Foods and meds

Just curious on the general thoughts here...I know everyone is different with this darn disease.

Do meds mask reactions to food?

As I've started having less pain, I've started trying "new" food. So far if its not processed, I've done okay the last two days. Is it the prednisone or will I truly be okay with that food? I tried rice crackers that had some cornmeal in it.....did ok.....a square of dark chocolate......ok........a bite of macaroni. So far no pain. But....if I eat that after the pred taper will I have trouble? Oh ate a pickle too. No worse for wear.

A few days ago, my DH snuck in forbidden oreos, I ate 2, and was in horrible pain all night. Something in the processed food perhaps? don't eat mch of that stuff anyway, except right before this flare when we were having some tough times.

I'm no where near awesome.....my guts are still decidedly uncomfortable and it hurts when I gotta go. I'm just so glad I'm not curled up in misery every second, and eager to get some energy back that my appetite is returning.

Trying to take it slow.....what I really want to try is cheese and raw veggies...lol I'm just wondering if these foods will bite me in the butt when the Prednisone is gone or if i will be ok. I'm impatient and want to know where I stand. : ) I don't want to sit here thinking I can have something and then nope, sorry, it was just the pred.

That's a lot of rambling I realize...I'm tired and hungry haha! Much better spirits though. trying to get some energy to go down to my cold kitchen to make sauerkraut and fermented carrots.

Lol, I know it! I'm just scared to find myself back in horrible pain. I previously had an iron stomach! Very little would bother me. So I am totally now over analyzing everything! In a mildly amused way. Oh, and the oreo thing...we usually avoid mainstream processed food..even on our junk food binges, we buy all natural oreo versions or something, that's all. Then it was a very painful night after I ate it.

Anyway I let myself get all rambly (kinda wired or something right now..) but really just wondering if the meds block reactions to food or if one has nothing to do with the other.

: )

Not yet. I'll be seeing him Monday so I'm making myself a list of things to talk about and questions I need real answers to. The rectal meds are on that list! The suggestion is definitely taken seriously. I know with everything going on I've come off just as spacey and crazy to him as I have on here, so that I'm not quite so upset about everything, I just want to sit down with him and my list and have a face to face chat. I wasn't in the state of mind for that before, just too upset and emotional.

Definitely taking it slow on the foods...wondering how it will all go down. The only foods that upset my tummy in the past were alfredo, sour cream, and red meat lol.

yes. it's most likely the pred letting you eat those foods and once you are off of it, you will be screwed again and have to be very careful of what you eat

UNLESS

your maintenance med works. that way, you can go on to eat the foods you like.

granted, i avoid the foods that i know will give me discomfort whether flaring or not.

is lialda your maintenance med?? if you are still in a lot of pain tapering prednisone, it will most likely be worst once you are off of it because the lialda isn't doing anything for you.

It seemed like I could eat anything I wanted when I was on prednisone. I do think certain meds mask reactions to certain foods.

I still have an issue with spicy foods....I love them, however my insides don't. I'm guaranteed days of pain if I was to indulge.

Katie...I admire your boldness. You're alright!!!

Enjoy it while you can!! Hehe. But once you start major tapering id suggest food journal, for sure.

and thanks e_dawn. :)

Mmmm goulash! Where you from that you eat "goulash"??

I can eat everything I used to be able to eat prior to UC. I'm not about to stop my maintenance meds, though, to figure out if any foods bother me. Sure, some stuff gives me gas, but I'm ok with a bit of gas every now and then to eat something I like.

gary, I think you misunderstood me, or maybe I wasn't clear. I don't think my smelly farts after eating Brussles sprouts has anything to do with my UC -- maybe it's because I'm in such a stable remission. And if I get a bit of loose poop after eating too much fresh fruit and veggies in the summer...well, that's a normal thing too, and not a UC thing.

embersglow...my post was to the point and legit...regardless of your perspective on if you think it snarky.

Seems you're loving the back-patting support....try not to get too cocky or too comfortable and let it go to your head.
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lol

...okay, Quincy.