i am never eating corn on a cob ever again

corn on the cob is rough....gives you the "machine gun" effect.

Just a question for my own self to learn from. Only if you don't mind me asking. Did you put any butter or margarine on the corn.

     Boy, can I ever sympathize with you!!!  Being a "Jersey Girl" corn on the cob was a staple in our home.  Ever since being diagnosed with UC in 1998 AND with diverticulosis last year's colonoscopy, eating corn would be like signing my death warrant..lol.

Same thing happens to me when I eat popcorn. My digestive system can't process it and facilitates defense mechanisms against it like mucus and watery diarrhea. Think about, and understand the science behind this!!

I'll have ONE ear, in the late summer when it's just too good to resist from the farm stands. But I limit it to just the one small ear, no more than twice a week.

Corn shouldn't have you going 20 times unless there's something else going on.

Were you still using the enemas nightly?

What other symptoms were you possibly having for the past week that "might" have you suspect you were flaring?

I have no issues with corn except I might have a looser stool with corn in it. It's got lots of soluble and insoluble fibre....so it being "digested" as in completely beyond recognition probably would never happen. One should probably expect to see it in the toilet in some form. But, whole corn kernels only means it's not being chewed very well.

I have either 2 or 3 cobs usually...maybe twice in the summer, but it is a feast when I do. I would expect there to be some difference in one's stool depending on how much one ate with it and throughout the day...but that doesn't mean flaring unless one is...again, another issue.

The bleeding....could be from a fissure or raw bottom...unless you saw blood at the first bm...which can mistakenly seem it's from the corn.

my thoughts on other possibilities.

quincy

Peas went right through me when I was flaring, too! Talk about funny, to look in the toiled and see peas floating in there. I'm sure it was just the outer skin, though. The corn kernel "skin" has always gone through me whole, too. I think it does on just about everyone. It's one of those things the human digestive system just can't break up. I can handle popcorn, too. I didn't eat it while I was flaring, but I've had some since I've been in remission with no trouble.

Judilyn said...
Interestingly, I had difficulty eating green peas when I was in flare. They just tore me up, but I could always eat corn in moderation.

Wow. I believe that really does happen to you, but I can't imagine what it is like to eat something and have it tear you up. I really feel lucky that I can still eat corn on the cob, popcorn, peas...