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Well, the holidays are upon us and while that means family, friends, get-together, and reunions it can also mean two things that aren't so good for us IBD & IBSers - stress and trigger foods.

So, try not to get too stressed out during this time of year. Know what you can realistically do without wearing yourself out, and if need be learn...

I think it's the green tea that's setting my gut straight. Like I said, I've not have D for years, but I can have multiple BMs/per day, etc.
But I've been drinking one cup of Matcha Green tea or Matcha Chai each morning and am having no more than 2 BMs each day - nicely formed, too, I might add.

Elizabeth

Even though I've not had chronic D for years I do encounter multiple daily BMs, and softish stools. About five days ago I changed/added two things in my diet - this is rare for me because I've come to know what I should and shouldn't eat and don't muck with it too much. I know that legumes and beans are good for overall fiber in...

Even after living with IBD & IBS for 10 years I'm still amazed at what I can and can eat, but even more amazed at what I read other people with IBS can eat. A blogger here wrote that he was looking foreward to making a soup with potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, cauliflower, kidney beans, and lentils. YIKES! was all I could think....

Yesterday was a perfect example of not knowing what caused an episode of D but still having to move forward with my day.

I woke up, felt fine, had a normal BM, had breakfast, felt fine, another normal BM, sat down to work, felt fine, and 30 mins. before I had to leave for a meeting I had a bout of D. Out of nowhere crazy D. Why? I don't...

I LOVE Halloween. Where we live we get around 200-250 kids every year and I love it. They are all happy, fun, and polite. And their costumes are great. Not as many store bought costumes as you might think. The older kids tend to put together some very inventive and fun costumes and the little kids are just so cute I can barely stand it.

So,...

This morning was the kind that just makes me shrug my shoulders. I woke up, felt fine, had a half cup of tea then my gut started acting up - no D but many back-to-back bathroom calls for no apparent reason. My initial reaction to these types of situations is to panic, but only for a few seconds until I remember panic doesn't help, it only...

There are some Mondays that just START and never seem to slow down. Today is one of those days. It started with the first phone call at 7:30 a.m. from a client who forgot we aren't on Eastern time (we're mountain, 2 hours behind!). But, since they had us on the phone they just launched into what they needed as I sat there in my PJs...

I received an email a couple of weeks ago from a woman in Calcutta, India. She read my "patient story" on the Crohns and Colitis web site and wrote, as many peple do, asking me for advice. She has Crohn's disease but because she lives in India, and in India's poorest city, Calcutta, there is not much help for her there. She is...

The process of sitting for Jury Duty was interesting - there were nearly 400 prospective jurors there today but only 90 of them were needed and I wasn't one of the chosen ones. So, I was finished and free by 11:00 a.m. In all honesty I do think being on a jury would be interesting - to see how the judicial system really works, not the Law...