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Hi all,

So because I stupidly made omelets Monday night with expired egg beaters (and I'm talking wayyyy expired as in back in July

) I'm pretty positive that I have a bit of food poisoning. I wasn't sure, because on Tuesday morning I had an big D attack, and then hardly anything the rest of the day, mainly because I hardly ate anything. And then Wednesday I was having a bunch of loose bowels but no D. But then came today -- suffice to say it's a good thing I am quick on my feet because I had two attacks while at school (I'm a teacher). These attacks are a lot different than my usual IBS ones because right before hand I would have horrible cramping in my upper abdomen (IBS ones usually have lower abdomen cramping), almost like someone had stuck a knife in my naval, and then a matter of less than a minute to make it to the bathroom. I came home from work a bit early (I have an awesome boss) and proceeded to have 3 more attacks in the next 2 hours. So now I'm not sure what to do. I know if it is food poisoning, unfortunately the best thing to do is just wait it out and keep hydrated. I definitely don't plan on eating any solid foods anytime soon. However, how long should I stick to the liquid diet? A day? 2 days? This is my first experience with food poisoning and IBS at the same time, so I'm scared because I don't want it to mess with my IBS and undo any progress I've already made

. Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Julie
IBS-D, GERD, lactose intolerant

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