolamine, and PHENOBARBITAL. Not good, not good.
Now, on the other hand, I have my Equalactin. GREAT stuff! It's not a drug, it's a soluble fiber supplement that you chew. Heather talks about it here in her link to fiber supplements, and we've talked about it in the board -- you can do a search and see what Heather says about it.
I like the Equalactin better than Fibercon or Citrucel (other soluble fiber supplements I've tried) because it just works better for some reason. At the restaurant yesterday, I knew I was going to have a problem with everything on the menu and my only choice was to pick the least of the offenders. So I took an Equalactin before my meal -- and I was fine.
Heather first introduced me to Equalactin when I placed my first order with her; she sent me a little purse-size supply of it, which, as a matter of fact, I still keep in my purse for such emergencies as yesterday morning at ihop.
Only problem is it's hard to find in the drug stores. I had to ask my pharmacist to order it for me -- which he did. Now I keep a supply of the stuff in my purse, as I said, and also in the bathroom medicine cabinet.
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Enjoy those pancakes Bev! With everything your bringing, you sure are set. Let us know how they where.
Christine
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A Newbie Here?
#53681 - 03/24/04 07:26 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Laurie, are you a newbie who just snuck in here so quietly we missed you? I just read Pretty Lady's post (that's our Jen).
Welcome to the boards! Jen is right; you need to start a new thread so everyone can meet you. She explained how, so I won't go into it again.
About those pancakes -- girlfriend, all the pancake batter at ihop -- ALL the batter, not just the buttermilk variety, even the "fruit-n-nutty" and the pumpkin pancake batter -- have MILK in them. They're a no-no. I didn't have pancakes yesterday, and I won't have them there ever again.
The best bet is to make your own. Reduced-fat Bisquick is quite good, easy, and -- most importantly -- you can control what goes into the batter. Use soy milk instead of that regular stuff, and especially the vanilla kind, because it blends so well with the maple syrup. Also, I like to add frozen wild blueberries to my batter -- a great way to sneak fruit into my diet. And when I do add the blueberries, I use wild blueberry preserves on the pancakes instead of syrup. YUMMY!
Okay, I got off on that darn tangent of mine. I do it all the time. 
Anyway, welcome to the boards, and I'm sorry I missed you (you just kinda snuck in there, girlfriend!).
Bev
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bev, yeah, i use them in pbj samiches, i call it grape jelly for grownups. remember welches grape jelly? it was my little brother's favorite (he's 47 now btw)
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Bevrs-
I never go to IHOP- we don't have any near us, but this weekend we went to Newport, RI and the group I was with decided to go there. Of course I panicked when I realized there was no oatmeal on the menu- what the heck was I gonna have?? For some reason, I settled on the french toast. I figured I'd have a ton of problems, but it was okay. Dunno if it was a fluke or what, but thought I'd mention it in case you decide to go back when your pumpkin pancakes aren't in season!
KAL
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