Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Darlin', I'm really concerned

Yeah, I'm worried about me too!

I don't even know what is "normal eating" anymore. Not even sure what "normal for me" is. I'm just trying to find a balance between terrible pain and D, and starving. I'm not sure there is one. I mean, there must be, I'm just missing it.

I was eating all bread and rice and cereal out the wazoo for quite a while--all of it white and plain and such. But I got worried about missing so many other nutrients. I have constant muscle spasms (from another disorder) is it's effectively like exercising all my waking hours--so it just seemed like an awfully bad idea to go without much protein. I also need a sizeable amount of sodium because I have very very low blood pressure (although that's not near as hard to coordinate). I read your reports and envy all the protein you get. Any suggestions?

I'm having a hard time knowing for sure what bothers my tummy, being as it's always bothered! It has definitely been better since I started the diet than before, but not particularly worse since I've started adding a broader range of 'safe' foods in. It just hasn't ever really been "good" yet. I really miss my fruits and veggies. I just have always loved veggies, and I miss that allot. Funny, I thought I'd miss cheese the most, and I was all eager to try soy cheeses and such to make up for it, but I honestly don't find myself craving cheese anymore. I don't even want it so much to watch people eat it. But spinach or artichoke or something....dang...I'm drooling. I've been keeping my fruits and veggies to the ones that seem to be the safest (applesauce, cut up or blended bananas, and one tenny bite of squash cut into misicule pieces each evening). I'm hoping to add some more back in, but I'm hesitant to, until I'd be able to tell better what my reaction is to that in particular.

I having a hard time eating enough, because I just feel bad with that feeling of "full". Of course, if my stomach growls even once, it's the bigging of a pain cycle, so I'm trying to avoid that too. Another hard thing to balance. Also, I'm really having a hard time with cold foods (or being cold when I eat). Not even like "ice cold" (although that's bad) but even "sat in a cool pantry or locker" type cool seems to make me want only a few bites. And somehow its seems like a bad plan to force anymore when I'm sure I don't want it.

I worry about my poor body. I have several other medical conditions, and I know that it has really taken a beating over the past few years especially. I'm young, but allot of the "old" complaints about aches and pains and joints already apply. I'm trying do to the best I can though...I sure would appreciate any words of widsom you could offer.

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