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Wow my best friends are exactly like this too! They are always mean to me about missing out on stuff if I have to or not eating things. They always say stuff in reference to my "weird diet," and its not like I want to be on this wierd diet but I'll be in severe pain if I eat normally. Even my own sister makes fun of me, and my dad is always telling me I need to start eating some normal food like meat and cheese..hellloo!! i have ibs and i cant!
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You gotta MAKE time for yourself.
God Bless
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I was over at these friends' place again this past weekend, and they were making steaks and those commercial twice-baked potatoes for dinner. They were kind enough to make me chicken and rice. While we were eating, the husband looks at me and says, "so why can't you eat the potatoes?" I said because they have cheese in them. He gives me this bemused look and says, "wow, you're really anal retentive with this diet. I couldn't do it". While "easy for you to say" was right on the tip of my tongue, my friend beat me to it and said, "it's not a choice - she has IBS – if she cheats on this diet she gets sick".
So at least she's finally starting to come around!
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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!
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Erilyn....that was nice of your friend to stick up for you!
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I know....it's just hard when I'm busy with work and household stuff.
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I was stuck in the bathroom at a big electronics store. I caught up with my BF and told him I had to go home. He said "Why? Can't you just use the bathroom here??"
He made me explain to him why I couldn't use a public bathroom when I had D. He wanted to know if it was embarrassment. How do you explain that it's stressful to be sick in public?? The stress makes it worse!!!
~nelly~ 
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I completely agree, Nelly. I'd MUCH rather be in the comfort of my own bathroom.
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You get it!!! How do I explain that to someone who's not sick?
~nelly~
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I think the only way for someone to truly understand is to have to go through it themselves.
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I've been reading this thread and have heard a lot of the same from my family - you're always sick, can't you get better, you're faking it, etc.
I think the most hurtful thing that anyone has said is that I refuse to eat something because I could have an attack. My DH once said I should try just a little piece of steak. I said but no, I could have an attack. He said, yeah, or you could not. I still refused. He just doesn't understand how debilitating an attack is.
Generally my family is very good about my ibs. I am VERY fortunate that way. I think deep down my mum and grandma have a mild case of ibs as well because their stomaches go loopy on them too.
I'm glad we all have each other's shoulder to lean on. We all understand what each other is feeling because we know first hand.
God bless you all!
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Cassandra
Live like there's no tomorrow. Love like you've never loved before.
IBS A 20+ years, Chronic Migraines, Chiari Malformation (decompressed June 22, 2010), Brachial Neuritis, and ??? the list just keeps growing, but I'm still shiny side up! 
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