bleck, and I thought I was done with this flare thingy

Hey, I posted the other day...still waiting on confirmation of diagnosis (i.e., colonoscopy)...and, I thought I was done for a while with the pooping and all. Boy, was I wrong!

I guess cheese is out for me because every time I eat it (usually at night) the next day I am going 10-20 times. It is not unusual for me to go several times a day, but on days like this I can't even leave the house! Terrible urgency, rectal pain, cramps, and "fluffy" kind of diarrhea. Looks like it is back to fasting and bland foods for a while. Dairy, in general, doesn't seem to have this effect on me as much...maybe it is the fat in the cheese? I don't know, I am still figuring it all out.

And, I am terribly cold today. I can't seem to shake the chills

Sometimes it seems like I have a reaction to something I eat within minutes, sometimes it is delayed like this (overnight). Is that the way it is for others?

Post Edited (Zen Mom) : 10/7/2010 12:39:43 PM (GMT-6)

Zen Mom
Yes it's hard to figure which food or drink caused a reaction. As you said some are immediate and others...later.
The only way (and it took many months) I can tell is to get to a point where everything I'm eating is good for me and then introduce each new food separately. Called an elimination diet.

Everyone has different triggers and "safe" foods. The sneaky ones are the ones you think are safe and it turns out they're not. For me I thought bread was safe, I couldn't see any reaction like D at all. But when I went gluten-free my bleeding stopped. That was a biggie because bleeding is a sign of severe inflammation. Not everyone has it and it didn't bother me as much as the urgency and D but once the bleeding stopped I was able to start healing my colon.

Good luck on your food detective work. It's hard but it's worth it.