A miserable weekend--

OK, so there is a question after this rant. I've been fighting a cold all last week. Friday nite went shopping and decided that Sugar free chocolate cookies sounded good. So what could this hurt---sugar free, low cal---I needed a chocolate pick me up---right??? Ya know, after almost 5 years you'd think my brain would remember. But no---it's up to my body to remind my brain of the agony that too much sugar free sweets will cause. So it did--and I was. Of course the fact that I ate the whole package at once may have had something to do with it---hey there was only 8---they were small---my brain said it was ok!! (I'm a "little" compulsive) So----all Staurday afternoon & nite and Sunday until about 7pm I was either in bed holding my stomach, and staying far away from other humans (my dog & cat still loved me, but we see what they will eat and sniff), or I was in the bathroom--uh--you know. So I paid dearly for the small satisfactions 8 little chocolate cookes gave me. The grief was a lot longer. Here's the questions. (Please notice I KNOW what I did wrong---I know how to avoid this and my body says never again----now my brain..........OK--questions-----considering that the diarhea was aleviating the gas and cramps, would it have been advisble to take an anti-diarhea pill? Or would this have caused worse cramping? I did take gas-x, no luck. And today my lower abdoman is sore--muscle sore. Is this common? Normal? I havn't experienced anything this bad since I came home from the hospital in 2001---so I just don't remember. Thanks, Bek

Bek, I had similar experience that lasted a few days...Dr said it was the stomach virus going around and my pouch hurt, I could not keep water down without feeling ill. Maybe it wasn't the cookies all the way perhaps you have a virus. Debbie

Thanks Debbie--and well I was getting over a real nasty cold---so maybe I wasn't as far over it as I thought. But I know I'll never look at SF cookies with longing---they will always remind me of this weekend. Bek