Phil, It is very frustrating to have something wrong with you and not feel you like you have any power to change it doesn't it? I look back now to before I started the IBS diet and I remember that helpless feeling and also remember the sadness from not being able to eat milk chocolate. But, there are things you can do to live happily with this disorder. It's like a complete lifestyle change. You can't just change your foods, you have to look at your stress and your sleep and your support systems. (Sounds like your wife is on board.) As other people have said as far as feeling like you are being deprived of the foods you used to love - after you eat only safe foods for awhile and then slip and eat something that you know will hurt you and it does - it becomes easier to let those foods go. Does that make sense? Instead of feeling unhappy because it feels like all foods make you sick, you pin it down to a few and then you train yourself - after awhile, that chocolate bar just doesn't look good anymore because you KNOW with reasonable certainty (previous attacks) that it's going to be troublesome for you. And after you spend some time on the diet, you can change what you find tasty. (I had broasted chicken with the skin last week and was practically apalled at how rich I found the skin to be. I hope these were somewhat helpful comments to get you in a better place mentally. Best of luck!
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Re: Can Somebody PLEASE help me? End of rope slipping!
I hope these were somewhat helpful comments to get you in a better place mentally. Best of luck!
