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Posted 1/2/2015 4:55 AM (GMT 0)
I am 67 year old female. Had 4 feet of ilieum taken out 38 years ago and was in remission post-surgery until the last year. Strange thing was that 10 years ago when I started to have solid stools I had upper GI and colonoscopy and had no crohns at all. Started having pain and diarrhea in last period and colonoscopy showed crohns has returned. Waiting on appointment with GI doc and trying the Ensure only diet to see if I get lucky and can avoid nastier meds to get into remission again. I do take lomotil daily to control diarrhea and tylenol for pain.

Lots of questions:
1. Anyone know if I can have tea with sugar, tea without sugar or any other liquids besides water on this plan?
2. Should I avoid all supplements? Can I/should I take probiotics? omega-3s?
3. Since I have a resection, I never understood how I could have formed stools, but that being said, if the pain goes away (for how long?) and I am still having diarrhea (which I had for decades following surgery, treated successfully with Questran, when I was in remission) do I need to go the 6-8 weeks I have read is called for?

Thanks so much.

Wantok
Posted 1/2/2015 10:34 AM (GMT 0)
It's hard to say, as there's always alot of guess work involved in deciding what works for some and not others.

You should certainly be able to have things like tea along with Ensure. You might want to include Gatorade, and avoid sugars.

You should likely continue with the supplements that seemed to have worked for you over the years. They won't interfere with anything.

Not sure about your last question. It sounds like you've been very lucky post surgery in managing your disease. Trying to second guess the human body can be very difficult. It can be very unpredictable.

You might try a low residue diet, along with what you're doing for awhile and see if things calm down. If not, you might have to consider the current medications.
Posted 1/2/2015 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
A good book that would help with the details of undertaking an Ensure only diet is called:
"Beat Crohn's, Getting to Remission With Enteral Nutrition"
by Margaret Oppenheimer. You can find it at Amazon. Good luck!
Posted 1/2/2015 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Big Betty. I am ordering it right now!
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