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Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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My IBS triggers tend to be stuff in excess, really - I can take teeny, tiny amounts of garlic, onions, peppers, and anything very spicy, but more than a couple of mouthfuls and boy, are there consequences! It can also kick off if I eat too much fatty food, so butter, cream, anything with a high fat content can do it too. Then there's stress, worry, over-tiredness and upset, just to add to my digestive woes - any of those can make it happen as well.
I sometimes think I should spend my life living in a restroom ..... And my family wonder why I'm obsessed with ALWAYS knowing where the toilet is whenever I go out anywhere!
Ah well, at least it is mostly managed by regular medication and being very careful about my diet.
That is interesting about your saying docs are starting to think it is allergies to certain foods though, as the body's reaction to anything it is allergic to is normally to chuck it out again pretty swiftly, which is what IBS sufferers find happens if they ingest something that they shouldn't. Interesting.
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Spicy stuff occasionally seems to kick off a flareup, not often, luckily.
Yeah-that to fatty stuff, stress both bad and good, yup, yup. Lacking enough sleep even.
Yeah, my sister said her test results said her colitis is allergy-related. Greasy output means fats are inadequately absorbed which is a clear indication of food allergies/intolerances.
The test she had done for big bucks pinpoints proteins and antibodies that ought not show up that way. She turned out allergic to things she'd no clue were culprits because she can eat whatever for several weeks and then whammy, colitis hits like gangbusters. Impossible to determine the cause when there's that much lagtime.
Me, I eat anything with more gluten than say soy sauce, and I get sinus congestion and sniffles within ten minutes. Then, the 3-4 day gut stoppage sets in--but not always, which is really annoying. With dairy, I can have a 2-4 day reprieve before I have to get to a toilet NOW. Or again, maybe I'll eat dairy daily for 2-3 days and be fine. It's like a time bomb, wildly unpredictable.
She's right that I should probably get that test done myself, but Holy Guacamole! hers cost almost $1000!!
Both our parents had respiratory allergies and digestive issues. I hate genetics!
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That's what overstepping my dairy limit does to me. Yummy eating it, not much fun upon its exiting.
Since my kid sister learned she is highly reactive to both gluten and dairy (along with 4-5 other common foods), I should avoid both at least. I've known for almost 20 years that those are IBS triggers for me. I can eat either occasionally but not two meals in a row if I'm smart which I'm not very if it's cheese tempting me.
Recently, I read, doctors began thinking IBS isn't just a "doctor dunno" but rather denotes food allergies. That was my conclusion upon finding that Lactaid made no diff at all. DSis was told it's casein that bothers her, something I concluded for self over a decade ago.
It bites bigtime as much as I love creamy and cheesy stuff.
For me it's carbs...or gluten or something. If I eat ketogenic I am great but if I let sugar or carbs back in I know it QUICKLY.
Good side is that I feel so much better if I stick to the ketogenic way of eating that once on it I never want to go off of it anyway. Plus last time I did it I lost 35 lbs in 8 weeks. I will be going back on it this week.
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That sounds like the Vampires' Revenge Curse to me.
You must've tried once to ward them off by eating garlic, and they got wind (ahem! ) of your attempt and decided to turn it on you.
There's simply no reversing the VRC, once placed upon you, so that you can enjoy eating garlic again. That's why there are lots of Italian vampires, you know. Centuries ago they retaliated in Italy due to so many Italian foods containing garlic.
(Okay, I'll shuddup and quit spinning fables now. Maybe. )
But why...they amuse us so & produce this little giddy grin across our faces. [emoji4]
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