a question for those who bloat...
#335518 - 09/02/08 11:57 AM
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Fen
Reged: 03/01/08
Posts: 574
Loc: Central NY
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Ok. It's 2:55 pm. I'm unfortunately pretty bloated. This is what I've eaten in the past few hours:
11:45 small banana
12:45 2 pieces gf toast with smidge almond butter
2:45 apple (that I cockily ate with the peel on because I was feeling pretty good today)
So what would have caused the bloating? The logical answer would be the apple, but is it really possible to cause bloating in less than 10 minutes?! And if it was the apple, is such a quick reaction more likely from the fructose content or the peel? The peel can't have made it to my small intestine already, can it?
Gah, this is soooooo frustrating!
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One more question: Where does everyone's bloating occur. Is it upper abdominal? Lower abdominal?
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Fen - no matter what I eat or how stable I am I cannot get rid of the bloat. I have no idea why and it drives me crazy. My dad jokingly told me over the weekend that I need a girdle. Har har 
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Honestly, all joking aside - it's my entire tummy that sticks out. I really look at least 6 months pregnant. I HATE IT!
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JHuggs, I think I would hit my Dad if he ever said that to me!
That's interesting that your whole stomach area bloats out - my bloat is my lower abdomen only - really more in my pelvic area. Which is so frustrating to me, because I spend all of this time tinkering with my diet to avoid the bloat, but it very well might be due to Endo or my bladder in my case. I'm so fed up with all of this - all of my different doctors blame something else for the bloating and nobody has found the cause! My PT says that I bloat because my pelvic floor muscles are weak, my pelvic pain specialist says I bloat because of IBS, and my GI doctor blames my bladder and says that I "just have to learn to live with it."
I'm interested if anyone else only gets bloated in their low low abdomen.
Thanks!
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When I bloat it is usually in my lower abdoman.I don't know what to do about it.It usually goes away in a day or so but boy do I feel prego when it happens.
Once in a while my stomach bloats and I get really bad gas so I take tums and start burping.Then my stomach just hurts but the bloat is usually gone.
When you find out what to take LET ME KNOW!!!!!!
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IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me.
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To me, the bloating is caused by different things - not necessarily what food I just ate.
1) Being C. No matter what I've eaten, if I haven't gone enough (or at all) that day, I am going to bloat up - I just get bigger and bigger with each meal. And, conversely, when I do go in a big way (sorry), my tummy is way flatter.
2) Eating a food that is gas-causing. That's somewhat of an individual thing. It doesn't seem like you ate much today (I'd be starving) but for me, the toast would be the culprit since wheat bloats me. But that's just me.
3) Trapped gas still inside me from the day before - i.e. from last night's meal.
4) Swallowing air. If my guts are all spasmed up, even a long conversation with someone can cause me to gulp air. And sometimes if i'm in a ton of crampy pain, i'll keep swallowing unintentionally as a reaction to the pain, causing bloat/gas on top of the cramps. FYI, eating too fast, chewing gum, smoking, slurping hot liquids, drinking out of a straw or water bottle, and of course carbonated bevs are all IBS no-no's for this same reason - swallowed air.
Fun, fun!
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IBS-C, lots of spasm and trapped gas.
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Renee, I ate a breakfast and mid-morning snack as well. I only posted what I had eaten for the previous few hours. And the toast did not contain wheat, it was gluten free. That's not to say that it didn't cause gas, but it was wheat free.
I agree that when I have a big bm, my tummy is much flatter. I go every single day, sometimes twice a day, but I think they're just too small!  I'm working up my Acacia dosage, but really nothing seems to help bulk up my stools!
Thanks for the reminder that it could be last night's dinner causing today's problems as well. I know that it can take days to eliminate, but often I forget this and focus on what I've just eaten. 
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Ah yes, the pregnant belly, I know all about that one! I sometimes just get bloated in my lower abdomen, but I can get bloated in my entire abdomen area and then I really do look like I'm pregnant, especially for me because I am a really tiny person. Thus, I wear lots of dresses because it helps to disguise the tummy area.
And like many of you have said, my tummy gets flatter after I have a big BM too, I'm glad I'm not the only who experiences that, it makes me feel somewhat normal...
Anyways, some days if I have really bad burping, gas and bloat I will take a ginger pill called Reflux Away. I have mentioned this many times before on the boards, but I never hear if it ever works for anyone else. So, if someone does try it, let me know how it works.
Hang in there everyone, I know gets rough and frustrating, but I hope one day we can all be well.
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Yeah, I hate bloating! Usually I get bloated in my lower abdomen, but every once in a while my entire stomach bloats up!
I don't really see anything in your diet that would cause it. For me it usually just happens, no matter what I eat .
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