Liquid diet

Sorry for another thread so soon, it'll be the last one for a while...

So I need to stop eating solid food, even low fiber food. It's destroying me at the other end right now. My partner is very concerned because all that can be heard from the bathroom are screams.

Can anyone point me to some recipe websites, books, or resources that talk about this?

Things I DON'T want:
- bone broth recipes
- juicing recipes (can't handle raw juice of any kind, even veggies)
- complex vitamin/mineral drinks like Boost or Ensure
- nothing with dairy (so no whey powders)
- diet recommendations like GAPS, SCD, low FODMAP... I've tried them all

Just want liquid diet suggestions. I wish I could just do TPN but my doctor says no.

I just need some gentle home made stuff to get me through. I'm probably looking at the broth angle. I used to make fruit smoothies in my first flare but now it seems my gut can't handle any fruit sugars at all.

Solid food is so tempting because it cuts down on transit time but once it reaches my sigmoid colon the screaming and gripping starts. I don't want to make my bowel rupture.

I would outright fast but my body weight is dropping rapidly already.

Any advice someone could give would be most appreciated.

Banana and peanut butter (or other nut butter of your choice) smoothie with non-dairy milk. If you can tolerate it I'd add in a flavourless oil for the calories too - you need them.

Edit: Do steroids help? For me, steroids made almost everything like normal again, even when I was at my sickest. But only while I was on a high dose. They also didn't heal my colon in the slightest, as I found out after my surgery. But they did mean I could eat comfortably without pain up until the day of my surgery.

notsosicklygirl said...
Are you looking for this type of thing:
/medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000206.htm

Kind of what they would give you in the hospital if you were on a liquid diet?

I didn't eat at all when my UC was bad. I know it's stupid, but I would pay so dearly on the toilet, it wasn't worth it to put anything in my mouth. I did drink liquids of course, mostly water. Then every few days I would have to give in and eat something, suffer the repercussions, and start the cycle over. It is no way to live for any extended period, but i knew I was headed to surgery and I needed to survive the days until my surgery date.

OMG. I never felt anything like that. That's too extreme. Did it start mild for you and then became this monster? How many times do you go to the toilet each day, after surgery?

Potatoes? Either mashed and thinned or as soup?

notsosicklygirl said...

marcell said...

notsosicklygirl said...
Are you looking for this type of thing:
/medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000206.htm

Kind of what they would give you in the hospital if you were on a liquid diet?

I didn't eat at all when my UC was bad. I know it's stupid, but I would pay so dearly on the toilet, it wasn't worth it to put anything in my mouth. I did drink liquids of course, mostly water. Then every few days I would have to give in and eat something, suffer the repercussions, and start the cycle over. It is no way to live for any extended period, but i knew I was headed to surgery and I needed to survive the days until my surgery date.

OMG. I never felt anything like that. That's too extreme. Did it start mild for you and then became this monster? How many times do you go to the toilet each day, after surgery?

It started off mild, and i was able to get into some remissions that lasted a year or two, but each time, it seemed like it was harder and harder to treat. At the end, prednisone was the only thing that helped. I don't keep count much since surgery, but i am sure I go 6x - sometimes more, sometimes less. I usually empty when I am in there peeing.

How's life quality? My GI told it gets way worse. That true? And as a result of not having a colon, do you have problems with low vitamins or bone ensity? So in some people colitis gets worse and worse, while in some other people, it gets better or gets in remission for a lifetime?

Chiron said...
Sorry could you guys please take the surgery Q&A to a new thread? I really just want to know about liquid diet. No offense.

No problem.

I have not, but I am very interested to hear how it works out for you. Have you tried it yet? Is it gross? I hate gelatin, can't stomach it at all.

notsosicklygirl I hate gelatin too... the texture is gross, it makes me gag, but it's pure protein and such an easy source.

suchatravesty I have injectable vitamins of different kinds my doctor gave me that I can do myself, and others I have to go to her to get injected. That's how I am making ends meet. I think though that the vitamins in supplements are not as good as what we get from food... like I don't feel as healthy just from supplements.

I don't see I have much choice right now. Fat goes right through me and carbs turn to putrid, reeking stool with more blood. Protein seems the safest.

Bone broth is a pain in the butt to make at home. But it has REALLY good GI benefits. If you go to your local health food store (Wholefoods or Sprouts) you can buy cartons of it. Much easier to manage.

Also, I kind of prefer it over regular broth (the texture makes you feel like you're actually doing more than just drinking liquid).