tl;dr version at the bottom.
So I'm feeling kind of sorry for myself right now and since misery loves company I thought I'd share it the internet. My doctor recently suggested I try taking a psyllium based fibre supplement to help with my Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The psylium is meant to be a very mild form of treatment with rare and limited side effects, but I bet you can all see where this going.
I first tried the powdered drink mix form of metamucil and being naturally cautious these days of introducing new food stuffs, I cut the recommended dosage down to 25% and drank plenty of water. But apparently that wasn't enough as the previous meal soon made a second appearance in a less appetising display.
A trip back to the doctor and he suggests that taking fibre supplements in a capsule form may avoid the previous unpleasantness. I acquire said capsules and take a note of the dose. The bottle says to take between two to six capsules. With the old saying once bitten twice shy ringing in my head, I decide to take one with plenty of water. I manage to avoid the side effects of the previous experiment, but am gifted with a whole new set.
I've just spent the last 4 hours in a tiny room on an uncomfortable porcelain throne feeling like my abdominal region was trying to emulate Kane's death scene in Alien. So much for 'rare and limited side effects'. It's good to know I'm living on the edge of the bell curve. If I had taken the stronger dose I'm pretty sure my intestines would have exploded. So now I'll add psyllium to the list of things I can't eat or drink. A list that already contains things like: caffiene, carbonated drinks, alcohol, spicy foods, greasy foods, fatty foods, sweet foods, capsicum, excess dairy and generally anything else with flavour.
So who else has any food allergies or intolerances? The more inconvenient and unusual the better.
tl;dr version: Food stuff meant to make me better has complete opposite effect. Share food intolerances and allergies.
[edit] I just realised that this post makes my title finally make sense. Good work prognosticative admins.
So I'm feeling kind of sorry for myself right now and since misery loves company I thought I'd share it the internet. My doctor recently suggested I try taking a psyllium based fibre supplement to help with my Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The psylium is meant to be a very mild form of treatment with rare and limited side effects, but I bet you can all see where this going.
I first tried the powdered drink mix form of metamucil and being naturally cautious these days of introducing new food stuffs, I cut the recommended dosage down to 25% and drank plenty of water. But apparently that wasn't enough as the previous meal soon made a second appearance in a less appetising display.
A trip back to the doctor and he suggests that taking fibre supplements in a capsule form may avoid the previous unpleasantness. I acquire said capsules and take a note of the dose. The bottle says to take between two to six capsules. With the old saying once bitten twice shy ringing in my head, I decide to take one with plenty of water. I manage to avoid the side effects of the previous experiment, but am gifted with a whole new set.
I've just spent the last 4 hours in a tiny room on an uncomfortable porcelain throne feeling like my abdominal region was trying to emulate Kane's death scene in Alien. So much for 'rare and limited side effects'. It's good to know I'm living on the edge of the bell curve. If I had taken the stronger dose I'm pretty sure my intestines would have exploded. So now I'll add psyllium to the list of things I can't eat or drink. A list that already contains things like: caffiene, carbonated drinks, alcohol, spicy foods, greasy foods, fatty foods, sweet foods, capsicum, excess dairy and generally anything else with flavour.
So who else has any food allergies or intolerances? The more inconvenient and unusual the better.
tl;dr version: Food stuff meant to make me better has complete opposite effect. Share food intolerances and allergies.
[edit] I just realised that this post makes my title finally make sense. Good work prognosticative admins.