Re: Bloating
From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Apr 29 20:47:26 2007
Changing your diet can help sometimes - wheat and dairy are a couple of
the first things people usually try eliminating to see if it makes a
difference. It takes about a week to begin to see if it will make a
difference. I found that Beano really does help with the gas (and not
just with beans!), and that can relieve some of the bloating, too.
If I get constipated the bloating gets worse, too, and I've noticed that
some pain meds are worse on that than others. I started morphine a
couple months ago it really slowed my intestines down - suddenly I
needed stool softeners daily, and I was more bloated, too. About a week
ago my pain doctor increased my other pain meds and had me stop the
morphine - within a couple days I could feel a difference was able to
stop taking the stool softeners.
Sometimes though it doesn't matter what I eat or do - I can't seem to
make it better, and even eating stuff that is supposed to be "bad"
doesn't always make it worse. I guess that's not much help!
At Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Debbie wrote:
>
>I experience exactly the same thing. I am so tired of feeling bloated
>all the time that I have cut out all wheat and a lot of carbohydrates.
>It seems to agree with me because I do feel better. I only eat lean
>meat, fresh vegetables and fruit. No rice, potatoes, bread, cookies or
>cake. Oh....and definitely no sugar! It's annoying to not be able to
>eat what other people eat, but rememger.....extra fat on a woman creates
>more estrogen which in turn feeds your Endo! Carbs will make a woman
>fatter than anything else so that's why I've cut them to a minimum.
>
>--
>Debbie
>
>At Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Michelle wrote:
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I was reading earlier about the wheat/gluten and dairy and it made me
>>think about the bloating issues. Personally, I love wheat!
>>
>>I get sooo bloated by this, I can't beleive it. After I had this last
>>surgery and did the bowel prep and all that I was shocked to learn that
>>I have a flat stomache! I had no idea, the whole time I thought I needed
>>to lose weight there. I took a picture I was so suprised. Suddenly I
>>am all bloated again (that time of month again) and can't wear my
>>regular clothes. The jeans I had on when my stomache was flat almost
>>fell down. Now the same jeans, I have to have the top button undone.
>>This is so annoying. I have to wear something to work on Monday.
>>
>>What are some other things people have tried? Anything that has worked
>>for others, please let me (us) know. I am quite positive I am not the
>>only one.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Michelle
>
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