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Hi, everyone!

I'm going to be saying goodbye for a while to concentrate on getting my blankety-blank migraines under control. But first I wanted to share my experience with cheating a little in the past few weeks!

Once I made it a full year with no D, I decided to start cautiously testing a few foods that I gave up, just to see if I could handle them now. The answer, unfortunately, is NO!!!

First I tried a very small 3 oz piece of steak. Everything else at that meal and the days before and the days after was strictly IBS-safe. That tiny little bit of red meat almost caused D. I came THIS close!! My tummy was gurgly and rumbly and it felt like I was going to have to run to the bathroom right around bedtime. But I popped an Imodium and then another and finally got to sleep and the next morning I was okay. But it was uncomfortable enough that I'm not going to try red meat again. Oh, also gave me extremely smelly gas!

My second experiment was one slice of plain cheese pizza. I took some Lactaid because I'm lactose intolerant too. Again ate IBS-safe for all the meals prior and after. But again got gurgly and rumbly. And it wasn't even that good!!

So Heather's guidelines are there for a reason. We can go into denial and ignore them and pretend it doesn't apply to us all we want BUT...we're just kidding ourselves. Heather is right!

So quit going into denial about your IBS everybody! If you want to feel better, DON'T CHEAT!!!

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Laura
Keep it simple!

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