Oops! Almost did myself in!!
#112140 - 10/11/04 05:54 PM
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LauraSue
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I guess I got a little too aggressive with my dinner tonight, because about 30 min after eating I started getting the severe pain that doubles me over it's so bad. (My DH has seen many examples of this over the 24 years we're together -- he calls it my "crab walk!")
But I'm already feeling better because I quickly took some Mylanta liquid and a Gas-X gelcap and jumped into bed with my heating pad on my tummy and a cup of peppermint tea! (Before I found this website, I only knew to take the Mylanta which helps but not nearly enough by itself!)
So what did I eat? A perfectly IBS-safe meal!! Yes, really! But obviously it was just a wee bit too much insoluble given that a) I'm PMS, b) I took a naproxen earlier to forestall a migraine (it worked!). Although I took an Imodium with it, it definitely set me up for this.
So let me tell you what I ate, because it was delicious, creative and theoretically safe! I took some cooked pasta shapes, bowties, and tossed them with finely chopped cooked brussels sprouts, pistachios, cherry tomatoes cut in quarters, fake bacon bits, onion powder, butter substitute, oregano, salt and pepper, then microwaved it until everything was heated through which cooked the tomatoes and pistachios making them even safer!
I ate it with two pieces of French bread and was SO proud of myself (the fibro-frogged non-cook) for coming up with such a great combination just from what we had in the refrigerator! Actually, I do that quite often and am pretty good at it, but this time I was especially creative (pistachios!!).
So a little gas pain, no problem! It was a yummy dinner! I've paid the price, but it was worth it!!
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Laura
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You've really got this all down to a science. That's amazing.
As I said in another post, today is Cdn. Thanksgiving and I celebrated with lots of gravy on my mashed potatoes and turkey. So far, so good, but I may pay for it.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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P.S. You couldn't pay me to eat brussel sprouts again. Too scary for someone with IBS-D. I doubt I will ever touch veggies like brussel sprouts and broccoli again.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Not even with gravy on them, Abby??!! Just kidding!
I'm lucky, cooked broccoli and bsprouts don't bother me as long as I have SF with them and keep the portions small. Since I'm allergic or intolerant to so many veggies, it's a good thing!
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Laura
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OMG, LS
#112162 - 10/11/04 06:27 PM
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Nelly
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You got me on that one! My stomach actually TURNED OVER when I read the word "gravy." Ha hahaha!! Good one!!
Sorry to butt--
~nelly~
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Sorry Laura but glad it didn't get too bad. The brussel sprouts & tomatoes would have done me in. Also, it might have been the amount you ate. If I eat till I'm full I'm a gonner.
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I am glad you are doing better and din't get D!!! I hope you are ok and feeling great again. I love my Gas X!!! I think I will buy some stock in that company so every time I buy some I am paying myself!!!  Maybe all us gas x users could chip in and just take over the company there is enough of us!!!LOL
Hope your doing good <<<<<<<<<<<HUGS>>>>>>>>>>>
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Phew!
#112195 - 10/11/04 08:25 PM
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Sheri01
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Its a good thing you were able to spring into action and take care of things!
How far along are you now? It seems like forever!
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-Sheri
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I agree...brousel sprouts!! no way i could, i am a chicken, broccoli and cauliflower, i am not D i am actually C but bloating and gas are my biggest problem. You are soooo brave!! I will make that meal, though, without the sprouts
I am so glad you are ok and so proud of yourself!!
Angie
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Cherry tomatoes! No way! They are nothing but skin and pips and guarantee disaster for me.
Almost everything we eat upsets someone ... it's very mysterious ...
Josephine
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Oh my! 
If I ate that I'd be in trouble for sure. But everyone handles foods differently. (sounds yummy by the way)
Hope it subsides quickly. 
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I rember reading some where that pistachio's have a natural laxitive effect on most people!! I rember because one day (before IBS) I ate a bunch of them and spent the next day on the pot  . Thought I had a bug. Talked to my Doctor and she said it was the pistachio's so i looked it up and read that. I would avoid the pistachio's!!!!!
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Heather7476
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Doing FINE this morning (uh, afternoon rather)! The tea and heating pad settled me right down. I was fine by the time I went to sleep and today has been completely quiet and stable and regular! YAY!!
It is funny how each single food we eat is a problem for at least ONE person!! I think that has a lot to do with non-IBS factors. For example, food allergies and intolerances. GERD, gall bladder problems, thyroid, whatever.
That's what was so funny. Every one of the ingredients in my pasta creation appears in at least one of Heather's recipes. The cherry tomatoes were cut up and cooked. The pistachios were chopped fine and cooked. And the brussels sprouts were chopped up and cooked. And the portion was not large since I'm watching my weight.
And I've never had a problem with any one of those foods before. It was just the combination of ALL of those things together that was too aggressive given that I'd had to take a naproxyn earlier. If you took out any one thing from the equation, I would have been fine (I am fine today). So note to self, "Self, don't push the envelope if you've taken a naproxyn!"
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Laura
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I am SO GLAD you didn't get that migraine.....*phew* that was a close one!! *hugs*
Thanks LS for all you do for everyone on the boards...you're so super!
Hope you're all symptom free day today in every way!
Love,
Ruchie
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Love Ya, LauraSue. You are just tooo cute! 
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Why thanks, Rylee!! You just made my day!!
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Laura
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