Food issues.

[shadesong]

Just ate most of a doughnut.

Some of you guys know that I have Food Issues beyond just the hypoglycemia. Essentially, I have a way overdeveloped gag reflex.

*waits for people to stop laughing*

Seriously, yes. Stems from childhood abuse issues. You all feel bad for laughing now, right? :) No offense taken, the gag reflex thing *is* amusing.

So. There are foods that I just cannot ever eat because of their texture. And for all other foods, I can only eat a certain amount before I start to gag. Lately, this has been getting worse - I can eat less and less without gagging, and I've been getting lingering nausea as well, which doesn't usually happen.

This is troublesome. I ought to be able to eat a doughnut. :(

Comments

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

hypoglycemics of the world unite!

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hypoglycemics Anonymous will meet at my house tomorrow. Refreshments will be served at 4...and 6...and 8...and 10...

[terig.livejournal.com]

I've booked my flight ticket.

I've been very lucky in life. The ONLY food I will NEVER eat is a brussel sprout. Never Ever. Everything about this is gross. Oh, and red meat. Ugh, ugh, ugh. That stuff tastes so disgusting.

Otherwise, texture issues are not a problem for me. You'd gag just hearing the stuff I've eaten. heh...I won't elaborate.

[deza.livejournal.com]

Try eating small amounts at a time, and washing it down with something between bites.

I know what you mean, though--I've gagged on sweet tea before. Performing oral sex is pretty much out for me. And here I thought I was the only one...

[dorei.livejournal.com]

But you're not supposed to eat a doughnut. My nutritionist would have a cat if he knew I was scarfin krispy kremes or some other similar treat. Eat the natural peanut butter and stone wheat crackers. Yum. :)

If you really have a craving for sugar tho ... make stuff with Splenda. I live for that stuff ...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm a Very Bad Girl.

Really, I only ate it because jet_li_wannabe brought it for me. Which was sweet of him. Usually I eat granola bars, but I've been having a hard time even finishing a granola bar lately!

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[dorei.livejournal.com]

Bad. Bad. Bad. You should be spanked. Oh wait. You might like that.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

"Might"? With my interest list, you think that's a "might"? ;)

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[dorei.livejournal.com]

Well we already know that *I* would like it ...
yum. oh wait, i already got it... neener neener neener ...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hey, I get it too! yendi is vanilla, but I still get spankings from him...

[gallowglass.livejournal.com]

I've been having trouble swallowing generally for a few years now. It can make the larger medication tricky when it's bad. I suppose I ought to mention it to my doctor but there are so many other things wrong with my condition at the moment that it just seems like something I can afford to leave back for a while.

Oh well, got to run, I can smell my lunch burning in the oven downstairs! ;-)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I *always* gag and choke on pills...

[terig.livejournal.com]

I don't even need to take water when I take pills. I can just swallow them no problem...even more than one at the same time.

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

Stress? Thought that might be making it worse.

I have a gag reflex problem, too. Having a cold is a joy for me, always ends in dry heaving and nausea.

Sympathy

[songwind.livejournal.com]

My wife has got gag reflex issues as well, though hers is related to the size of her mouth (very small) rather than any trauma. I know how much that can suck.

[edie22.livejournal.com]

so, I don't have a gag reflex or issues with eating. not a whole lot grosses me out, besides some bugs and like 1 body fluid. I should be more popular.

[melintur.livejournal.com]

Yes, you should.

I also have no gag reflex in the least. Where are my dates?

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

One body fluid? Don't tell me let me guess! Spinal fluid?

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[edie22.livejournal.com]

Alright, no. I think I could deal with that. One day a long time ago I wanted to be a doctor.

I can't deal with snot. People blowing there noses so I can hear especially while I'm eating, little kids (and some adults) picking their noses..., and If I'm sick with a cold and all stuffed up? Just the thought of it is grossing me out.

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

A friend who used to work in a hospital says that most nurses have the same problem. She says, no problem dumping buckets of feces, but snot grosses everyone out.

Me, I'd pick it over feces anyday. You know, if I had to.

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[edie22.livejournal.com]

Pick it? was that a pun? ew. heh.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think I can understand the thought behind this...

urine, feces, blood, those are all "normal"... nothing unusual, at least in the animalistic sense.

snot... that just screams "disease!" and is something to be avoided at all cost.

make sense?

[terig.livejournal.com]

Heh, after dealing with a mom who worked in a nursing home and being a neighbourhood babysitter for years and years AND having a cat with a very nasty bowel problem, I've pretty much gotten over the whole bodily fluid/wastes issues. It very rarely gets to me now...and if it does, it's usually because I'm having an "off" day.

No gag reflex either. The boys love it!

Heh.

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Umm, I can't eat tomatoes, gravy, or any other thing that my throat interprets as "slimy". I've never known why, but then I don't remember the first 9 years of my life, either. My mother tells me there was a time I loved gravy. I still love the *taste*, but can't eat more than a bite or two before I start gagging.

Makes one wonder why I have this problem with slimy things. (Umm, yes, it extends to the first thing your brain thinks of when one says 'slimy', too. I can't Swallow without wanting to throw up. I did, actually, once, have to run to the bathroom after said activity and throw up. I don't swallow anymore. Messier, but generally better, overall. ;)