As most of you know, my digestive tract is borked. Especially after living in a house with 2 crazy diabetics who just mixed shit in a pot for dinner and not eating more than one maybe two meals a day, I basically got IBS and my ability to digest red meat, the little that I had left, just sort of flew out the window.
So I'm doing probiotic therapy the cheapest way I can right now, and that's with Activia yogurt. For those people who don't know, it's those commercials with Jamie Lee Curtis eating yogurt and talking about regularity, for those that live outside of the US, it's a yogurt with extra creepy crawlies added to it to aide your digestion.
I've been having a yogurt and a banana for breakfast now for a little over a week. So far the results are great. I'm no longer getting an upset stomach from drinking milk in coffee (I've been lactose intolerant since BEFORE the antibiotics killed my intestines), I no longer need to spend 15 minutes + in the bathroom and when I wake up in the morning I don't feel like my bowels are going to explode or have that feeling any other time during the day, and of course, thanks to the bananas (which ALSO used to upset my stomach but don't now) well, you all know what bananas do. But I'm only having one a day.
So yeah, this stuff works. GS said that he noticed my face was looking thinner again, but I don't believe boyfriends when it comes to weight, because they lie so that they won't lose their testicles.
Quote from: Suu on March 09, 2010, 04:40:14 PM
but I don't believe boyfriends when it comes to weight, because they lie so that they won't lose their testicles.
:lulz:
Otherwise, that sounds great, Suu!
ITT, we learn about Suu's fecal habits.
Verynice!
I eat a shit-ton of live culture plain nonfat yogurt (Middle Eastern cooking ftw!), and that has kept my IBS in check for years now. Good on ya, Suu. I'm happy to hear the Activia + bananas is a win for you. I should try some banana as my leg cramps have been godawful the last week or two.
I suffer from bad leg cramps too, so the bananas are a win-win. Also: Pickles, eat moar pickles. There's something magical about pickle juice for cramps.
I'm a huge fan of pickles. Dill, though? Or do bread-and-butter cut the mustard (nyuk nyuk)?
Quote from: Jenne on March 09, 2010, 05:16:52 PM
I'm a huge fan of pickles. Dill, though? Or do bread-and-butter cut the mustard (nyuk nyuk)?
YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
Oh you think THAT's bad, you should see the punnery that goes on around cheese on this subforum. Ok, all over the board, actually. I think even ECH got in on that one.
For some odd reason, puns and cheese just can't stay away from each other.
...in the end, it's all gouda. /odeargod
:lulz:
Quote from: Jenne on March 09, 2010, 05:16:52 PM
I'm a huge fan of pickles. Dill, though? Or do bread-and-butter cut the mustard (nyuk nyuk)?
I think it's more about the acids that occur during the pickling process not so much as the flavoring agents, so you should be fine.
Quote from: Suu on March 09, 2010, 05:33:23 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 09, 2010, 05:16:52 PM
I'm a huge fan of pickles. Dill, though? Or do bread-and-butter cut the mustard (nyuk nyuk)?
I think it's more about the acids that occur during the pickling process not so much as the flavoring agents, so you should be fine.
Cool. I recently bought a jar of the bread-and-butter kind and have almost accidentally the whole thing down my gullet.
Pickle juice has saved my ass on more than one occasion. My sister taught me about it because she's also prone to calf-locking cramps which we think are because our muscles are getting taut after years of martial arts training we really don't participate it anymore.
Yes, you have to DRINK the pickle juice, but holy shit, it's like MAGIC, the cramps go away in minutes.
Must be the salt is all I can think. Just don't do that if you end up hypertensive. But I know you already know that.
Bubbies (http://www.bubbies.com/) makes good pickles. No vinegar, actual salt brine. Haven't found any other brands sold near me that do that. Vinegar pickles are terrible.
http://www.bubbies.com/prod_bread_butter.shtml~~> have had those--verrry yummy!
Yeah. I normally go for the dills, not quite as fond of sweet pickles. Though the half-eaten jar of them in my fridge might debate the point a little.
Lactobaccillus casei?
Activia has a few different strains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activia
Quote from: Suu on March 09, 2010, 04:40:14 PM
but I don't believe boyfriends when it comes to weight, because they lie so that they won't lose their testicles.
Let's be honest here. They lie so they don't lose their sexxorz.
Quote from: PeregrineBF on March 09, 2010, 07:29:12 PM
Bubbies (http://www.bubbies.com/) makes good pickles. No vinegar, actual salt brine. Haven't found any other brands sold near me that do that. Vinegar pickles are terrible.
I
love vinegar. In mah pickles. In everything. A lot! Yes even in marshmallows and cake. I may be exaggerating slightly.
Enough of that. More tales of SuuPoop.
