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

I have IBS-A (tend more towards the D side)and diabetes as well. I can't have a lot of the carbs recommended as high glycemic is a HUGE no no. Let me start off by saying that keeping the blood sugars under control is FIRST AND FOREMOST. As you know, diabetes, if left un-treated, leads to organ failures and death. IBS, although a horrible condition to have, does not lead to death (although I feel like I am going to die during bad attacks).

I may be lucky in that I can tolerate all kinds of vegetables without setting off an attack. I eat eggs with spinach, tomatoe and mushrooms for breakfast, chicken or fish with a veg for lunch and chicken or fish, a veg and a low glycemic carb for dinner. This may consist of a small red potatoe, a small portion of a low-carb pasta, or a low carb tortilla. If you can't handle vegetables, even well-cooked, I suggest that you puree them and use them as a sauce over your fish or chicken. Pureeing is probably the safest way to eat vegetables. I really don't attempt any fruit except applesauce and only with a meal. I load up on the cheeses as well to add calories and protein. I can handle regular cheese, but they have rice, soy and almond cheeses as well. I also eat peanut butter and a few crackers or cottage cheese for snacks. I can also handle oatmeal and will sometimes have it with my eggs in the morning or as a snack with a protein shake. They have egg white protein powder at the health food stores.

Let's see, as far as the D goes, you might want to try a calcium carbonate supplement. Caltrate makes them. They are just a daily supplement of calcium. Read the box and make sure it says calcium carbonate. I use the one in the pink box. Some people take it 3 times a day with their meals. The excess calcium works wonders for absorbing excess fluid in your colon. It has literally given some people with severe D their lives back. Of course, there is also Immodium. I personally only take immodium during the bad times and calcium daily.

Oh, and by the way, Metformin is HORRIBLE for the D people. It gives "normal" non-IBS people bad D. My doc prescribed Avandia. This drug does not have the D side effects.
Hope some of this helped.

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Dana

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