I'm so excited! Today's my third day of "stability"
#89738 - 07/14/04 07:50 AM
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raindew01
Reged: 07/07/04
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario - Canada.
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I'm so excited!! This is my third (if I get through the day fine, which I think I will) day of stability, no D!!! Yay!!! (laughing) This diet is so great; thank you Heather for this site and your great books! And thank you, everyone here, for your wonderful, truly helpful support.
I actually had spaghetti with low fat spaghetti sauce yesterday, put in peeled zucchini, mushrooms, little bit of onion and garlic--and I was fine! And had 2 raspberry or strawberry popsicles made with real fruit--and again was fine! I feel like I'm getting my life back...that I can start eating "real" food again. I know I still have to be careful and take it slowly... AND I'm so excited!!!!!!
I just have to say--I'm so very glad I found this site. Without it, my body would still be a mess. Whew!
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I spoke too soon. I had 3/4 c. of chocolate soy milk this morning...such a treat...and now I had D and pain.  Why would choc. soy milk give me such a reaction?? I know it has to be that, because nothing else I had this morning is new.
Darn it all, it seemed like such a safe treat. Low fat--2.5 g. I guess the sugar was too high.
I don't totally get it, though; I had fruit juice popsicles the other day, and they have to be high in sugar, but I was fine. Totally fine. And I can bake with sugar. What's the difference??
Ag. I am NOT going back to square one, if I can help it. I'm still going to try to have some of the foods I was inching into my diet...unless I have more of a reaction. Slow is good. I just thought I was going slow. Blah.
Well, at least I know a trigger food for me!
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Aww...
#89780 - 07/14/04 08:36 AM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
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Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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Don't be too discouraged. (Hah, listen to me - the girl who comes on here whining every time I have a setback - LOL.) Is soy milk in general something you're used to consuming in quantity? 3/4 cup doesn't sound like much, but if you're body's not used to it, it could be a matter of introducing it into your diet slowly.
Hang in there... stability will happen.  It just takes a while sometimes. And you still went a couple days with no D! That rocks!
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It might have been something you ate yesterday that set you off. Unless I'm being really, really bad (like drinking with friends, for example), my D seems to come from what I've eaten the day before.
Hang in there. All of us newbies are on this same stability roller coaster...
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Christine
Those who can do; those who want it done better teach.
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Re: Aww...
#89790 - 07/14/04 09:06 AM
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raindew01
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario - Canada.
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Thanks. I needed that encouragement. I'm feeling down and also defiant. But I still want to be careful.
I am used to soy milk--but only in my cereal and cooking. I used to drink chocolate soy milk, and I did used to get D from it...but it was a particular brand. So this time I searched out the lowest fat, lowest sugar...and still I get this reaction.
I just wanted something sweet and chocolately...and still getting protein. And, well, different food! Blah.
Thanks so much, both of you. The encouragement here is invaluable. I think it'll keep me trying.
Blah. Maybe I'll go make potatoes, later. Nice safe soluble.
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I seem to have reactions pretty quickly to things--often within an hour or a few hours of eating something. So I'm pretty sure it was the choc. soy milk.
Sometimes I have a reaction immediately the next am, or the middle of the night, from something the day before...but this was hours after I got up.
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Hang in there. All of us newbies are on this same stability roller coaster...
Thanks. It really does help to know that. (sigh)
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I just looked at the ingredients in the choc soy milk. Cane sugar, corn syrup solids, and fructose were about the third, fifth, and sixth ingredients. So, pretty high in sugars. I'm assuming that's what it is. Blah.
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Oh, the wonders of IBS!  It's like you have to be a food detective constantly....reading labels and trying to figure out what caused the problem. Just be sure that you are not using anything like gum, mints, vitamins, etc with sorbitol. I learned the hard way that it is a big IBS trigger.
When I need a little chocolate fix I eat a couple of Tootsie Rolls and they have never bothered me.
Hang in there
Barbie
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Re: Aww...
#89972 - 07/14/04 01:09 PM
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jonsie57
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Hi,
I get the same reaction if I drink soy milk also. I swear it must have something like milk solids in it or something as I get the same reaction I do if I were to drink cows milk
or ice cream....But I can also use soy milk for cereal with no problem...go figure..Hang in there...
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This is not based on anything scientific, and I can't find any substantiation for it in any literature, but....I get D from drinking soy milk (usually chocolate because that's my favorite) if I haven't had any in a while. My mom gets it too. But after having it a few days in a row, the D goes away.
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Sugar is not an irritant to IBS. Many people have sensitivies to soy. Try rice or almond milk and see if you have the same reaction. Generally cocoa is not an irritant as long as it isn't accompanied with high fat.
It could just be an off day, or something you ate last night even. Try the chocolate soy in a few days and see what happens. If it gives you the same reaction, try avoiding soy for a while.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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I don't know if it makes sense to just be the soy, because I have for years had a lot of soy in my diet. And I've been having soy "meat" slices and soy cheese and soy yogurt, and not had a reaction...and those things didn't have sugar in them. That's why I thought it might be the particular kind or amount of sugar....
Fructose is, I think, an irritant. (Think I read that in one of Heather's books.) Or, perhaps I have a sensitivity to sugar, or something? But I won't throw it out yet. I'll try it again when I'm not going out.
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Thanks for the encouragement. I *did* feel like I was trying to be a food detective--though it drove me nuts because some foods got me some days and not others--before I found this site. Now it's only if I have a reaction to something as I slowly add things back in.
Tootsie Rolls--what a great idea! I'll go get some soon. Thanks for the tip.
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Is corn syrup an irritant?
I definitely avoid artificial sweetners; I always check before I buy. I just don't like the idea of putting that into my body, period.
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Re: Aww...
#90089 - 07/14/04 04:44 PM
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raindew01
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I get the same reaction if I drink soy milk also. ...But I can also use soy milk for cereal with no problem
Ah ha! This is so interesting to me--because that's exactly the reaction I have! Thank you for sharing that; I feel a little less crazy and alone on this. I have plain soy milk in my soluble fiber cereal. No reaction. Then drink choc soy milk--big reaction. Was having a reaction to the choc soy milk for quite a long time, before I started analyzing all of this....
But I eat soy products all the time....
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Re: Aww...
#90090 - 07/14/04 04:46 PM
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raindew01
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Ah! This really interests me.... I'm hoping I'll have a similar reaction. This made me decide not to throw out the choc. soy milk yet (that, and I love the taste so much, but I was getting ready to throw it out before I went to check the board.)
I'll try it and see, not tomorrow because I have to go out (I think I'll just stick to safe solubles) but maybe the day after. It does give me a bit of a cringe...I don't want the pain or the D...but if it goes away....well, we'll see.
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