I'm on the activia thing myself right now. The kiwi ones are yummy. Also, bran flakes and plenty of assorted fruit and moar regular eating habits is helping my guts adjust. Still cannot drink Coke without the pain the next day.
However my farting ability is putting my dad to shame!
I gotta eat high fibre diet or it gets painful and Pixie gets crankey.
DO NEVAR SKIP THE BRAN FLAKES TO POOP CORRECTLY!
Don't get me wrong, I love vinegar, just that it's not for pickling. My normal salad dressing is oil & vinegar, hold the oil.
As for bran flakes, "kashi total" are total shit. Terribly bland and they don't stay crunchy at all. If you take more than 20 seconds to eat your bowl of cereal you get mush.
Awe. I like my pickles vinegary. I like pickled dikon too which is usually sugar and vinegar based.
I've found that a morning start of banana, yogurt and food pellet (granola bar of some type) with mr squid's tremendously delicious home roasted coffee (one 8 oz cup from the french press plz) is a good way to wake up.
Gets the bowels and the brain moving but keeps stuff regular and ... i like bananas and being able to poop.
Quote from: PeregrineBF on March 11, 2010, 05:58:46 AM
As for bran flakes, "kashi total" are total shit. Terribly bland and they don't stay crunchy at all. If you take more than 20 seconds to eat your bowl of cereal you get mush.
Fiber One is really, really tasty and it stays crunchy quite a long time, as far as cereal in milk goes. It's expensive as hell, though.
I am so glad that we're all learning about each other's pooping habits. I mean, really really interesting stuff ITT. I'm so glad we're not wasting our time talking about politics or robot death machines or NWO conspiracies. It's all so boring and peurile when compared with what everyone's bowels are doing.
(yeah yeah yeah..."but ECH, you don't have to click the thread!" well guess what, fuckers? you don't have to spam up the board with discussions of your bowels either. That's why we have IRC.)
So you all know, the combination of antioxidants, roughage, and spicy in my diet finally dislodged the horrible collection of polyps I had growing up my guts.
I felt a sudden horrible urge, and got form my cube into the bathroom as fast as I could. The normal stools passed with the smooth efficiency of a well maintained Colt 1911, my shincter efffortlessly cycling and expelling like a chromed reciever polished to a mirror shine.
Bam
Bam
Bam
There was a brief pause, as if my innards wer uncertain, then with a potent heavy the first squirely arm of teh cancerous mass exited my butt. It popped out bit by bit, the collection of malignant bulges strug together like a bunch of grapes. They swung, momentarily suspended from my pulsating red asshole, swinging into the back of my testicles like an unexpected second sac full of burst cells and mutation, until the last, almost releieved relaxation let it fall to the bowl bellow.
A brief pause and cramp hit me, and I passed about a half cup of blood.
All said and done, I cleaned myself and left feeling like a new man. The unflushable attrocity behind me a testament to my will to cling to life. I intend to tell all the cancer survivors about this, my own personal battle and triumph.
The Turd Report:
http://slashdot.org/journal.pl?op=list&uid=527733
I'm gonna make pickles this summer.
And send them to Richter.
:mrgreen:
I love pickles though, so you better not be gherkin my chain.
....aaaanyways.....
Quote from: Richter on March 11, 2010, 07:25:13 PM
Hi I'm George Zimmer president of Men's Warehouse.
So you all know, the combination of antioxidants, roughage, and spicy in my diet finally dislodged the horrible collection of polyps I had growing up my guts.
I felt a sudden horrible urge, and got form my cube into the bathroom as fast as I could. The normal stools passed with the smooth efficiency of a well maintained Colt 1911, my shincter efffortlessly cycling and expelling like a chromed reciever polished to a mirror shine.
Bam
Bam
Bam
There was a brief pause, as if my innards wer uncertain, then with a potent heavy the first squirely arm of teh cancerous mass exited my butt. It popped out bit by bit, the collection of malignant bulges strug together like a bunch of grapes. They swung, momentarily suspended from my pulsating red asshole, swinging into the back of my testicles like an unexpected second sac full of burst cells and mutation, until the last, almost releieved relaxation let it fall to the bowl bellow.
A brief pause and cramp hit me, and I passed about a half cup of blood.
All said and done, I cleaned myself and left feeling like a new man. The unflushable attrocity behind me a testament to my will to cling to life. I intend to tell all the cancer survivors about this, my own personal battle and triumph.
I guarantee it.
Fixed.
This is the correct troll.
Quote from: Richter on March 12, 2010, 12:58:52 PM
:mrgreen:
I love pickles though, so you better not be gherkin my chain.
:lulz:
Quote from: Richter on March 12, 2010, 12:58:52 PM
:mrgreen:
I love pickles though, so you better not be gherkin my chain.
