Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | VENT...Wow, that was a stupid weekend

Ugh. I think I'm a downward trend here because of my own stupidity. And I'd been pretty stable for a couple of months now.

Stupid move #1: Last night, it was so hot & humid & icky that I wanted something cold and fizzy and tasty, so I had an Aranciata(sp). It's like Orangina...fizzy with real juice in it. Very refreshing to normal people. But fizzy. And orangy. I haven't had more than a few large sips of anything carbonated since January and I hadn't had anything with oranges since April because of the Mandarin Orange Incident that caused me to flee from a meeting for work. But I thought the fizziness might be okay last night because I'd had plenty of water during the day.

Stupid Move #2: I had a whole egg for breakfast this morning. I swear, whole eggs never used to bother me. Before I found the diet and was afraid to eat darn near anything, I had eggs and my stomach said YUM with no retribution. So I don't know the stupidity level for sure on this one.

Stupid Move #3: We had cake at work leftover from an event yesterday. I think I just ate too much of it.

I felt fine until about 5:30 today when I was on my way to get groceries. I had the painful gas waves I haven't had in about 3 months, the kind that makes me pray for green lights and scream "GO!" at cars in front of me. So I went straight to the rest room when I got to the store. Things were solid when they came out but I could still feel the gas. I took a Levsin and decided I should just head towards home. Half way home, I had to visit the restroom at a gas station. That one was a false alarm. There were a couple of groceries I absolutely needed, so I stopped at the grocery store nearest home to pick them up. I made _3_ trips to the restroom while I was there. I noticed what came out was looking a bit "hairy," which is on the way to D for me.

I get home, have oatmeal with a bit of granola thrown it (this is what I usually have for breakfast with no problem) and was fine for a few hours. I just got finished with several trips to our favorite room and yes, the D is back.
Oh joy, oh rapture!

Grrr.

I'm trying to decide which of the 3 Stupid Moves was the most stupid: the carbonation or the cake. And I should have known better.

Bad Snorkie! Bad! Thanks for letting me vent.

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