Reged: 09/28/03
Posts: 1183
Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana
My family is exactly like that! They're constantly telling me things like, "Oh, having one little piece of cheescake won't kill you!" And I just there and I say, "Uh, YEAH it will!"
I think it's just that the "normies" (normal people - I didn't know what to call them!) don't understand at all what it's like to eat something like a slice of cheesecake and sit on the pot all night! It makes me mad because they do that to me alllll the time! I'm pretty sure that here, everyone's family has been uner-supportive at times. I guess it's just one more thing for us to deal with due to our IBS.
But if they do offer you food at a party or something that you don't find safe, and you refuse and they ask you why, tell them specifically what's in it that you can't eat or bring your own dish and some yummy so that way you'll always have something to eat! My grandma began making specially adapted recipes for Thanksgiving that would be pretty safe for me to eat.
Have you tried sitting them down together and explaining exactly what all goes on with IBS and maybe give them the food list that's posted up here. Maybe that would help?
I hope everything gets better for you! Keep us posted!
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I feel ya on the family thing!!
