So, after a process of elimination (boom boom) several years ago, I no longer eat bread-related items or drink wine. if I do, I get immediate bloating, churning stomach and pain for at least a couple of days, really foul smelling wind, and quick onset diarrhoea. Lovely, I know.
I had attributed it to yeast. I can eat pasta, rice, cakes and croissants, but not bread, beer, rolls, Pimms or mushrooms. I can eat wraps, but not flatbreads. I really suffer if I eat yeast-related items. Colpermin eases it slightly, but I can't wear my usual clothes when I have an 'attack' as my stomach swells up and is so tender. A GP twenty years ago said I probably had IBS, but left it there.
So far, so do-able.
However, more recently, my tolerance to food seems to be going down. I can't eat Chinese takeaways or burger-type meals. I an now going to have to give up roasts. I had thought it was the cauliflower cheese, but it could be stuffing, gravy granules or ready-made yorkshire puddings. I can eat meat, potatoes and all veg fine.
Any suggestions as to what to do? Is my range of foods just going to keep constricting? I am starting to worry every time I eat something now. Do you think there is a common factor I can isolate and eliminate?
I am fed up of having to run to the loo, having a sore tummy and delivering the kind of farts that are so bad I have considered not going to work. There are only two of us in my office, so my colleague knows it is me!