Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Yes You Do, I totally agree with Bev !!!!!

Steph honey, I have done exactly what you are doing so many times. And I do understand, but listen...

I am blessed to have been a stay at home mom, raised my kids, helped my son with my gk (toddler and small infant, 2mo old), when their birth mother abandoned them...he had to work to make a home for them, many many long hours...it was heart wrenching for him and I. But we made it through. I digress, I am still at home, I help take care of my elderly father in law, he is very ill. There have been so many times when I have looked back at my life, I have no career! I have no marketable skills! If I were thrust in to the work force, what the heck would I do???? I have health issues also and a bad lower back, lots of pain....take meds for that also, and for depression. I live in a rural area, (out in the country as they say). Far commute for me to make daily for a job, without caving in to the total exhaustion it would have caused me in the process. I want you to realize how great it is that you have this new job.....I don't want you to loose it because of poor diet choices that are going to keep you sick.

My point here is this, YOU have been so blessed to find this new job to get you out of that crappy old one. DO NOT jeopardize it again !! I remember how hard it was on you working at the Pub, do you really want to go through the same things at your new JOB? I don't want you to either, I want you to be able to GET to work without getting sick on the way and have to stay at home, the cycle will start again, then you will be stressed more for worrying about the stability of your job!

Hey, get back on your diet, take CARE of Steph! If your friends and boyfriend are not as supportive as they should be, then it is time for you to have a loving, but serious talk with all of them. Tell them when they go out with you, why cant they go to places that offer you a safe choice.

Now listen, you CAN go eat Mexican. I do it all of the time, but, NO CHIPS and salsa!! Even if you munch on a few of the crackers, it is a better choice. Get the Chicken Fajitas, with the flour tortillas, (if the flour isnt an issue for you) plenty of rice, I always tell the waitress, no lettuce or sour cream on my plate, PLEASE!. And enjoy your meal, be very careful not to overeat (hey, I do that constantly and am trying to cut it back). You should do fine.

We all care about you, want you to be in the best condition for your health! I love the cookies too. I eat low sugar animal crackers, they do not bother me. But, be careful.

love to you doll, I am envious that you have a new job and brightness on your horizon!! TAke care of you, and your job and social life will fall into place. gayla

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