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Posted 4/2/2012 2:49 AM (GMT 0)
Usually I'm anti-diet because I love my food but I just can't stand it anymore!

  I think it was friday night that I kept waking up & throwing up and I would get a tightness above my belly button & then I'd here a lot of squishing & then I'd get a huge stabbing pain and then the pressure gets relieved. Well that pain has been happening non stop & I'm thinking partial blockage maybe? Even the liquid diet isn't helping this time confused

I'm on the toilet right now with horriable 'D' & cramps. I'm ususally constipated so this is different. I don't see what in my liquid diet could make me still feel bad? I've been drinking gatorade, milkshakes(with lactate), well blended yogurt smoothies, tomato soup etc.

  I'm just going to have to tell my GI when I get scoped next monday that if he doesn't see anything I want a SBFT to see what's up. Any diet ideas for the time being? Should I get off the liquids? I'm tapering off prednisone so I'm trying to tell myself that part of the pain is from that. I got my last Humira shot saturday morning.

Posted 4/2/2012 11:08 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry you're having it so rough right now. That does sound like a partial blockage or stricture. What is passing through is building up and then going through the narrowed area. I would definitely bring up the SBFT or a CT enterography just to get a look at the small bowel.

I don't have any advice on diet. Prior to my stricture surgery I lived on Boost drinks (yuk). Hope you get some answers soon.
Posted 4/2/2012 1:26 PM (GMT 0)
That does sound like blockage pain and a rather bad one at that. If I were you, I'd switch to clear fluids for a couple of days and see if that resolves it. When I was put onto a low residue diet, I was told not to have more than 3 portions of dairy a day, as the more dairy you have, the less low-residue it becomes, apparently. That included milk, yoghurt and cheese.

Good luck; hope it resolves soon for you. I've been there and it's not fun :-/
Posted 4/2/2012 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Ya'll! I'll ask my GI about the CT & SBFT. I'll also limit my dairy & look at more low residue stuff! I had to go home early because I kept getting non stop cramping and pain that went through my back after drinking water. What are the nonsurgical options for a partial blockage to be "fixed" if their are any? I'm not anti surgery in any way I just have a lot of things coming up like semester exams & family trips. I already got the evil eye when I asked my school counselor about what classes I had to take for medical school that I could get out of the way. Apparently a Crohnie doctor isn't ideal.... smilewinkgrin
Posted 4/2/2012 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
Hi there!!

Have you ever heard of a double balloon enterscopy (might be called endoscopy I can't remember for sure), I had this procedure done, you can look it up on line to get more info. its definitly worth a shot I think if it can hold of surgery a bit longer!!  Let me know if you want more info. about my procedure. 

Posted 4/2/2012 7:25 PM (GMT 0)
I've heard of it before but I'm not quite sure about what it exactly does. I'd love to learn ANYTHING about Crohn's Disease so I'll email you if its on your page & if it isn't, my email is on my page!
Posted 4/3/2012 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
keepingfaith ,

Sorry you're having such a rough time.

I think a liquid diet is a good idea for bowel rest, however IMO the types of liquids you are having are not the right ones. If I were having them, I  would have major problems too.

I would suggest you stay away from gatorade, tomato soup, dairy, yogurt (which is dairy), and any fruit smoothies too. Alot of these things are loaded with HFCS, and between the dairy, lactose, and casein those could certainly be problematic as well.

When I go on liquid diet, it is a high protein liquid diet, consisting of a very high quality whey protein (from grass-fed cows, no hormones, and no antibiotics) shakes made with almond milk (you can see from my sig), and I'll have 4-5 a day. And also drink lots of water.

Then long term, after you've given your bowels some rest for a few days, you can go back to some foods but still IMO stay away from gluten, dairy, and wheat.

What do you think?

I hope you feel better soon.

Posted 4/3/2012 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
Doesn't matter how high quality the drinks are, if you're obstructing... The goal is to clear the obstruction, or at least not make it any worse. This is most likely to be achieved by sticking to a clear liquids diet, eg broths, water, squash, thin fruit juices such as apple or cranberry juice, lemonade, tea and coffee (ideally without milk, but a little bit won't do any harm, imo). If that doesn't clear the obstruction within a couple of days, or the pain is unbearable, then the person should go to ER ASAP.

@keepingfaith - Don't worry about surgery; it's rarely necessary for obstructions in Crohn's patients. If you have to be admitted to hospital, chances are you will be given iv fluids, painkillers and possibly a nasogastric tube to bring up air and fluids, and that will be that. You would only be given surgery if non-surgical treatments failed to resolve the obstruction. That's not very likely, though.

Good luck. I hope you won't need to go to hospital, but don't try to tough it out by yourself if things get any worse. I'm not sure if you shouldn't go to hospital already, to be honest.
Posted 4/3/2012 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
I checked some of the labels & I'll try to get rid of the ones with HFCS. Most of the stuff is natural/home made(my mom got on a health kick last shopping trip). The gatorade said it had no HFCS but the yogurt smoothies did so I'll back off of them. I'll try to up my protein more. I've been drinking almond milk & using it for the shakes. I'm going to back off some of the sugary stuff. It doesn't make me flare or anything but it does give me nausea so that's a good idea. Thank you! I'll try introducing some bland foods tomorrow that are more natural. It can't hurt! I'll check the labels on my food for things like wheat & see if that helps!
Posted 4/3/2012 8:55 PM (GMT 0)
drink ginger tea and ginger drink its very tasty helps with inflammation and pain you can get it inon amazon look for instant crystal honey ginger tea comes in 40 bags GT beand www.midoritea.com also gold kili brand
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