Hey I'm sorry for all of the tummy issues you've been having, It's terrible when the stuff you've been loving to eat all these years start giving you so much trouble and then you're just not sure what you can and cannot eat anymore. sigh. yup, believe me I know. I have a tendency to think it's fried food... well, it may depend on your symptoms of course... if you have gall stones the fried foods and the years compounded of that would cause symptoms associated with that, and if it's dairy and the years compounded of cheese and we know your love of that, the allergy to that could be now be becoming more prominent, as dairy issues... and if the latter has gone on undiagnoses/untreated for a long time, one could develop IBS.

But in truth, they don't know for sure the underlying cause of gall stones, speculations perhaps... I never heat fried foods, no meats and all... and well yes, dairy... and in the end, I had both gall stones AND lactose intolerance/IBS[usually the constipation type]

as well as GERDS, too, for which am on meds... so anyway, I feel you as I've been through that gamut and still have so much trouble. Another process of elimination sort of thing... sigh.

Tai Chi sounds sooo exciting. I hope you may get the chance to do it!! Wooohooo!

Excited for your new changes.

[oh i was getting ready to go to the hospital for my stay, the other night when you were calling... sorry.]