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Posted 1/14/2010 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
     Before Remicade I couldn't eat crabcakes because twice they threw me into a flare.  That really sort of upset me because I just LOVE crabcakes.  So what made me think that things would be different after Remicade helped me achieve remission?

     On Monday my husband and I went out for dinner.  The restaurant we went to is known for its crabcakes.  I have been feeling wonderful and thought..."oh what the heck, I am in remission, what harm could it do?"  Well, I soon found out.  I had the most delicious crab imperial and am now paying dearly for it...not money wise either.  Tuesday and Wednesday I was fine, but today I ate the leftover (there were two huge crabcakes) crabcake and haven't been off the hopper all afternoon.  It was refrigerated but maybe I waited too long?  I just took a dose of Pepto Bismal, maybe that will help.  No bleeding, but urgency and loose bowels.  nono

Posted 1/14/2010 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
You knew you shouldn't have ate that crab cake, but hey we only live once so what the heck.
Posted 1/14/2010 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I'm kind of leaning towards having waited too long to eat the leftovers and that maybe they'd started to grow something nasty. I mean, it seems you handled it just fine on Monday. And, I rarely eat leftover seafood stuff, and if I do, it's the next day. I'm paranoid about getting sick from it, I suppose!
Posted 1/14/2010 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
Don't beat yourself up. I find that the rules with UC change all the time, and soemthing I couldn't tolerate last month is fine this month (and vice versa.)

My guess is that the leftovers were the issue. And - sometimes some foods cause loose stool for ANYONE - it doesn't mean "flare"!

One pointer I found incredibly helpful to see in print in Tracie Dalessandro's book was that we are much more sensitive to any food even "borderline" going bad - we are more likely to react than others.

I've had instances like yours and have started to beat myself up and have projected a whole big flare, etc, and the next day or so after I've been fine..... so I hope you find, once it's out of your system, that you're better, too!
Posted 1/14/2010 10:28 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes we need to forget that we have UC and eat things we enjoy. I do that too...I can't tolerate spicy foods but I do occasionally eat wings spicy because i love them.
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