You could use rice or dried beans to support the foil wall.

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Quester, the mix WILL fit -- you just have to "mold" it, kind of, and just shove it around to make it fit. It's a very very VERY thick batter. More like dough than batter.

t edit I've made the Betty Crocker GF brownies about 6 or 7 times now, so I can tell you it really does fit in a 9 x 13 pan. It just seems weird because the batter isn't like the batter you're used to.

Well, I spread it all out and lowered the heat a tad and reduced the time. I'll keep an eye on it and hope I don't burn it. At worst it will be a brownie/cookie/bar thing. I have dark chocolate icing to spread on it.

I just realized after I put it in the oven that I didn't "grease the bottom" of the pan. It's non-stick so I hope it will be ok.

Thanks for the advice, Steph!

RIP, cricket from the basement.

They haven't thought about any medication for you?

Prilosec. And peppermint. And fiber supplements. Peppermint does help, as does oatmeal in the morning.

Wait. What the actual FUCK? They didn't give you any IBS medication?!? You should be on Bentyl and/or Levbid (sometimes it's called Levsin; I have no idea why). I cannot BELIEVE your doctor didn't prescribe one or both for you.

Please, seriously, go ask for those drugs and don't leave until you have a prescription. They aren't magic, but they help with the spasms and cramping a LOT, which in turn helps with the bloating because the spasms and cramping *cause* some of the bloating.

That is unfuckingbelievable. Those are the only 2 prescription drugs that do ANY good against IBS, and any decent doctor should know that.

Bentyl is the brand name; the generic is dicyclomine. And the other one is brand name Levbid (or Levsin), with a generic name of hyoscyamine.

Oh my god, I am FURIOUS on your behalf. That is BULLSHIT.

I didn't even know there were medications. The internet always wants me to buy herbal remedies and also meditate away brain cancer and stuff.

You mean there's something that reduces the pain?

Um.

I need to go scream.

I was taking something called Hyoscyamine, it's a generic name. It did help with the pain and spasms. But, since I've gone gluten-free I haven't needed to take it.

I am SO sorry, Allyson. I thought I told you about them in my long-ass post of recommendations I made a while back. Bentyl and Levbid aren't magic bullets, they aren't cures by any stretch, but they help with the spasms and cramping a LOT. For some reason Levbid works better for me, or works faster, or something.

Jesus tapdancing Christ. I cannot BELIEVE your doctor didn't put you on an actual IBS medication.

Bentyl, for me, works more as a take-3-times-a-day-every-day-for-a-while drug that got my guts to stop spasming over time. Levbid worked more as a quick(ish) triage kind of drug; it's usually in a formulation that dissolves under the tongue, so the body absorbs it quickly, and it calms down the spasms within 20 minutes or so.

God DAMN.

Hyoscyamine, it's a generic name.

That's the Levbid (or Levsin; again, the multiple names is confusing as shit and I don't know why there's more than one name that's so similar in spelling; it confuses the fuck out of my doctor's office when I call for a refill).

That's the Levbid

I was very happy with it. It worked well until I didn't need it anymore. I still hang on to the last refill, that's a couple of years old, just in case.

But, the gluten-free life is working just as well.