Hi Alicia, thanks for your post. I am feeling a lot better today. I drank gallons of water and get this, a bittersweet day, I did not drink my low carb beer today!!! I have been having lots of bladder pain caused from the ibs and thought the only thing it can be now is the beer! Horrors of blood horror (I am English afterall). Anyway, thought I had better start doing all that Heather tells us, so decided not to drink it this evening. I don't have the pain! So, good that I don't have the pain, but sad that now no beer! Oh sorrow in the extreme. I love almonds and eat lots of them, also potatoes are my staple along with rice. Try hemp seeds if you think the flax might be causing aproblem! I have painted for about 10 hours today so I am off to my bed! Lovely chatting, Neeta