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Ah, now there's the rub. I was IBS-D until I changed to heather's diet. now I'm C MOST of the time, though not all, and when I have attacks I usually end up with D (like tonight). I never leave the house without immodium because when I'm doing well sometimes I need to take a dose to keep myself stable. Since I went back on prilosec I have tried to add in some more fruits, but when I got sick my doctor told me to stick with clear liquids. Well I'm sorry by A) no one can do that for a month unless they're anorexic and B) it makes your intestines cramp up. So I eat rice. Rice makes me VERY constipated after a few days. That's why last night I had egg whites and french bread - just hoping to help, lol. But today I got very sick again. I took some immodium and zelnorm and at the moment seem to be hungry and in pain from all the stress on my intestines (yet again), but I'm not having spasms or running to the potty right now *knocks on wood*. So to answer your question, most of the time I'm both, but with heather's diet and my fear of most insoluble fiber I do tend to go days without a bm. I eat stuff like beans when I'm out and order fajitas or whatever, but at home I have a very bland diet. I do eat oatmeal a lot, which has 2 grams of insoluble per serving so that's something. I can also eat brown rice, but I don't keep it in the house. I don't actually cook much, lol. I do love the banana bread as well - I should make that sometime when I can eat again. I really really wanted to try the mac and cheese in the e-mail from a few weeks back, but I got sick just days later and well... I didn't think soy cheese was a good thing to be munching on right now!

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