Epic fail.

Drinking all my food did not work. In fact I got worse. A LOT worse. I don't think it's the delivery method. I think something I'm eating is causing the issue. I was putting things in my blends I normally wouldn't bother to eat, like spinach. Spinach probably didn't help, but I thought if it were blended it wouldn't hurt me. I'm going to ask about allergy testing. I did react to something one day but I'm not sure what. Oh and I'm never eating lentils again. EVER.

I'm calling my doctor today even though I have an appointment on Friday. And in the meantime I've sworn off all food and I'm drinking my daughters elemental formula.

Spinach gives my dad diarrhea. I'd be hard pressed to call it an allergy, but clearly his reaction to it is unpleasant and he doesn't eat it.  I don't think this is that unusual, even among healthy people.  Shauna_m, I hope the elemental formula works.  Do you have enough to feed both you and your daughter?

I think the reason elemental formulas are preferred for TPN is to give the bowel a true rest.  I hope that you get some significant relief and are able to reintroduce whole foods (even if they're blended) without too many problems.  You should probably approach that process with a scientific mindset and only introduce new foods one at a time, giving yourself a couple of days to assess for bad reactions.

My daughter is tolerating real blended food now, so her formula is going unused, thank goodness. She has a workhorse GI system lately. If I decide to do the fecal transplant, I'm taking her poo. Lol

Hi,

Sorry to hear things aren't going well with blending your food. I read your earlier posts when you were getting started and thought it sounded like a great idea.

You might want to check out the book:
IBD Healing Plan and Recipe book by Christie A. Korth.

She is a dietician who has Crohn's. The book explains elimination diets and has a lot of information on allergy testing and how to get it done.

Another good book that talks about dietary changes is:
Inflamatory Bowel Disease
The Essential Guide to Controlling Crohn's Disease, Colitis and other IBD's.
By Professor John Hunter

This doctor had a lot of success getting his patients into remission with diet alone. However, most success was with people with Crohn's, not as much success with people that have UC. He has specifics on what you can and cannot eat in his book.

Hope this helps!