I live like you do. What works for me, works for me. It may not work for you. Live,and let live!
Pain is no fun.
That pain was just unbelievable. The doctors might still be trying to figure it out if I hadn't insisted on an xray the last time I went to the ER for the pain. I had xrays before that but never while I was having the symptoms. Turns out it would only show up on an xray while the symptoms were going on. They ended up removing about a foot of my small intestine. I don't get quite as much mileage out a meal now.