Re: Tossing Out A Thought

[Guest guest]

I suffered with constipation for years. I had to take all sorts of remedies

(milk of magnesia, illegal metamucil, tons of magnesium supplements, prune

juice, illegal aloe juice, etc.). SCD helped some right away, but it wasn't

until after the 3 month flare (where the constipation got worse) that things

improved immensely. Since then, I've only had one other bout of constipation.

Plus, the only thing I take to help stay regular is a fraction of the magnesium

that I used to take. I don't have to avoid dairy either. There is hope fellow

constipated SCDers!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> Just a stray thought. Many people have commented

> that BTVC the book seems to be more geared

> towards diarrhea than towards constipation, even

> though both conditions are opposite ends of the same spectrum.

>

> People have also observed that cheese, including

> dry curd cottage cheese, tends to be constipating for some of us.

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> Elaine mentions not eating eggs until brisk

> diarrhea has subsided. (Except in the cheese cake.)

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> Now, chicken soup is good for whatever ails you.

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> But I am wondering if people who lean towards the

> C end of the spectrum would do better with the

> soup and meat -- and mild veggies pureed with some of the soup broth?

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> I have absolutely zilch to go on when considering

> this except the fact that my own intro diet was

> two kinds of roast meat, steamed zucchini, and soft boiled eggs.

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> My situation was a soft, mushy stool which many

> times didn't want to come out. Soft constipation?

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> We keep saying that everyone is different, and

> that this is what makes SCD so powerful (not to

> mention frustrating!), the ability to customize

> what we eat to what our symptoms are.

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> I'm wondering if something like egg drop soup

> with pureed vegetables might be helpful for the

> people who incline towards constipation?

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> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

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