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Posted 1/19/2012 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
My GI put me on a liquid diet for a few days(probably until I get my stomach emptying test done) because my Crohn's has gotten crazy. I forced myself to eat some yesterday(milkshake & 2 chicken fingers) despite still burping up dinner from the previous night and having a huge, distended stomach and all heck broke loose. I was in a fetal position, in my bed, with narcotics in hand(I rarely use them. I hate the side affects) calling my GI in the middle of the night crying. Haven't had that much pain in SO long. Being constipated for days doesn't help either! I guess he thinks I have gastroparesis or am partially obstructed(as do I).

  

    Those on a liquid diet/have been on a liquid diet (or just know some good ideas) what are some tastey, stomach friendly foods I can eat or cook?

Sorry for posting so much. I don't know many Crohnie's at all and the ones I do know are either deathly ill right now or are mild cases rolleyes

Posted 1/20/2012 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
If it's a clear liquid diet that he suggested, then all you can really have is chicken broth and clear juice. If you can go on whatever liquids then you could try v8, all kinds of soup (without veggies or meat of course) popscicles, juice, soda, hard candy in between liquid, and Ensure.. Ensure is great because it can kinda fill you up and gives a lot of nutrition. You can also make smoothies if you have a blender and some fruit and milk.
Posted 1/20/2012 4:57 AM (GMT 0)
It's not a clear liquid diet. Just a liquid diet to try to give my intestines a rest. I think I have about 30 Ensure Enlive! juice boxes in my pantry. They are disgusting so I think I'll let them sit there ;) I'll see if I can do the smoothies tomorrow! Sounds like a good idea. I have V8 juice also but it makes my condition worse :/ Thanks for the suggestions!
Posted 1/20/2012 7:14 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah, the Ensure type drinks are good. I am lactose intolerant, so my diet is supposed to be milk free. There for! I use Glucerna hunger control. It is made with milk protein, and I don't seem to have issues from it. Also, broths are good. Try to stick with a vegetable broth (unless onions are an issue like they are for me) because it has less fat than the chicken broths. I think I was allowed pudding and yogurt in the hospital on my liquid diet. Oh! Jello! mmmmmm. :) Hope this helps! Good luck! Keep us updated. I am new to the site, but I am finding people here friendly and helpful!
Posted 1/20/2012 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
I've never tried the Ensure juice boxes. I think the Ensure nutritional drinks are what others are referring to. They're 250 calories per 8oz bottle and come in the standard "milkshake" flavors, though I believe they are lactose free.

I've only had a strict full liquid diet a few times while recovering from surgery or prepping for an exam. In those cases, I wouldn't blend solids in a blender to drink. Perhaps I would try it if I weren't being held to a strict scope prep or something.

Since I'm not lactose intolerant, things I've eaten on full liquid include yogurt (w/o fruit), pudding, and ice cream (with hersey's chocolate syrup, YUM!) The cream soups (w/o vegatable or meat chunks) are also good. Plus any of the clear liquid items like jello.
Posted 1/20/2012 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Keepingfaith,
I just got out of the hospital. I have c. difficile bacterial infection and also found out I have gastroparesis. We were attributing all of my symptoms to my Crohn's flare. Like you, I was having no appetite and nauseated all of the time. I was trying Boost and protein drinks and they were only making me feel sicker. I do ok with fruit smoothies. My favorite way to make them is with yogurt, cranberry juice and frozen fruit and banana. I also do well with pureed soups, and jello, sorbet, etc. I gave up on trying to keep my calories and nutrition up because I was just too sick to care. Have your stool tested if you haven't already. I didn't have a bunch of D....I tend toward constipation, so we missed my infection, probably for months.
Posted 1/20/2012 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
@Gumby: I feel ya! I'm not caring about my nutrition at the moment. Last thing on my mind is making sure I'm getting all my vitamins & minerals. Like you, I'm just trying to get by. Nutrition later! I can't do the regular ensure(never tried boost, I might go to the store and get it) because they make me nauseated a blow up like a balloon. My GI is thinking gastroparesis too. If this test shows nothing I'm deffinately ging to beg for a stool test! I don't want to go untreated with C. Diff! The fruit smoothies and broth ideas are sounding good! I'm craving some flavor. Thanks for all the support you've given me and I hope you hit remission asap as well as feel better post-hospital stay!

@clonehead: I can't tolerate regular ensure's. They make me sick every time & the ones I find aren't lactose-free(hence why I was told to do the juice boxes). I could take a lactate pill or whatever with the ensure..That might help with stomach upset! Ice cream though hardly upsets me. Even w/out the lactate pills. I didn't know pudding counted as liquid but now that I think about it; it is! I'll have to eat that tomorrow. Thanks! :)

@Willetta: Welcome :D !! I'm pretty new here too and everyone seems really friendly, supportive and helpful! I'll have to do the veggie broth because high-fat things tend to make me feel like I'm on my death bed ;) Thank you for the help!
Posted 1/23/2012 5:36 AM (GMT 0)
I agree that Ensure is nasty but its really good for you. I have an 8 in stricture that goes to the size of a drinking straw.. trying to postpone surgery. Take the ensure juice boxes and blend them with a fruit smoothy.. I found that if I added them to something else they were easier to get down. In order to heal our bodies need nutrition so please consider forcing it down. But I totally get not wanting to eat and the feeling of not caring.. and I am not the best at drinking my calories myself.. currently a size 4 ( but baggy and heading to a 2) and I am 5'8. With the stricture I live on soft foods and liquids.. things that will pass through the stricture without blocking it..
Posted 1/23/2012 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
Juicing usually works for me. Take a bunch of veggies, fruit, and almond milk or whatever and throw it all into a blender. It's healthy and normally sits well with my stomach. Plus, I can come up with many different combinations of juices to keep things interesting.

Last time I was on a liquid diet I drank Ensure and gained a ton of weight from it. Plus, it tasted like chalk...bleh.
Posted 1/23/2012 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Fortisips form the basis of my liquid diets, but I dunno if you can get them outside the UK... They're also prescription only, so you can't just buy them. Anyway, they're like Ensure really, except I think they pack more calories into a smaller bottle (300 calories per 125ml bottle). Also, they're lactose-free, if lactose is a problem.

On top of that, I just eat mainly smooth soups. I should try fruit smoothies for extra nutrition, but the Fortisips are so sweet I usually end up craving something savoury as a change.
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