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Posted 7/18/2012 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
I've been wondering if anyone knows if you are having troubles keeping things in your GI tract for long (ie your going to the bathroom right after you eat!) if drinking protien shakes would allow you to absorb some of the protien better than say solid food? Or would they be the same? Just wondering cause I seem to be having a bit of a flare up right now and really hoping it won't last very long! I'm a exhausted and need something to give me energy, rather than just running to the bathroom right after and seeing it come out :(

Also something off topic, if there are any teenagers on here, or young adults basically anyone haha, I have been realizing lately I'm not the average teenager. I can't stay up all night partying and expect to do anything for the next couple of days because it does take a lot out me! Last night I was stupid and stayed up til 3am with my girlfriends chatting away, then had to wake up at 7:30am and do a 3 hour course (for lifeguarding!) I am really paying for my mistakes, but it just bums me out a bit sometimes when things like this happen cause I remember I'm not like everyone else, and I can't say "yolo" like everyone else, cause yeah you only love once, but for chronically ill people you have to be careful what you do cause it can affect the rest of your week! :$
Sorry for ranting, it's just sometimes hard to deal with. Espically in the summer when all of your friends have no worries whatsoever expcept about not having a boyfriend or whatever. :p
Posted 7/18/2012 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
Drinking liquid supplements should help in fact, but I would choose one with a wide range of vitamins and minerals, not just one which offers protein only (not that I know anything about protein shakes really).

Check the ingredients carefully too. If there's anything there you're intolerant to, it won't matter if it's liquid or solid - it'll still irritate your guts. I was on Elemental 028, an insanely expensive elemental drink which still managed to contain cheap crap like an artificial sweetener and maltodextrin. Anyway, aside from being the worst-tasting liquid passed fit for human consumption, something in the drinks - most likely the artificial sweetener - upset my intestines and gave me gas, etc.

It is a matter of trial and error. But an all-liquid diet for a few weeks is a proven treatment for Crohn's - something like Ensure is good enough, too, as studies have shown. Luckily there's no need for the vile-tasting and difficult-to-obtain elemental drinks.

Good luck. I'm afraid I can't help you with the being a teenager or young adult bit :p
Posted 7/19/2012 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you very much! I do have ensures occasionally, just probably not as often as I should. I will definitely look into that! :)
Posted 7/25/2012 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
I was diagnosed with crohns when I was 18, so I totally understand where you're coming from with the whole young adult thing. I was a stubborn one and refused to let my disease keep me from trying to be normal. Id take immodium before drinking, and still do.... Haha. But trust me, although its frustrating, you're body will always win. I've learned now that I really need to listen to it. Good luck!
Posted 7/25/2012 9:37 AM (GMT 0)
same here if im going out with friends i wld take half a immodium ,my mates know im sick and they get that i may need the toilet.... so its annoying but i got use to it and i wld always have a can of impulse with me or sumthing.was diagnosed at 20 but was sick since i was bout 16.
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