Good Intentions

Okay... right in keeping with what has been going on this week.. my Mother-in-law made me a WONDERFUL meatloaf for dinner tonight. I made a plate when I came home from work... a little mealoaf with tomato gravy, a small scoop of mashed taters with a little more of the gravy. It was so good, I didn't even wait until I finished to call her and thank her for dinner. I told her it has been the best tasting meal I've had since surgery. She said she used Splenda for the gravy.. BROWN SUGAR SPLENDA! I looked it up because I thought that the brown sugar splenda is half splenda, half brown sugar....it says for 1/2 tsp there are 2 carb and 2 sugars....but I have no idea how much she used in the recipe. I guess I just wait it out to see if I dump on it...does anybody have any experience with the splenda brown sugar?? Kim

i have never used it, but am hoping it goes okay with you. Are you feeling okay now? Hugs Linda

Hi Linda, It didn't seem to effect me at all. I even ate a little more...and nothing. It's been over an hour since I stopped eating, so I think I'm gonna survive this one. There was maybe not enough of it in the entire recipe to effect me. If I had gotten sick and my Mom-in-law found out she would have felt TERRIBLE!!!!! I need to give her some good guidelines to follow. I thought I had, but maybe I need to be a bit more specific.. I am so glad I didn't get sick. : )

I handle things that I eat weird I guess. What I eat now, may be ok. However, my body sometimes has a delayed effect, and what I eat now, doesn't make me sick now, but I get sick tomorrow or 10-15 hours later. It doesn't always happen, but when it does, I've documented what I ate and I know to avoid it later. So by checking it out slowly, you gain trust in the foods you do consume, but remember to write down (journal) it all so you know how you react to it tomorrow, or later. I avoid things that make me sick just once, and sometimes for months. I can't trust my pouch yet! But I am learning! Stacey W

I think you'll be fine. It' sugar over time and sometimes it has to be raw sugar before acid hits it. The gravey may have let it get through the Roux limb without being picked up by your intestine. When it gets to the common conduit acid hits it and makes it tolerable. You should be fine but give it to someone else to eat don't take a chance - what works today may not tomorrow. kp