maybe someone can give suggestions

Haven't been on the site for sometime now. But I'm experiencing something that I hope to get some opinions on... I've been in remission for over 1 1/2 years. I sometimes (presently) feel achy in my stomach. It feels like my colon is probaly inflammed or something. I also am very gassy (?). I'm not flared or anything just achy.  Any suggestion?

4 asacol daily

1 vsl#3 pack daily

 

plus the good old....start rectal meds.

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No significant changes in my diet.

I don not eat alot of fats. I do not snack alot. But I have been drinking some cokes and eating some ice cream lately. I could stand to eat more vegetables. My eating habits are not horrible or anything.

Excercise..I used to be an excerise freak. Then came colitis. Then I got pregnant. I had my one and only child at 39 and now I'm 43. Every since she came along I have never gotten back into my excerise. I have a very active job..alot of walking and stair climbing. So there again its something but not enough. Basically I  have yet to make the transformation back to MY life! It's still about her.

I agree with princess...I'd totally give up the coke and any soft drink for that matter, as well as the ice cream...dairy can cause the issues you describe and so can carbonated drinks, and at your age (not saying you're old, heck, I'll be 41 this yr) but carbinated drinks do a number on the old bones well before their time, it's hard on the gut and not to mention all the sugar that is packed into both the coke and ice cream.

Just my 2 cents :)

And it's good that you at least do alot of walking, that's better than nothing at all.

 

:)

Agree that neither sodas nor ice cream are a good idea for IBDers. Dairy's often a problem to digest because of the lactose and/or casein content. Caffeine can irritate the GI tract. Carbonation causes excess gas. And the sugar in both sodas and ice cream encourages the overgrowth of bad gut flora with accompanying gas and bloating.