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Aww, Vakay I hate the humidity! I know how you feel, it just adds more misery to an already miserable situation. I'm sorry you don't like fennel, personally, I don't like it a lot, but I don't mind it. I even went as far as to crush fennel seeds and put them in a tea ball to steep (this was years ago). Fennel never worked very well for my bloating, anyway. So I've stuck with peppermint. It works better for me, but I haven't been able to get the peppermint caps yet from Heather's site, so I just drink peppermint tea that I can get at my grocery store.

Sometimes generic extra strength Gas-X works for my bloating. I can get really bad bloating too, where I look several months' pregnant. Also, I've done some stretches too to get the circulation moving through my gut and mabye motivate the gas to pass through, too.

Sometimes I've eaten fat-free saltines, don't know if that really helps a lot or not, but if hunger pangs are underneath my bloating, that can at least ease that.

Lastly, although not very desirable in an already humid environment, I've taken warm baths or put a heat pack on my tummy. If anything, it'll ease the gas pains, if not the bloating part.

HTH, and I really hope you feel better. Take care.

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XOXO from lil' ol' me.

(IBS-C, mood disorders, etc., etc.)

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