Eating cake while suffering an AF?

Chen,

Fiber supplements (benefiber and metamucil) helped me normalize my bm's and not fluctuate to the extremes so much. Also, I think that high fiber cereal (FiberOne) is too much fiber all at one time. I switched to oatmeal! Good luck!

Cheryl

cherylk wrote:Chen,

Fiber supplements (benefiber and metamucil) helped me normalize my bm's and not fluctuate to the extremes so much. Also, I think that high fiber cereal (FiberOne) is too much fiber all at one time. I switched to oatmeal! Good luck!

Cheryl

Thanks, Cheryl. I agree. I think I had full on fiber overdose last night. I was actually doing pretty well for a few days, had "frozen yogurt" or "pudding like" stools that were relatively painless except for when the bowels first open. But then after the bout of diarrhea last night, my butt feels raw again Not as bad as when I ended up at the ER, but certainly a step or two backwards.

I got a big ol' canister of Benefiber, Metamucil, and Miralax from Costco this weekend (two of the biggest jars of Miralax is only $30 from Costco -- what a steal!) but have been scared to try the Benefiber so far. That's the one my CRS recommended. I will have to get the cajones to try that soon.

I think my problem was I just went completely nuts on the fiber too suddenly. I mean huge amounts of veggie soup with tofu every meal, along with Fiber One bran cereal all the time (I eat it straight out of the box all day like a snack), my GI was probably wondering what the heck I was thinking. Today I'm going to have more sushi and and nope that forms better poos. A week ago I was worried about rock hard missiles coming out, today I'm worried about it being acidic waterfalls, so there must be a middle ground somewhere!

If I may ask about your Benefiber use, do you normally mix in a little with every meal, or do you just have a set amount in the morning once and that's it?

I take 1/2 teaspoon b/4 breakfast, 1 1/2 teaspoon @ 10:30, and 1 1/2 teaspoon b/4 lunch. Then 1 1/2 teaspoon b/4 bedtime (with my Miralax). I've stopped taking the Metamucil @ 4:00-4:30.

Nice, thanks Cheryl. I think I will give that a go. My stomach is feeling kind of funky today, I guess it's time to roll out the reinforcements (Benefiber) and see what they do...