Well, the urologist thinks I have interstitial cystitis as well. I have one more test to make it official. I will not tell you what they will do but it will be torture! I now have to eat boring food for the rest of my life. At least I had about 15 years of eating the most interesting food. I guess that is why I am paying for it now.
I love eating new things. I have traveled all over the world trying new things. I could tell you the different types of kim chee. I have eaten real Japanese Ramen noodle soup. The “Tampopo” kind of Ramen noodle soup! I tried food all over Singapore and Malaysia. I have eaten authentic Thai, Lao, and Vietnamese food. I LOVE Indian, especially Punjabi food. Curry is a main part of my diet. Now I have to cut most of this out of my diet. I guess I can eat it on rare occasion but for the most part I have to cut it out.
I cannot have chocolate or sodas either. Cutting out sodas wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be only because I was in so much pain after drinking them. Chocolate was never my weakness anyway.
I miss Asian food the most. I have to find bland alternatives. Maybe Mongolian food and most of the Uzbek food would be ok. I would have to cut out the tomato paste though. English food for the most part is ok. I would have to skip on the vinegar. Vinegar is the only thing that makes English food good though. I think most European foods are good too.
Does anybody have any advice on good bland foods to eat?
When the kids are back in school we will have to get together and I can share some recipes with you.
Thanks. I am already getting some ideas like using chives instead of onions, butter, garlic olive oil instead of tomato sauce and vinegar based sauces.