Sorry, but I need to vent. I have followed Heather's advice to a T. Always having soluble fiber with my meal, drinking the hot teas, taking the fiber supplements until I think I will gag if I drink another glass of it, and I'm still having terrible stomach pains and C. So I told my husband last night, "What's the point in being GOOD if I'm still miserable?" So last night I decided to be BAD---I ate a little Debbie snack cake, some Fritos, Pringles, and today I went to Taco Bell and ate nachoes and a Diet Pepsi for lunch. I figure if I'm going to have C whether I follow the guidelines or not, I might as well enjoy life a little.
I know what set me off. A group of friends took me out for my birthday the other night at a nice restaurant and I watched them enjoy wine, martinis, prime rib, salad piled high with blue cheese dressing (my favorite), and rich desserts. I had Citrucel and saltines as my appetizer, then ordered grilled trout, and after the waitress gave my hell about asking how things were prepared, I gave up and told her to bring me the ***** mashed potatoes and green beans to go with it. Well, of course, the mashed potatoes came with cheese and I'm sure milk and butter, if not heavy cream. The green beans were cooked in bacon. Here my friends were buying me a nice meal and what was I supposed to do? Not eat it?
Now you probably understand why I have C so bad. Ha! There was no baked potato on the menu (I asked for one and was told no) and the only other choices of sides were fried. The waitress offered to bring me the blue cheese salad and when I told her I couldn't have that, she rolled her eyes like I was being a big tiddy-baby by being picky and stormed into the kitchen. Normally, with a few friends, I would have complained to the manager, but I was with a table of 10 in a nice restaurant and didn't want to ruin everyone's evening by making a big scene.
I HATE MY LIFE LIKE THIS! My mother, who had IBS-D for years and now eats whatever she wants without a problem, keeps telling me, "I'm sure now that you've watched what you've eaten for several weeks, that you should be able to eat whatever you want!"
I'm sorry to be so angry about this. Does anyone else go through periods like this? It almost makes me madder that everyone seems so complacent about their IBS symptoms. Doesn't anyone else ever get mad about this too?
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