It is normal to be confused. It almost seems like NOTHING is a safe food at a point. And feels like that too...
The thing is, all foods pass through our digestive system. Thus they may all be potentially harmful. However, knowing WHAT they are good for and what they might harm is crucial to managing your symptoms.
So...
- Fat is a no-no. It hurts too much.
- IF without enough SF is a no-no (whole wheat bread, bran, raw vegetables such as lettuce, peel from fruit)
- SF is good for us. Not only does it help the food pass through the colon less problematically, not only does it reduce the cramping and pain, but it also allows you to eat some IF.
- IF is the primary thing that makes you go. That is why it is so dangerous in large quantities (or without SF or both), because it causes the bowel to contract and that hurts. It also causes bloating and gas, I have read, but I am not certain whether this effect is just temporary (until your body gets used to the new amt of IF or not). However, causing the bowel to contract and having a sool softened and bulked up by SF in it doesn't hurt (well, depends on the quantities of SF and IF, but if you figure out your ratio, it won't hurt) AND it makes sure you are not constipated.
That is what you are aiming at.
Eat the foods that are easiest on your tummy, so that you are pain free. To be bloating/gass/constipation free, you need to get IF. To get IF, you need SF. To figure out in what proportion, trial and error.
Fat is dangerous. Starch constipates a little, but since you are not left with much, you have to eat it. If you take SF and IF with the starch, you'll be fine in terms of constipation.
To give you an idea on how to figure out your SF:IF ratio, you might already know a lot. Do you eat oatmeal in the morning? Oatmeal has a 50:50 ratio. If you are fine with oatmeal, then 50:50 is OK for you, which, I think is pretty good. I am OK with oatmeal in the morning and I am a C. What you can tolerate on an empty stomach is usually the best way to tell, because food you eat later in the day is affected by the food you ate in the morning.
Other than that, to relieve that anxiety, get Natural Calm or mag citrate. I had a lot of anxiety before, like not going for weeks was really getting at me (I thought, oh, no, now I won't be able to go even if my body wants to). But taking a laxative takes care of it. Mag citrate is super mild and natural and it does not hurt you at all (it is actually very good for you) like most of those prescription things do. I didn't know about that so I had to take Miralax. Use the knowledge you have, use the good stuff. And don't fear you will have to take it forever and ever -- I don't need it any more. My system just needed a break so it could stabilize.
Let me know if you are still confused. I have to go now, but will try to be here in the evening.
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