Would symptoms at 8pm be from lunch or dinner?

Hi,

I started having some issues tonight around 8pm (cramps, pressure, urgency, blood, mucus). Would this be from my lunch or my dinner? Assuming it was a food related issue that triggered it? I am trying to monitor what i eat with a food log to see what doesn't agree with me, but need a rough timeline to follow...

Thanks so much

When I'm flaring, I usually get bad symptoms right away (within 15 mins of eating). But then again, most foods irritate my tummy when flaring. I always think it's the food(s) I eat right before the suffering. So in your case, I would think it was the dinner if you had no bad symptoms after lunch...

I'm in agreement with the longer time frame. I have been doing really well lately and just yesterday had a bad morning. Since my morning food/supplements were all the same I looked back to the day before to see what was new and it had to be the coconut water I tried for the first time. My bad.

The hardest time is when I was so sick I couldn't tell WHAT was bad for my colon and could only eat chicken, chicken or beef broth (homemade) and eggs without severe D. It took me a looong time to figure out what was disagreeing with my digestive system because previous to UC I had no food problems at all. I was in denial about food causing problems and then I was in denial that so MANY different foods caused me problems.

It has been one of the most difficult puzzles I've ever had to solve. I wish you luck trying to figure yours out. It is worth it.

Good for you for trying to isolate which foods do not agree with you. If there is one thing the newbies on this forum can learn from the veterans it's that what you eat can play a significant role in how you feel. This is something that the doctors do not emphasize enough when first diagnosed.