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DIVI DINERS

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jacqueline01135
jacqueline01135

Returning from a hospital session of Drips and Deprevation (food) I was handed a Low Residue diet to follow. Scant in products,and information what to do with said products, I searced the web for more information, 

onlt to find contradictory eat's and don't eats, so I thought that WE the 

sufferers of food deprevation should start our own Divi Diners club and see if we can throw some light on the subject.

Ilove mushrooms,but cannot find any info about them.

How do we achieve our five a day if we can't eat fruit? Is it O.K. to take the

skins off?

Can we have chips or roasties,or fish with batter on?

Spices, do any of you use spices. and what do you put on spaghetti?

Can we blitz veggies, as stews and casseroles are forbidden?

Pastry is allowed, but no mentoin of which type.

So. can we help each other ,then at least when ,or if we ,dine out, we can

order something from the menu.

I cannot eat boiled potatoes ,eggs (is it O.K to have a fried one?)

jelly and rice pudding for ever. .

So please join in and share your doe's and dont's. mushrooms eaters

would be good to hear from.

                                         

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  • jo69889
    jo69889 jacqueline01135

    Posted

    This is very informative thank you! I find my flare ups are less frequent with gluten free bread and pasta, are we to avoid seeds of all kinds? Spicy food? 
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jo69889

      Posted

      Hi Jo, glad you found us. Now start at the top of the page and read ALL you will find answers to lots of your questions ,especially from Jon then ask the things you aren't sure "   Speak  soon"
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jo69889

      Posted

      just a gentle reminder Jo, that you are not supposed to disappear.

      How are you doing on your pasta and bread diet ?Hope you used the

       more gentle spices.

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jo69889

      Posted

      thought we ought to check up on you to see if you are O.K. and if you are 

      eating better now .,and if the flares are syill in attack mode 

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135

      Posted

      it sHOULD read      still in  don't know where that alien word came fromrolleyes
  • designergirl12
    designergirl12 jacqueline01135

    Posted

    I have to say I think wine was the main cause of my DD. I used to have a very stressful job and hit the bottle uqite often. When I was made redundant stress played a big part in DD, I used to wake up and my whole body was tense with my guts light taut elastic. I had to go to the doctor and the nurse there taught me relaxation techniques.
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 designergirl12

      Posted

      Hello DG,I think you have hit a button with the stress avenue,I go to a stress management course, and I swear the councellor can see straight into my brain .She gave me a.C.D which tells how to relax with breathing exercises. Hope you have weaned yourself off the wine ACID Big time. How are you doing at the moment ?

      Jacqueline

  • jacqueline01135
    jacqueline01135

    Posted

    I am becoming quite concerned about the very limited amount and type of fresh fruitand vegetables that I can eat, as I did have plenty of both on a daily basis.The 5 a day mantra has gone out of the window, or, down the pan, I don't quite know  how  the vitamins and minerals in these products are to be replaced Has anyone resorted to vitamin supplements?                     

    Jacqueline

  • Juliet_Bravo
    Juliet_Bravo jacqueline01135

    Posted

    Yes to the supplements.  Apart from the usual stuff for ladies over a certain age, I take calcium + Vitamin D, glucosamine, A - Z multivitamins and cod liver oil.  None of these appear to have any action on the DD.  I also enjoy a glass of brandy and lemonade which again has no unpleasant side effects.  Perhaps the brandy soothes and relaxes?  This may fall in with the stress related flares.  But added to the DD, I have also suffered from migraines all my life.  So I try to avoid stress!!
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Juliet_Bravo

      Posted

      I took co enzyme Q 10 and Aloe Vera capsules ,Flaxseed,and vitamin C and Manuka honey, but was frightened off, but they are now back on,

      but I will miss my fruit and veggies. Stress is a different kettle of destruction, beaches  do me good but I no longer have immediate access to them  Driving on the back roads is good, but I now have to return to the point of the stress It's a pity there isn't a walk in stress clinic I wonder how the NHS would cope with that. AS IF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Can't do the Brandy cure I can't get past the smell of it 

      Happily I now have you lot to enjoy and benefits of everyones imput

      Cheers Juliet   

      jacqueline,

    • Juliet_Bravo
      Juliet_Bravo jacqueline01135

      Posted

      With regard to supplements of all kinds, I'll tell it how I told my grandchildren!  You need to eat (or take) lots of different food items.  Your body sorts out what you need and discards the rest.  That way if your diet is lacking in some of the things that cause us pain, the supplements hopefully will fill the gap.

      I know my diet lacks fruit and veg; I can't eat for the 'five a day' regime if I then end up in hospital!  So I add a bit in the form of various tableets; it's a whole lot less bother and pain.

      Eat safe!  (And take the supplements....)

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Juliet_Bravo

      Posted

      I have just replied to you and it has totally disappeared

      so i am going to send this to see if it happens again

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Juliet_Bravo

      Posted

      Hello Juliet, can't find my last Loooooooooong  mail anywhere , probably deleted by management.

      Juliet , it has disappeared totally,whatever!!!!! I wondered if you wre told not to eat fruit and veg. What  I can't get my head around is the fact that our stomachs are full of powerful acids that can destroy buildings but not products that are mostly  water. Do yeast products cause you problems ? Eccles cakes  have filled lots of  spots in my life, but now has to stop, because of the raisens and bits..I am confined to Rich tea,

       comparison to Comressed cardboard , and Shortbread; and that's it

       Wonder where the other one went to? 

