HELP! A Fiber Question!!!
Help! Help! Help!
OK... I am now 4 months/1 week out from my revision. I have done very well. Yes, the issues of poops and all are SLOWLY dissipating. Yeah. I am down to my goal of 145. BUT.....I saw a nutritionist a week ago. She said I need to add more complex carbs to my diet. So, I have been... beans, more veggies... AND in the process I stopped taking the Benefiber, of which I had been taking 4-6 daily. Along with the nice weight loss, I have a "flatter" tummy, which is nice...the bloating had virtually dimished from post-op days. I also have cut out so much of the GasX and the Kaopectate, which I "thrived" on for 4 months.
NOW...my problem. For this past week, since no Benefiber, I have EXTREME upper abdominal bloating, resulting in TIGHTER pants, pain, and more importantly, difficulty breating. I do not know if this is a result of the stopping of the Benefiber or what. I am not able to eat what I should, because I feel STUFFED all the time, altho I am not.
IN ADDITION... over the past 5 weeks or so, I have had 2 "bouts" or "attacks" of pain in the upper abdomen, lasting for 3-4 days, fatigue, shortness of breath, etc, etc, etc.
HAS anyone had anything like this??? I should not be having this terrible bloat and discomfort. Am getting nervous and frustrated here.
on 3/31/09 9:35 am - MI