Please help

My name is Sandy and about 4 years ago I got really sick and spent 5 weeks in the hospital.  I had C-diff (from being on antibiotics for months), At that time they thought I had UC, severe gurd, Pancrititus and my galbladder was bad and had to be removed.  After my hospital stay they decided that I didn't have UC becaues after repeating my colon-oscapy everything looked great. But they left me on Asocal.  Everytime I try to go off it I get really bad pain, gas and diareah. 

My question is that since I was so ill I haven't been able to eat whole grains, lagoons, veggitabls and very few fruits.  These things cause me to bleed and have sever pain for weeks at a time.  Does this sound familar to anyone?  If so is there anything I can do that help me be able to eat these foods again?

Also, I'm wondering if anyone else is taking Asocal?

Thank you for your time,

Sandy

whole grains, legumes, vegetables and many fruits can typically be hard on most IBDers, but generally once you're able to get your flare under better control you may very well be able to enjoy them all again.

:)

Asacol is a maintenance drug, not something you are supposed to try and stop taking. Sounds like you need to ask more questions about your diagnosis, I agree. Asacol is designed to only dissolve once it reaches the ph level of your colon, so if you have trouble without it, you have colon trouble.

BTW, my colon shows evidence of flares even when I'm doing OK, with lots of scar tissue. Ick.

I have to be careful about high fiber, so there are many foods like those you mention I should never eat. When I do, I pay with varying degrees of discomfort.