Aww bummer. You have done so well and know how to handle your stomach. What kind of pain are you talking about, I don't understand how a food can sit quite happily for ages and then it gets you - sooo frustrating.

Your diet is really good anyway, how are you kicking this session in the arse to get back to where you were?

Hugs
G.

Thanks Gwen,
That's why I live this page.
With the IBS it can chop and change as to what will be okay one day and not the next. My gastritis plays nice for the most part.
I am eating smaller portions again and simple food. Mind you spicy food never gives me grief, go figure. I started taking slippery elm again a few days ago so hopefully that kicks in and kicks arse soon.
Cas

Hi Soretum.Yes, Im sure this is a small thing to compare with what you had at the beginning and Im also positive it will pass quickly.I also experience tiny flare ups like that every now and then even though I haven't really had anything serious in a good few months now.I just wanted to let you know about my personal experience and my observations and what I have noticed really helped me improve.I don't know if you ever heard of bikram yoga series.Well I have started using this type of yoga over 3 years ago but I have not really been very diligent or serious about it until this February when I started training very seriously and I have been doing 90 min sessions every morning since then.Bikram is a very specific type of hot yoga its a series of 26 yoga postures with 2 breathing exercises and it takes typically 90 minutes to complete such session if you do it correctly.Every asana is done twice in Bikram yoga.Bikram is supposed to be done in 105F with 40% humidity for it to optimize its benefits but I don't really like sauna so I just do it in the comfort of my home.Now Bikram yoga uses these very 26 postures to improve the function of every single internal organ in the body.For example balancing stick pose is the best exercise you can get for your heart, rabbit pose is excellent for your thyroid function and head to knee pose is great for your pancrease etc.Anyways I have found this type for yoga very helpful for myself and I must say I haven't had any health issues since I started doing it seriously.Thats why I encourage you to try.You don't really need to go to yoga studio although I did when I was still in LA.Now its enough to just listen to the audio from youtube where you have all the instructions for the whole 90 mins session.In any case I wish you all the best and good health!
Joanna

Thanks for the tip. I will google it.

Or better still JoHam, we can all meet up and you can be Teacher :) x

Well Gweny actually I am a teacher:) and now I have been thinking of getting certified in yoga so I can also teach that.I still need to improve my flexibility a bit before I proceed though.

Ow wow, that is brilliant.
G.

I don't think the yoga will be for me. I don't do well in those very warm conditions. The slippery elm seems to be making a difference.

Good to hear about slippery elm working for you.As for bikram yoga as I already mentioned I do it at home.I don't do very well in the heat either:)

Yoga - I do fancy - was about to start on Pilates but think I will go down the Yoga route - but without the help of Sweaty Betty lol !!
Bought the Slippery Elm, lets hope it slithers on down and works some magic.
Hugs to all you guys for being so helpful.
G.

Hi Gwen, I hope the slippery elm helps. It might take a week at least to notice any changes.

Likewise I rarely get a flare up & it is a huge annoyance when it happens.

I think it happens when my body is fighting something & all those white blood cells mobilise & cause grief again like they did when they invaded the lining of our stomachs to cause the inflammation.

It is the gift that keeps giving isn't it?