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Posted 5/31/2013 2:41 PM (GMT 0)
What is the result? Do you know it was a bad idea b/c of abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, etc. or does it ever present itself with body aches and pain?

I've been doing much better -got off of the Apriso b/c it was making me terribly sick, did 1 week of Canasa which went well and now I'm in the middle of 2 weeks of Rowasa (half doses per day). I don't think it's the medication that's making me sick this time. I've been eating relatively normally, just smaller amounts. I'm trying things 1 at a time and seeing how that goes.

I ate pasta last night. Not  a HUGE portion - definitely smaller than I would have eaten before all this but it was probably a bit more than I should have (darn it I was hungry and it was good!). This morning I'm just aching all over. Kind of like that flu ache where your whole body hurts. No stomach discomfort though, no diarrhea, no vomiting, no headache. Just aching and fatigued.

Posted 5/31/2013 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
When I eat veggies and some fruits, they end up undigested in my stool. I also tend to have BMs that are more frequent and less formed, compared to when I don't eat those foods (while flaring).
Posted 5/31/2013 2:48 PM (GMT 0)
I think yoghurt sets mine off. The doctor I am seeing thinks it's a coincidence, but I've noticed that everytime I eat yoghurt, about one day after, I will have a lot of blood in my stool and I will have to go to the bathroom maybe once more a day. It's uncanny, every single time, yet I still convince myself that "nah, doctor's probably right about the coincidence thing". I'm going with my guy this time (literally), and not eating it anymore...

So for me: maybe one more BM and lots of blood. I think different foods set you off in different ways, though.
Posted 5/31/2013 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
For me, not a lot of things seem to aggravate my colitis. For example, yesterday i ate chicken wings from pizza hut and today i am just fine. However 2 days ago, I ate sunflower seeds and in the morning I had a whole bunch of blood in my stool with mucus and cramping in my lower abdomen. Sometimes when i eat certain foods my stomach does rumble but not for a long period of time. If you're not seeing blood and as long as it doesn't aggravate your colon you should be ok. You could be feeling fatigued due to the meds you're taking, i remember i always felt fatigued on mesalmine but not to the point where it would cause me to worry about it. here are all the side effects of mesalamine.http://www.drugs.com/sfx/mesalamine-side-effects.html
I know you think its probably not the medicine causing you this discomfort but i'm not a doctor so i can't really tell you, but this is just from experience. Every type of medicine has some sort of side effect.
Posted 5/31/2013 2:54 PM (GMT 0)
colitis91895 - the oral Mesalamine (Apriso) definitely made me incredibly sick. I was feeling like I am now but 1000 times worse and had additional effects. My doctor took me off of the oral and I did 1 week of the Canasa (suppository Mesalamine) and now I'm on 2 weeks of Rowasa (enema Mesalamine). I've seemed to feel fine on those 2 methods of administration. It could be a side effect of being on it for a solid 2 and a half weeks now but I've been okay all the way through this point. It's all such a pain to try to figure out.
Posted 5/31/2013 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
My 2 cents on this is that there is still inflammation in your colon lining and pasta or any solid food matter (with bulk) passing through the irritated section will give you an unsettling feeling across the entire area which may translate to an overall discomfort depending on the extent of irritation.

Taking physillum husk right after your meal may help the solid matter pass with less friction perhaps?
Posted 5/31/2013 3:00 PM (GMT 0)
Keep a food journal and see what affects your gut.
Mine gets gassy from milk products and then diarrhea (D).
Wheat/gluten causes blood in my BM's, so does too much insoluble fiber like nuts.
Insoluble fiber also causes constipation (C) for me.
Many things can cause urgency, chocolate for example or too much caffeine which overstimulates my gut.

Your aches and pains can be caused by inflammation in joints and there are many foods that can cause that, notably wheat products. Pay attention to what your body is saying. I had very few symptoms I could trace to wheat (such as pasta and bread), no D for example, no pains. My gut got very quiet which I thought was good but it wasn't (for me), it stopped moving and then later blood. After I quit eating wheat products my gut started getting better. (There were many additional foods I had to quit but wheat and dairy were 2 of the biggies).
Posted 5/31/2013 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
hurtbyuc has a good point, which is that any fecal matter will irritate your colon if your colon tissue is in rough shape. One way to reduce the amount of fecal matter is to eat a low residue diet (some low residue foods are white rice and eggs). Basically, food that is almost entirely broken down and absorbed, with as little waste (aka poop) as possible.
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