You're welcome! I felt SO alone with IBS until I found Heather's book, and this forum helps even more. I was on my own with IBS for years, finding out "what works" via trial and error. It never dawned on me that high fat foods were doing it to me though---though I did find that after a bad IBS attack, I had to live on oatmeal and yogurt the next day. Turns out oatmeal is one of the best foods for IBS.
I know what you mean..it feels SO GOOD to have a place to go where others understand what its like to live with IBS. I like to joke about my IBS to make it more bearable...whenever someone offers me something evil like a chocolate bar or French (excuse me, Freedom) fries, I reply, "Oh no, can't eat those! If I do my rear end will turn into a Nazi(and then I do a German accented impression: "Ve haf VAYS of punishing you for eating dat food, dahlink!!") Humor is one way I deal with IBS..maybe some of you can relate!
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Re: I wanna be me again! Zaftig1
I felt SO alone with IBS until I found Heather's book, and this forum helps even more. I was on my own with IBS for years, finding out "what works" via trial and error. It never dawned on me that high fat foods were doing it to me though---though I did find that after a bad IBS attack, I had to live on oatmeal and yogurt the next day. Turns out oatmeal is one of the best foods for IBS.
