Has Syl ever condescendingly suggested to you that your problems lie with not cooking/not baking your own bread/cooking porridge the traditional way? (incidentally, you are still cooking oats in the microwave!)
IBS is the bane of all our lives, but it's still better than a lot of other conditions, if you have it under control.
I really am an atrocious cook, believe me. I left an indelible burn-mark on my boyfriend's counter and have ruined a couple of pans and pots. I find it time-consuming and I have often felt that I have better things to do. I hate not being able to eat out. And I can wholly sympathise with you even though I am in an easier position as I have never been a big fan either of alcohol or caffeine or red meat or dairy. I imagine a lot of normal people have a lot tougher time than me if they'd had a normal varied Western diet beforehand...
I cook every three days, then on a relatively grand scale and I then just put food in the fridge and then in the microwave if I fancy before eating. Technology is a godsend...
Cooking for me takes no more than an hour, that is about 2 hours per week and I cook different things simultaneously, but usually two types of food for two big pots that I eat over the next three days. I cook very simple stuff, rice, pasta, fish, chicken, I prepare them in the most simple manner and it tastes delicious. (then again I may just be lucky as I have even before IBS actually liked bland food) You can do most things in the microwave too btw, even rice (probably not pasta though). For chicken and fish, I sometimes just boil it, put it in hot water, simmer for 10 mins for fish, but more for chicken, it really is v easy. I also buy cooked chicken, the one for sandwiches. Again probably full of additives, but highly unlikely that it bothers your bowels.
It's do-able. Or: we just haven't got a choice anyhow. No point complaining at the end of the day.
PS lot of the things I eat and are allowed I guess, like bread, bananas, oatmeal, fruit juice, these don't really require cooking, so you can definitely live like this even if you hate/unable to cook.
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Susie, born in 1985,
(pseudo-)D and bloating April 2007-December 2010, now stable
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