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Posted 10/25/2012 12:05 PM (GMT 0)
So, I've been doing bettersince the weekend...gave up my mesalamines (lialda & canasa), been taking cortenemas every night and anucort (hydrocortisone suppositories) every am.

I've added sunbutter and slippery elm too. I've also been keeping a food journal and exercising every day.

I've had little blood for the past 4 days (on tp not in stool)...so, yesterday, I decide (I think stupidly) to have some nuts (almonds and cashews). Boom, a lot of blood with clots this morning and lots of cramping.

I'm supposed to call the GI today with a progress report for the past 10 days, and this bums me out. Could something as simple as nuts do this?? I know, for me, salad and a gin & tonic can, but this?

Any comments or suggestions would be lovely. Thanks! :-)

~Cita
Posted 10/25/2012 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yep sure can. Nuts are to be avoided when flaring. Some people just can't eat them period.
Posted 10/25/2012 12:35 PM (GMT 0)
Agreed with above post.

Have nut butter instead. Nuts are too hard and they scrape the sensitive colon.

I hope you get better soon.
Posted 10/25/2012 1:04 PM (GMT 0)
Yep. I can eat almost anything with no problems but nuts are a definite no no for me. They are hard to digest and that leads to troubles.
Posted 10/25/2012 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
Nuts are not digestible and when you already have a healing gut, they can scrape along the delicate tissue and open the "ulcers" which can cause bleeding.

I always avoided nuts in the past for this very reason. Tho sometimes if I had a craving for them, I would literally chew the heck out of them before swallowing. Now I can't even do that in fear of accidentally swallowing even a tiny chunk because of my diverticular disease.
Posted 10/25/2012 6:17 PM (GMT 0)
Whatever area is friable (fragile), it'll bleed, so you're obviously flaring. It's not the nuts causing the bleeding, but stool with more abrasive contents will have the tissue bleeding more easily.

 But in saying that, even without eating, you'll still bleed and you're still flaring and the tissue is still fragile.

You went off your 5ASA meds....I'd suggest asking the doc for the retention enemas and back on the oral as well.

q

Posted 10/25/2012 6:35 PM (GMT 0)
I always wondered too about how much of this effect is actually due to the nuts and how much is due to the salt on the nuts? Seems like if you have too much salt it would run through the digestive tract like rubbing salt on an open wound. Ouch. I hate to even think of that.
Posted 10/25/2012 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
Cita,
Sorry to hear about that, I know how discouraged you feel. Hang in there. I am surprised you are off of your orals. I was under the understanding orals were for a long period as they keep the inflammation controlled. I am sure you contacted your dr. Keep us posted.
Posted 10/25/2012 10:08 PM (GMT 0)
Q & Prayerful,
I'm off the mesalamines b/c the doc thought we should try that. I've been off for 10 days. When I was first diagnosed, the canasa helpled a lot. I have never thought the Lialda did anything good. Plus, I think the Lialda was giving me side effects (esp. headaches and joint pain)

Q, I what retention enemas? I'm doing cortenemas every night...for about 3 weeks now. I will call the doc tomorrow. Thanks for everyone's posts!

~Cita
Posted 10/26/2012 8:05 AM (GMT 0)
oopsie, missed the part of you being on cortenema nightly for 3 weeks.

Seems it's not enough.  What's the GI's next course of action, and for how long are you to be on the cortenema?
q
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