Re: Help wanted (Score so far related)
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 12:04 am
Hey Jersey Girl, are you ok?
Yes I am!
I've been busy slowly trying to play catch up around here for things I couldn't do for so long! Which means I'm good...really good! I did have a couple of nights disturbed by symptoms but nothing nuclear. Other than that...really no symptoms during the day and pretty sure my gut is working like it's supposed to now. It still feels weird though...hard to describe. Like I can feel everything...like it's sensitive. But I do feel like I've reached another level of healing! I've been eating like I've been starving for the past 1.5 years.
Larger portions, cheater snacks...added a few more foods and more in the queue. Weight was still hovering in the same place last time I weighed. Now I'm staying away from the scale and just eating. Blessed eating. 
WATCH...I'll end up in the ER tomorrow!
This is what I think at the moment. All this gut upset creates irritated lining, malabsorption, pain and LOTS of it. I'm thinking that maybe the probys kicked in good and proper, FDgard helps with irritation, also added more fiber from foods, so maybe...the compost pile is more balanced now and the lining is finally getting a good chance to heal?
I am not a doctor. But the doctor isn't me either. The above is how I would sort it out based on what I feel.
I wanted to add back complex carbohydrates. My WHEAT CRACKERS are back!!! So...now I can take a portable food when I go out. It's what I used to do before all of this happened. String cheese sticks (mozzarella--but I've got cheddar in the fridge), strawberries, wheat crackers and water. This is amazing...it gives me freedom I haven't had for so long! I even went on a 3 hour visit to family one day!
That's progress I wasn't sure I would ever see again.
Adding back foods (I'm sure I said this before) is a slow process. Like the string cheese...I started with half a stick one day. Then a whole one the next day...kept it there a few days and then increased to 2 sticks. Now I sometimes have a 3rd later in the day. Trying to get more protein as best I can.
Frito's are complex carbs! I'm eating them for cheater snacks like it's my job.
So...I've got 2 fruits, 2 veggies, cheese, the ever present chicken, oatmeal, wheat crackers, one good cheater snack, going low on the chips and pretzels--simple carbs--for now. And other foods in the fridge and pantry waiting for me.
I don't get scared like I used to when adding back a food. Maybe for a moment but I follow through. When I got those test results about the pancreas and other possible conditions, and they all came back normal I thought to myself..."There's my shot. That's my shot." and I started to become more proactive about nutrition because a scary weight lifted off me.
You asked in an earlier post if I ever get tired after I eat. YES! About once a week (after eating) I would feel like all the strength drained out of me. It's not like I ate a huge meal and I don't recall if it was the same foods. I think it has nothing to do with whatever food or how much. I think it has to do with healing and my tummy working again. I'd sit on my bed with a pillow behind me and basically pass out for an hour. That was happening for a long time. I don't think I've had that for about 2 weeks now.
But again. I am not a doctor and the doctor isn't me. He might have an explanation I know nothing about. Maybe you feel drained of energy because all your cells are healing while your gut is trying to process food? I think there's a lot going on in there!
I've never had to recover from a serious illness before. If I get tired, I make it my job to rest. That's all I know to do.
Is that what you do if you get tired after eating and how on earth do you manage it with children???