Why oh why oh why....
#72352 - 05/22/04 06:15 AM
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Linz
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...do I do this to myself? I'm at work feeling crappy and bloated, having had to run to the loo and its all my own fault.  I was feeling wiped out this morning (not enough sleep) so I had a cup of black caffeinated tea. And I went out to get lunch a little while ago (I didn't make my own cos I overslept this morning) and felt I needed some salt, so I got a tuna mayo roll without butter and a packet of CRISPS! (chips???). Sometimes I'm okay with a couple, but I ate the WHOLE packet. Doh! I am so stupid. And I'm also stupid enough to have come to work without any painkillers or chamomile tea. 
I now have 3-4 hours left of work (I'm running behind) feeling like the michelin man on laxatives!
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I don't know why... if you figure out let me know so I can stop doing it to myself too!  I know exactly the feeling your talking about. Hang in there!
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Because you're human.
Sometimes I think we do things like that not out of stupidity but because there are so few other options for us IBS-ers. Sometimes I play games with the TV commercials. MacDonald's comes on, and they show a Big Mac. I say, "I can't have that!" Then Subs comes on, and they show a submarine sandwich with cheese and bacon. I say, "I can't have that!" Then Dairy Queen -- need I say more?
It's frustrating when there's nothing we can eat! It's also a little maddening.....
Linzy, I hope you feel better soon. You need to go out in the garden and play with worms. 
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Hi Bev,
I know the feeling of watching all that great food on TV commercials and we can't eat it. I just want to go to the TV and grab that food and stuff it in my mouth! 
Although, believe it or not, I can eat a Sonic breaded chicken sandwich and it has not bothered me so far...
WOO HOO!!!
Are you still feeling good this morning?
Have a great day
Barbie
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Hey Barbie!
#72395 - 05/22/04 10:34 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Yep, I'm feeling GOOOOD. Thanks for asking!
I took a tablespoon of Acacia in my tea, but ONLY a tablespoon. So far, no gas, no bloating. Only two poops. Life is sweet.
Sonic breaded chicken samwich? Where'd you find those? What's in it besides chicken? What makes it "sonic"?
It's frustrating, ain't it, watching all those yummy treats on TV? It's no wonder so many millions of people in this country are overweight! Maybe the IBS is a blessing in disguise?
NOT!
Bev
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'cause it tastes good! And I think it is sometimes easy to forget for a minute how sick the sick feels until it hits again.
Don't beat yourself up about cheating, we all do it... and usually pay for it later! For some reason, it just doesn't seem to stop us a lot of the time.
Anyway, it's almost 9 PM in England now so I wonder if you are home from work now... or do you work nights? Can't remember... Anyway, I hope that you are at home and feeling better OR that you are still at work, but not feeling too poorly.
--Steph
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Aw Linz,
I don't know why we do it, but I can certainly sympathize with being stuck at work feeling lousy  Are you able to leave if you have to?
Hang in there and then have a "pamper yourself" night when you get home.
Take care,
Kelly
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Hey Bev !
#72569 - 05/23/04 08:11 AM
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barbie
Reged: 04/22/04
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Hey Bev,
Hope you are still feeling
Sonic is a drive thru place here in Houston. The breaded chicken is not greasy and it comes with lettuce & tomato & mayo. I don't know why, but they do agree with me. I don't know about you but when I find something that agrees with me, I stick with it, although, I find myself eating the same stuff all the time. Scaredy cat to try anything new.
Have a great day,
Barbie
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Actually, I had an attack at midnite. Terrible cramps and D for 3 hours, then slept with the heating pad on my tummy 'till just a few minutes ago.
This time I can't blame it on the Acacia. I had only 1T in the morning. I think it must have been the Bing cherries. I love those so much -- and they had them for sale at Safeway. I couldn't resist. I had my soluble fiber beforehand, and I limited my portion to only 24 cherries. Still, I guess it was too much, and the inevitable attack occurred at midnite.
Better this morning, but all I can get down me is some GingerAid tea. No Acacia. Just tea.
I don't blame you for being a scaredy-cat. You're smart! Absolutely if it ain't broke don't fix it. If you find something that works, stick with it. I'm just so sick and tired of potato rolls and grilled salmon, I could SCREAM!
Oh yeah, I fixed roasted potatoes last night with raw Bermuda onion. Funny how I "accidentally" forgot about them there raw onions......
worms
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Linz,
I hope you are feeling better. I do this to myself every now and then too. I never think about it when I am eating things I shouldn't only after I start feeling terrible. Then I beat myself up about not having any will power to resist the "bad" food.
