Hi Lumin,
Sorry you are having such a bad time. I don't know nearly as much as some on here, but am wondering if the cordial is alcohol which wouldn't be good.
Are you sure the sweets have real sugar? If the sweetener is sorbital or fructose, those are real.......bad.
Also, I think I'd stay off chocolate till I felt better or at least cut way down on it...... I don't think chocolate would be good for your system right now. I sure know I wouldn't touch it in these circumstances. Sure hope that cocoa doesn't have any MILK in it. If you're eating alot of soy products, you might eliminate some or quite a few of them for now.
Try a bland diet: toast, bananas, applesauce, chicken noodle soup, noodles, pasta, (both plain), rice, potatoes, oatmeal. I think oatmeal is real good. Make sure you are getting plenty of liquid.
I've always heard the BRAT diet which is bananas, rice, applesauce and toast is the best thing to do. I'd stick more to the toast, rice, bananas and the plain pastas and maybe some chicken noodle soup for a while. You could even go to broth for a day & see if that helps.
The peppermint tea is supposed to be great, and also cammomille (?SP.). Try a heating pad on your tummy and keep it on as much as possible.......those are terrific & fr. what I've learned on here, actually do relax your tummy spasms. Seems some people swear by them. I know I sure find them soothing. Am using one at night right now!!!
Maybe you shouldn't exercise for awhile until this subsides.
Others can probably give you more & better advice, but hope some of these suggestions will help !!!
Another thing......try relaxing your tummy. Relax in a chair or in bed and just tell it to relax. Close your eyes and just concentrate on relaxing your abdominal muscles.......you could put on some soothing music if you like. I once took a hypnosis course and we told our bodies to relax and go deep asleep......each part.....starting with the feet and working all the way up to your head and arms AND it actually does work. A lot of people fell asleep before finishing the whole body. I've been doing this again lately & it sure helps!!!
Let us know how you are doing. Keep your chin up!!!
Hope you feel better soon!!!!
Marnie
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