....aaaanyways.....
I think that if I vacuum pack them, they should be easy enough to ship.
Quote from: Richter on March 11, 2010, 07:25:13 PM
So you all know, the combination of antioxidants, roughage, and spicy in my diet finally dislodged the horrible collection of polyps I had growing up my guts.
I felt a sudden horrible urge, and got form my cube into the bathroom as fast as I could. The normal stools passed with the smooth efficiency of a well maintained Colt 1911, my shincter efffortlessly cycling and expelling like a chromed reciever polished to a mirror shine.
Bam
Bam
Bam
There was a brief pause, as if my innards wer uncertain, then with a potent heavy the first squirely arm of teh cancerous mass exited my butt. It popped out bit by bit, the collection of malignant bulges strug together like a bunch of grapes. They swung, momentarily suspended from my pulsating red asshole, swinging into the back of my testicles like an unexpected second sac full of burst cells and mutation, until the last, almost releieved relaxation let it fall to the bowl bellow.
A brief pause and cramp hit me, and I passed about a half cup of blood.
All said and done, I cleaned myself and left feeling like a new man. The unflushable attrocity behind me a testament to my will to cling to life. I intend to tell all the cancer survivors about this, my own personal battle and triumph.
:mittens:
nobody else need ever relate anything related to their own personal fecal habits unless it can top this.
Well, that was nice while it lasted I guess.
-Suu
Seriously wouldn't be surprised if she had ulcerative colitis or Crohn's.
It doesn't help anymore? :sad:
You know what I do when shit doesn't work right?
I yell at it. Sometimes punch it.
Computer on the fritz? Scream "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?" then PUNCH it! 9 times outta 10, it just sorta fixes itself out of fear. Fear of what I'll do to it. Cause I won't just break it and put it out of it's misery slowly, no. I'll drag it out painfully.
Try that with your... butt? guts? whatever's broken.
Make it fear you.
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 19, 2010, 05:19:23 AM
It doesn't help anymore? :sad:
It seemed to have turned my problems around TOO much. So instead of constantly having to go to the bathroom, now I'm constipated and bloated to hell. :argh!:
I fucking HATE IBS.
Quote from: Suu on March 19, 2010, 02:26:01 PM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 19, 2010, 05:19:23 AM
It doesn't help anymore? :sad:
It seemed to have turned my problems around TOO much. So instead of constantly having to go to the bathroom, now I'm constipated and bloated to hell. :argh!:
I fucking HATE IBS.
:sad:
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 19, 2010, 05:22:17 AM
You know what I do when shit doesn't work right?
I yell at it. Sometimes punch it.
Computer on the fritz? Scream "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?" then PUNCH it! 9 times outta 10, it just sorta fixes itself out of fear. Fear of what I'll do to it. Cause I won't just break it and put it out of it's misery slowly, no. I'll drag it out painfully.
Try that with your... butt? guts? whatever's broken.
Make it fear you.
Great. Now I have visions of Suu fisting herself.
I won't be able to stand up with out knocking things over for the next hour or two.
Quote from: Suu on March 19, 2010, 02:26:01 PM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 19, 2010, 05:19:23 AM
It doesn't help anymore? :sad:
It seemed to have turned my problems around TOO much. So instead of constantly having to go to the bathroom, now I'm constipated and bloated to hell. :argh!:
I fucking HATE IBS.
Yeah, none of the stuff that's supposed to help IBS really does for me. Costco sells the PILLZ for it (or used to), have you tried them yet?
Quote from: LMNO on March 19, 2010, 04:26:27 PM
Quote from: Turdley Burgleson on March 19, 2010, 05:22:17 AM
You know what I do when shit doesn't work right?
I yell at it. Sometimes punch it.
Computer on the fritz? Scream "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?" then PUNCH it! 9 times outta 10, it just sorta fixes itself out of fear. Fear of what I'll do to it. Cause I won't just break it and put it out of it's misery slowly, no. I'll drag it out painfully.
Try that with your... butt? guts? whatever's broken.
Make it fear you.
Great. Now I have visions of Suu fisting herself.
I won't be able to stand up with out knocking things over for the next hour or two.
Both of these quotes are win, just saying.
:postpics:
Quote from: Jenne on March 19, 2010, 05:53:55 PM
Quote from: Suu on March 19, 2010, 02:26:01 PM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 19, 2010, 05:19:23 AM
It doesn't help anymore? :sad:
It seemed to have turned my problems around TOO much. So instead of constantly having to go to the bathroom, now I'm constipated and bloated to hell. :argh!:
I fucking HATE IBS.
Yeah, none of the stuff that's supposed to help IBS really does for me. Costco sells the PILLZ for it (or used to), have you tried them yet?
