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Lab,

I have issues whenever I try to add more vegetables or grains to my diet. I have to cook my veges for at least a half hour to an hour---depends on if I am cooking fresh, canned or frozen. Oatmeal....I try to stay away from. I use grits instead.

I think that I would try cutting back on the grains, experiment with if the veges need to be cooked and for how long. Finally...when was your last trough/antibody test? Maybe it is time to have it checked if possible.

Hope you figure it out and feel better soon!

Clo

Sorry Lab for this. I too have a GERD and gastritis flare up but I have long-standing GERD. My GI told me that my current flare up has been expected in the course of my treatment.

Why would pasta mess things up? Eat everything plain w/o any sauces. At the time being, eat baked or boiled potatoes w/o skin, tuna w/o oil, no spices, marination or flavors. Decrease dairy intake.Banana and toast are gentle on stomach, too.

What meds are you on? When I saw my GI two weeks ago, he increased some stomach and GERD meds x3 instead of once per day.

Lab,

Sorry for delay. I tried shake n bake and have been sick since! I guess it is back to plain bread crumbs.

I eat a lot of summer squash and zuchinni. I do not peal them. Just wash, slice thin, and grill with a little butter and salt. I grill til they are mushy. I eat them at least every other day. Carrots and green beans cooked for a long time are my next veges. I eat iceberg lettuce with carrots.(finely shredded) and tomatoes (peeled and small amounts) for a salad once or twice a week. I eat zuchinni omelets with a little salt pork. ( rinsed soaked and grilled) Bacon messes with me but for some reason I can eat salt pork. If I eat cheeses...they are usually aged and hard cheeses...and I just eat a little.

On your supplements....I had to cut down on my turmeric and omega3... I was taking two doses daily but after two weeks I did not feel well after taking them.. Together they caused acid reflex after the second daily dose. We actually cut them out all together for a week then started the turmeric for a few weeks then added the omega3...we are trying to gradually increase the amounts. We will probably start playing with the timing next. The omega and turmeric are taken to help with my joints...and yes it does help. My GI and rhummy are trying to keep me off the plaquenil as some patients have developed more food intolerances while on it....but we will go there if we need to.

Oh and they told me to eat cashews for nuts. Soft nuts. Avoid the hardnuts and to chew 50 times...(but that's probably because of the colostomy??)

This is all so surreal. One day you can tolerate something and the next you can't.

I hope you find something that helps.

Clo