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Bloating after every single meal.

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laurencs
laurencs

I've been diagnosed with IBS for some time now. My bloating is the worst I have ever seen on anyone, at first it was my lower bowl that was bloated but recently it's moved up to my stomach and has become 10x worse. I've also put two stone on in the past year (don't know if these are related?) and i'm burping a lot more.

I have a very active lifestyle, I cycle 8 miles a day during the week, go to the gym 3-4 times a week and eat a very healthy balanced diet (over the summer 2014 was more unhealthy so made a big change). I have museli or porridge with a banana for breakfast, an apple at around 11, salad with bulgur wheat, brown rice or lentils for lunch and then usually a stir fry or wholeweat pasta for dinner (bulghur wheat, lentils and pasta, and bread have all been cut out now). I also avoid diary as much as possible (recently cut it out completely in exhange for almond milk).

This morning I had porridge made with almond milk and banana with chia, flax and golden linseeds AND I'M BLOATED !!!

The doctor has tested my blood and stools for coelic and infections but all came back negative. I've been sent to the nutritionist who is referring me to go on FODMAP, but I have been trying to follow that until the appointment and still no help there. I've been drinking lots of water, taking peppermint capsules and warm lemon water and I'm still bloated.

I have an IUD coil fitted and asked the nurse practioner if it could be that, which she said no. Thing that worries me is we have both breast and ovarian cancer in my family, my mother died of ovarian cancer 10 years ago, but the doctors don't seem to think that's particularly important. Mind you he hasn't even looked/felt my stomach, but referred me to gastro so I guess they'll do that.

I'm so down and depressed with these symptoms, I'm literally doing everything to try and stop the bloating but nothing is working.

I went gluten free for over a year which helped, but I still got bloated. The doctor said that it was probably reducing the amount of fibre I was getting so I introduced it back into my diet (big mistake) 

The only time I don't get bloated is when I don't eat anything at all. My grandmother suggested I try the 5:2 diet to give my bowl a rest but I don't think it's a particularly healthy diet to be on, I tried it and my stomach was flat until I ate the next day.

Anyone got any solutions? I literally cry every day about this at the moment! I can't cope anymore!

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  • lynne69494
    lynne69494 laurencs

    Posted

    hi just checked out the fodmat diet, interesting, good link for foods they reccomend

    Menu guide for a low FODMAP diet (avoid using ingredients listed in the high-FODMAP food list)

    Breakfast

    Gluten-free or spelt toast with spread (sucrose sweetened, not with fructose)

    Cereal (e.g. oats, Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies)

    Tea or coffee (if you have lactose malabsorption, use lactose-free milk)

    Serving of suitable fruit

    Poached eggs and spinach

     

    Lunch

     

    Gluten-free or spelt sandwich with fillings (e.g meat, salad, cheese)

    Frittata

    Homemade soup with low FODMAP vegetables

    Green salad with dressing (olive oil, lemon juice) with tuna

    Roast pumpkin, goats cheese & quinoa salad

     

    Dinner

     

    Meat or fish with low FODMAP vegetables or salad

    Baked fish with middle eastern vegetable quinoa

    Roast chicken with rosemary infused vegetables and brown rice

    Gluten free pizza base topped with cherry tomatoes, basil, goats cheese, ham and pineapple

     

    Snacks & sweets

    Serving of suitable fruit

    Yogurt (if you have lactose malabsorption, use lactose-free yogurt)

    Rice cakes with feta

    Gluten-free biscuits

    Berry crumble

     

  • Mafaldita
    Mafaldita laurencs

    Posted

    Yes its a guide, then you have to make it your own...
  • Mafaldita
    Mafaldita laurencs

    Posted

    Probiotics the best you can find, are a must and I have been in Nexium for over 2 years now.

    Food is still a mistery... but it does play a roll! Same food somethimes can be tolerated sometimes cannot!...Also depends on the amount and the time of the day....(empty stomach)...but definitely the food well chopped and well cooked its easier digested!

    Good luck! but start easy with proven confort food like white rice, chicken broth and then after a couple of days when you get better start introducing and trying new items...

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 Mafaldita

      Posted

      iv tried these in many differant forms and all give me diroerh people difffer may have the same symptoms but the cure is differant worth a try though

      just a warning not be surprized if this happens eek

    • aveline
      aveline tiswas24537

      Posted

      Oh, my - I didn't know that was even possible! sad I suggested probiotics. I don't even mean like a yogurt, because what if diary is to blame?  But, really a pill that contains living organisms that will keep the bad gut organisms in check - that shouldn't have a negative effect. If it does, it should quickly balance out and if it doesn't, then a doctor should be told...that's a problem in itself, I should think. 
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 aveline

      Posted

      it depends if the gut isent healthy putting large amount of anything in it wont help . i wanted to get on to takeing bone broth daily because it is so healing but i would only make it with organic chicken and its pricey

      .

      in the USA they sell it in cartons already made from organic meat  chicken bones so its just heat  and eat , by pacific foods but cant find any thing like that in the uk  .and it works a treat 

    • laurencs
      laurencs tiswas24537

      Posted

      Yeah I would avoid anything in a tin or a can to be honest, sorry but I just don't think processed foods are very good for you. Chicken broth isn't hard to make but it does include onions generally which is something I have been told to avoid. It's all very fustrating.
    • emma666
      emma666 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Hi there. Just to let you know if you are in the uk, that Waitrose sell cartons of beef and chicken stock which has been made with boiled beef/chicken bones. 
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 emma666

      Posted

      thanks for the info not sure we have a waitrose nearby we did have then it turned into sainsbury.mini market .  but hopeful .
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 laurencs

      Posted

      the one i am talking about is from a company called pacific foods in the USA and is organic and in a carton .its not available here ,

      you can put anything in a broth dosent have to be onions .

      i have made it before shall have another go this week and freeze a few portions i always worry about how long to keep it in the fridge ,

      i think i will use root veg in mine .

      if i keep 2 portions in the fridge and then freeze the rest and take out at night for next day should be ok .

    • aveline
      aveline tiswas24537

      Posted

      You can even freeze broth in smaller portions, such as an ice cube tray, and defrost as needed.

      I know exactly what you mean and they do sell this near me. But, I think it's also a company with Asian presence? So you may find something like it in Asian markets or under another name in a natural foods store around you.  In the U.S., cartons and cans are also lined with BPA, which you won't be using at home. smile

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 aveline

      Posted

      its a bloody nightmare hun isent it you think your doing good and then you find its not as good as you first thought 
  • aveline
    aveline laurencs

    Posted

    This sounds horrible, and you've tried so much over time to no avail.  

    Lots of advice here - some conflicting because everyone's system is different. You're about to try FODMAP, and that could help...I wish you luck!

    BUT, don't just look at your diet - PLEASE push to get a scan.  You have a strong history for cancer and I'm not saying that's what's wrong, but you haven't been checked for any blockage, and it sounds like that should be ruled out.

    It's great that you don't seem to have Coeliac, but there are people who can't handle gluten (even cross contamination in minute amounts) who don't have CD.  I wonder if somehow starches are a problem, in general?  

    Find a good probiotic and talk with the doctors about stomach acid - reflux/burping can feel acidic but it's ususally too little acid and not too much - the food isn't broken down properly in the stomach. It may not be what you eat but how your body digests (or doesn't). Some food may be worse than others, but all could be a problem if the gut is unbalanced.  

    I hope you find the right answers for you and soon!

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