Don't be too hard on yourself and feel better.
Janey
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Shhhhh..... don't tell anyone, but .....
I'm gonna stop taking the Acacia.
Shhhhhh.....
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Bev, why? Are you going to switch to a different one?
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Hey!
#72666 - 05/23/04 03:59 PM
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Bevvy
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Barbie, did you tell on me?
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Hey Bev!
#72672 - 05/23/04 04:13 PM
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barbie
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Hey Bev,
I swear I did not give out your secret. Someone must have these posts "bugged" ha ha!!! I do think you need to do what will make you feel better. If you experiment and find that when you don't take the Acacia you seem to feel better, then I think you are doing the right thing. Maybe it works better for some people than for others. I don't take it or any other fiber stuff (my scaredy-cat is acting up again) as long as I am doing OK. I know what my trigger foods are and I just try to stay away from those and usually that does the trick, except when it is stress and even the Acacia couldn't help that!!!
Barbie
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Barbie, you don't take ANY SFS at all? Really? Wow. All along I thought we ALL have to take the stuff -- and the more the better. Pick up any flyer on IBS, and the one thing they keep repeating is "Fiber, FIBER, FIBER! "
Barbie and LS, I really don't know what I'm going to do SFS-wise. I went to the store and bought some Benefiber and thought I may give it a try. However, I gotta tell ya, it's really nice not farting all day. No kidding -- I feel like my old self without that stuff. When I take it, I have problems.
Maybe it's just me. I know I have a sensitive system -- I hear things hubby can't, I smell things he can't, and I feel things a lot more. I can't even stand labels on my T-shirts. Why should my gut be any different? I have a tablespoon of fiber, and I fart the rest of the day.
Not a pretty picture.
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Bev,
You sound like me. Do you have trouble with wool as well? I hate tags on my shirts and my son does too.
I haven't been doing fiber because it makes me gassy as well. Soy seems to have that same effect. I guess my system just isn't going to get used to it. Sorry you are having troubles. IBS is such a nasty disorder.
joan
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Wool and Joan
#72705 - 05/23/04 05:33 PM
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Bevvy
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Oh yeah. I can't go NEAR wool! Even a wool blanket. No way! And do you know, I've knit up 100% acrylic sweaters that also itch me!? So I figured, okay, I'll go for the 100% cashmere. Nope. Itches like crazy! It's 100% cotton, or nothing.
So you don't do any fiber EITHER?! Wow! Well, well. Verrrry interesting. Lots of people here don't. I'm amazed.
For some reason, I'm just afraid to NOT take it. Am I just a wuus? I know it's not the same, but I do eat a lot of whole wheat (it doesn't bother me at all). And I'm glad to say that soy agrees with me real well. I'd say it's 99% of my diet. Soy cheese, soy butter, soy milk, soy "ice cream", and I think pretty soon I'm gonna be drinking soy "coffee" as well! (More news on that to come....)
I've stopped taking my HRT. After 45 years of the stuff, I'd say it's about time. I'll be 60 in November, and I've decided my body is going to have go "au naturel" from now on. Okay, so I have severe hot flashes -- but I just step outside on the balcony 'till they blow over. No big deal. And with all the soy I'm taking in now, more than ever, that should take the place of the estrogen.
Gee it's good to have you back, Joan!
Bevvy
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I am soooo with you on the cotton scene. Thats all I wear too. I remember my childhood days when elastic peasant shirts were so popular. I hated elastic-too tight.
Can't say I have the same soy experience but I do still eat it since there aren't many good substitutions otherwise. I ate a whole batch of tofu pudding once and man did I suffer. Good thing I could keep my office door shut. I won't do that again!
Savannah wants to know where we can find the "back of a smiley face animated picture. She loves your sense of humor!
Joan
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Me, too! Wool, tags on shirts, on bras, on panties. I finally found a brand with no tags called Barely There by Hanes. Love em.
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Ooooh! Thanks for the tip. I'll have to look for that brand here. No tags would be heaven!
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I do that, too.....I fall off the "safe foods" diet and pay for it later. Just like last night....hubby and I went to Applebee's for desert (we had coupons for free dessert). I had a "sizzling maple blondie" (I think that was the name of it). It was soooooo good.....so far I'm doing fine with it, but may pay for it later. It was a blonde brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top with a maple vanilla sauce poured over top on a hot skillet so when you pour the sauce over top it sizzles. Yum....hubby had the sizzling apple pie....
Hope you are feeling better soon.
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