Hi jill, thanks so much, I was actually looking to see if there are anh over the counter pain killers to help at all. I've not taken anything yet but was up quite a lot of the night with pain.
I'm trying to create a kind of 'shopping list' for myself to go by but you never know really do you?
For the next few days im going to try with only eating a bit of white bread and white pasta and yogurt just to keep it really plain and easy on my insides.
Hi Sage, sorry you're so poorly, I've been following a low Fodmap diet since January and it's really helped with symptoms. It's a really scientific diet - I had to get a book to understand how to follow it, it's had amazing success with IBS, but also with sufferers of IBD - I was diagnosed with UC last year and although it doesn't always control flare-ups, it's really good for stopping the awful diarrhea and I get a lot less gas too which make the flare-ups that much easier to deal with, and things are just normal when I'm in remission. It's not dissimilar to a low-residue diet, staying away from fibre etc, but it also looks at the structures of different foods and different food groups and our ability to break them down (or not as the case often is). There's a lot to cut out in the beginning but after 6-8 weeks you can start to reintroduce foods one at a time to see what triggers you off - if you can see a dietician they'd be a big help if it's a diet you'd consider.
Hope you find something that helps you soon x
Hi Sage,just a word of caution in case you are unaware, consultants recommend no NSAIDs such as Ibuprofen etc ,apparently it can make our condition worse. The safest seems to be paracetamol but many find it doesn't touch the pain. With my consultants consent I use Co codamol or preferably Solpedeine max but only once or twice a week. Let us know how you get on
Hi all
I am shortly going to have tests as it is likely I now have this problem. I've just been & bought some of the foods suggested in this thread as I was hardly eating because it made me feel so bad. Needless to say I used to love all fruit, wholmeal seedy bread etc & this thread made me realise what I was doing to myself!! The GP just said have a bland diet without any of the help given here.
How is everyone progressing?
Thanks.
I found diet makes no difference. Exercise and nicotine 'not smoking' spary or electric. Two and a half years feeling my life was over. Now 5 months with no sign of my uc. Life changing.
Iv been diagnosed with pancolitis for a year. been though all the sigmoids and colonoscopys about god knows how many times as i was diagnosed with coeliac 11 years ago ! So not only have i to avoid lots of foods and drinks because of pancoltis iv also to avoid gluten......bit of a bummer !
At the moment im on medication from the NHS im currently taking azathioprine and a reducing course of steroids which iv had before and do make sypmtoms better although i know once they reduce it will come back, the azathioprine is helping with the back pains and toilet trips but they dont think enough. im down t about 4-5 trips per day without blood at the moment. basically im on steroids untill around december and then im going for another colonoscopy to check imflammation levels and then they will decide if i need to start the humira injections or not. my symptoms are really bad in a morning once out of bed usually for a few hours and once iv been up and about for a while and been to the loo the back pains usually settle after breakfast and iam usually fine during the day. iv tried avoiding everything food wise and nothing really seem to help overall. but now i dont have any dairy although i generally still eat meat. i was going each month to see a naturopath who helps the bowel naturally using herbs and things and this was helping to a certain degree but i think it wasnt enough and was becoming very expensive each time i went.
anybody else going through this sort of thing ?
David
Hi Joe i wonder if if you could help me with the complan thing I have not tried it yet but am on the border of giving it a go im really struggling with my UC and it seems dont matter what i eat i still have what bad days with rushing to the loo pretty much every hour or hour an half So could you advise please on what Complan to buy and where please.
Thanks T