Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Anyone else with Type 1 Diabetes and IBS? *newbie here*

Well, I've done a search and find that most references to diabetes are people worried about getting it from eating too many starches (which doesn't cause diabetes) and people using it as a description or reference for chronic conditions, but no diabetes-related IBS info that I can see. I'm worried that all this low fibre carb stuff will really screw me up... and smoothies etc aren't an option for me because the cellulose in fruit is what keeps my blood sugars from freaking out. Juices are a no-no, and I have no choice far as artifical sweetners are concerned. I tried that stevia crud and I HATE it... if I want licorice I'd EAT licorice LOL.

White breads and rice and so on in small doses might be ok, but really I have to watch my fibre content.... argh I'm almost in tears just typing this.

*Big breath* Anyways, I am going to do some grocery shopping today and have a handy little list compiled from the 'cheat sheet' and trying not to cry about how limited it is when I cut the non-diabetes friendly stuff from it. I haven't even eaten yet today cause my tummy hurts and I have no 'safe' groceries in the house... took my insulin too. Bweh... I'll have crackers or something when I get to the corner store. My other concern is that I am also recovering from bulimia and that the limited diet is going to trigger binges... if I could just hang in there emotionally and start to feel better viscerally maybe I will be encouraged to keep at it. It's not like my diabetes control has been great with my tummy freaking out on me regularly, so this will be nothing new.

Don't mind me, I'm just venting cause this has been 21 years of frustration for me, and the whole 'new' aspect is going to be a bit hard when I'm already very limited in feeding myself. I wonder if Splenda is ok? I don't seem as gassy with Splenda as I am with aspartame.

Oh, to answer your question, I am most DEFINATELY a IBS-D more like IBS-DDDDDDDD... Immodium is my FRIEND! LOL!

I'm going to try fennel tea today and see if my poor abdomen will un-puff a bit (my pants that fit yesterday aren't fitting today, darnit) and see if my belly will calm down. Wonton soup time! I live off soup, I swear I do... traditionally it's the only thing I can eat after a bad attack like I had last night. Fish ball soup is the bomb... and my local beautiful chinese community here has many many good places that serve a mild soup that settles things right down and rehydrates me and gets my electrolytes back to normal too, bless them!

Sorry to blither... there's so much to learn, so much to deal with and yet I'm oddly hopeful that maybe the long years of being fondly called 'Little Miss Methane' will be a thing of the past.

I really appreciate the help... you probably know from long experience how desperate things get after so many years of living with this.

*Wobbly brave grins*

Elfmaid

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Part Irish and NOT thrilled about having celtic knotwork in my belly!

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