hey all,
so I was having a few days of relief and thought I was actually on the mend. But then I got my period and ran out of lomotil and that kind of messed everything up. I've been taking my lomotil again and even supplementing it with Imodium but nothing is working. I even had some leakage this morning when I was sleeping.
Im eating binder foods like potatoes and peanut butter and white bread and seitan but it's all just flying through me. I lost 5 lbs almost over night. Any suggestions?
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Rice. Cook a pot of white rice with twice the normal water and once it is cooked, drink the rice water...you can sweeten it or add cinnamon (it tastes exactly like what it is, pure starch...But that is what will thicken your output). You can eat the rice as well, with olive oil or butter and salt (it will help you to keep hydrated by adding salt to your diet).
Burnt toast (yes, just a bit burnt) helps as well...the charcoal helps with the liquid output too.
With a liquid output you risk dehydrating so add a bit more salt than usual to your diet...Canned soups (chicken rice?) help a lot or add a bouillon cube to the cooking water of your rice.
Hang in there
Sharon
You can find some great recipies for rice water if you google "horchata". I think it's delicious! Especially served ice cold. But it might be good warmed up this time of year as well. Besides rice and rice water, bananas work really well for me, as does butter nut squash and mashed potatos (sweet or regular), and oatmeal - especially if you don't use the recommended amount of water to cook it. You can also sprinkle raw oats on other foods and add them to things like meatloaf, soup, tomato sauce, etc.