Which pillz?
Wholefoods sells digestive enzymes which seem to help me. I just, ya know, can't afford them.
I used to have really bad stomach issues for some years, that alternated between constipation and near-diarrhea. I can sympathize, it was no fun. I honestly thought I had IBS, until I got my butt checked, and it was found there wasn't actually anything wrong with me.
It eventually went away, and looking back now I realize it was caused by (or at least majorly exacerbated by) stress and anxiety. Hope you find something that works! :)
Quote from: Nast on March 22, 2010, 04:47:06 AM
I used to have really bad stomach issues for some years, that alternated between constipation and near-diarrhea. I can sympathize, it was no fun. I honestly thought I had IBS, until I got my butt checked, and it was found there wasn't actually anything wrong with me.
It eventually went away, and looking back now I realize it was caused by (or at least majorly exacerbated by) stress and anxiety. Hope you find something that works! :)
Quote from: Nast on March 22, 2010, 04:47:06 AMI got my butt checked
By a Jumbo-jet,
it wasn't ea-sy
but nothing ih-is
WHOOOHOOO!
You've given me a glimpse of what other people must feel whent alking with me. :horrormirth:
Quote from: Suu on March 20, 2010, 04:36:21 PM
Quote from: Jenne on March 19, 2010, 05:53:55 PM
Quote from: Suu on March 19, 2010, 02:26:01 PM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on March 19, 2010, 05:19:23 AM
It doesn't help anymore? :sad:
It seemed to have turned my problems around TOO much. So instead of constantly having to go to the bathroom, now I'm constipated and bloated to hell. :argh!:
I fucking HATE IBS.
Yeah, none of the stuff that's supposed to help IBS really does for me. Costco sells the PILLZ for it (or used to), have you tried them yet?
Which pillz?
Wholefoods sells digestive enzymes which seem to help me. I just, ya know, can't afford them.
I'll ask my cousin, the Costco pharmtech, if they still make them. I bought them some time ago and then never bothered with them, because I either just got used to the bouts or did something else.
Quote from: Nast on March 22, 2010, 04:47:06 AM
I used to have really bad stomach issues for some years, that alternated between constipation and near-diarrhea. I can sympathize, it was no fun. I honestly thought I had IBS, until I got my butt checked, and it was found there wasn't actually anything wrong with me.
It eventually went away, and looking back now I realize it was caused by (or at least majorly exacerbated by) stress and anxiety. Hope you find something that works! :)
Uh, Nast...that's what causes IBS. :lol: Stress/anxiety is the biggest trigger, foods that you introduce while this is going on just have that undesirable effect is all.
Quote from: Jenne on March 23, 2010, 01:01:15 PM
Quote from: Nast on March 22, 2010, 04:47:06 AM
I used to have really bad stomach issues for some years, that alternated between constipation and near-diarrhea. I can sympathize, it was no fun. I honestly thought I had IBS, until I got my butt checked, and it was found there wasn't actually anything wrong with me.
It eventually went away, and looking back now I realize it was caused by (or at least majorly exacerbated by) stress and anxiety. Hope you find something that works! :)
Uh, Nast...that's what causes IBS. :lol: Stress/anxiety is the biggest trigger, foods that you introduce while this is going on just have that undesirable effect is all.
Oops, that's right.
I feel silly now. :oops:
Quote from: Nast on March 29, 2010, 02:03:28 AM
Quote from: Jenne on March 23, 2010, 01:01:15 PM
Quote from: Nast on March 22, 2010, 04:47:06 AM
I used to have really bad stomach issues for some years, that alternated between constipation and near-diarrhea. I can sympathize, it was no fun. I honestly thought I had IBS, until I got my butt checked, and it was found there wasn't actually anything wrong with me.
It eventually went away, and looking back now I realize it was caused by (or at least majorly exacerbated by) stress and anxiety. Hope you find something that works! :)
Uh, Nast...that's what causes IBS. :lol: Stress/anxiety is the biggest trigger, foods that you introduce while this is going on just have that undesirable effect is all.
Oops, that's right.
I feel silly now. :oops:
I don't think people realize how closely their parasympathetic systems are linked to their stress levels, no matter what Penn & Teller say on Bullshit!, it's definitely linked.
Quote from: Jenne on March 23, 2010, 01:00:20 PM
I'll ask my cousin, the Costco pharmtech, if they still make them. I bought them some time ago and then never bothered with them, because I either just got used to the bouts or did something else.
Fuck, forgot to ask her, will do so today.
I know it's mostly stress. It's been effecting my appetite lately too. I just haven't been hungry or AS hungry as I should be at times. This could, of course, not be a BAD thing just as long as I remember I need to eat.