    • donnag
      donnag jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Hi find a,smalldrop of brandy warm good for wind. I also drink warm peppermint cordical and find that helps

      any idea about bailys love that over ice have not been able to chat today as keeps telling me that dose not like password so have to keep resting it so frustrating

      i take vitamin c and zinc as adaivsrd by occupational health to keepbradford score down. Did used to dink aloe vera juice but got fed up of putting it in fruit juice as an acquired taste neat i find

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 donnag

      Posted

      you did mean  Bradford footie club, or haveI misread your "note ?

      Yuo can take Aloe Vera in capsule form then yo could do away with the juice ,-----and the Brandy,------------and the peppermint cordial. It's not the products themslves, it''s the smell of  'em.

      Now Baileys is a different ball game It's best on it''s on without watering it down   cheers 

      now Baileys

       

    • Juliet_Bravo
      Juliet_Bravo jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Other forms of cream liqueurs are available and a lot cheaper.  There's one that sounds a bit like an Irish field....  Nothing wrong with the smell of brandy, unless it's on someone else's breath.  Hope you are all well and following all the advice hereabout.
    • jonnojohn
      jonnojohn jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Youv'e obviously interpreted donnags note.  You are better at translating what appears to be jibberish than me.  I have a recipe for 'homemade Baileys if anyone would like it. V. Cheap to make and so much better than the original.  Is Bradford another euphamism for fartting or trumping?  Your loving son,Jon
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jonnojohn

      Posted

      No ,Jon, Bradford is a city up't north. Leave the Baileys alone, there is no way you can improve on the original.

      By the way have I just been adopted by a wrinkley??????????????????????  

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Juliet_Bravo

      Posted

      Hello Juliet some strange  "notes" on the forum this morning, good for a titter or two  To days menu has already started, Will give you the results 

      tonight. Can't you remember th bog Irish Baileys ? It's probably got a 

      bit of Shergar in it!!!!!

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 donnag

      Posted

      not surprised you can't remember your password  sounds like too much

      bendy elbow

    • Juliet_Bravo
      Juliet_Bravo jonnojohn

      Posted

      Oh JonJon, the Bradford Factor is how many times you are "sick" in a 12 month period.  Anything to do with football just passes me by, thank goodness.
    • jonnojohn
      jonnojohn Juliet_Bravo

      Posted

      Thanks, Jac.  I had no idea.  Now, had it been called the Guildford factor.....

      (I jest, of course, my in-laws hailed from Scarboro and my children boarded i Co. Durham.  Do I qualify as a pretend Northerner?).  Sadly, I can't do accent.  Eee

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jonnojohn

      Posted

      Not me Jon, Juliet pointed out your lack of knowledge on " barfing" 

      and NO you don't qualify for anything north of Watford You would be calleca "blow In" if you ventured up't north. You forgot to put the BI GUM on the end of your EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

    • donnag
      donnag jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Hi all bradford i was refuring to is a sickness score system used in social care and nhs not the city. Sorry for confustion. and what is bendy elbow !!biggrin
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 donnag

      Posted

      Hi D.G ,don't you just love this forum Iv'e had a peek into some of the others ,they are sooooooooooo intense  Back to Bradford, where does that originate from ?

      Now, don't go ballistic bendy elbow is an expression for people who enjoy a tippleredface .

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Juliet_Bravo

      Posted

      Hello Juliet have decided enough is enough ,giving you my daily chomps, so  boring . So I am only going to tell you the interesting bits 

      By the , way, All clear on the Gastric Front today  Jac.

    • Juliet_Bravo
      Juliet_Bravo jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Jac - I am so pleased for you.  Welcome back to the land of eating!  Just don't overdo it (anything) over the weekend.  Kind of "don't do anything I wouldn't do!"  All the best.  JB
    • donnag
      donnag jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Never heard of that before day was going well but had l hovis style crackers for lunch and think they did not like me had a major blip so not sure what to do eat or starve but if starve can't take antibiotics as take with food !
    • jonnojohn
      jonnojohn jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Hi Jac. Last post (not the one with The Evening Prayer) We are off on hols tomorrow.  Pear sorbet for supper tonight - super.  I am pain free for take- off.  Incidentally, where is Watford?  Do keep in touch and make a note in your diary to email me on 30th June.  I will be anxious to know just how people (and you, of course, are doing).  As a long time sufferer you can really only discover what is 'good' or

      'bad' over a period of time.  There really is no magic formula otherwise we would all be 'on board'  I am on the way but nowhere near a 'cure' Relaxation for short periods (Brian Redhead used to call them cat naps) is good.  Jon 

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jonnojohn

      Posted

      Hey Jon, you will be missed, Won't have anyone to wind up. Your geography is rubbish, Watford is near The Gap !! You will be back just 

      in time to give me the "low down " on my path of discovery, well it will be for the bloke on the end of the camera .

      Don't go eating any funny stuff.,even if it does look good enough to eat.

      No doubt we will have some funny's to report we might even find that

      annoying irritable owl. Enjoy ,relax and do whatever else turns you on

      Jac

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 donnag

      Posted

      NO crackers , unless you chew them into a sloppy mess. My GP's

      answer to all, no matter what I suffer from is,"are you drinking plenty of water?" Probably be good if you connect yourself to the hose pipe and turn the tap on,  Seious stuff now  D.G stop eating rubbish . Hope you feel better soon I suppose Paracetamol might take the edge off. Soft and sloppy tomorrow  O.K Jac 

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 jonnojohn

      Posted

      where are you Jon  ? Can't keep in touch with a blank space

      I did Email you on the 30th by the way !!!!

      Just a quick nod will do, so all your girls can stoy worrying about yousad 

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