NEW AND CONSTIPATED, DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO

Hi, I'm so sorry for your pain!

"The diet"..... there isno one diet. Food doesn't affect my UCm, except that some foods hurt when I'm flaring....... when flaring, for example, I couldn't tolerate Subway because of the raw veggies.
When flaring I eat soft, non-scratchy foods.... fish, chicken, tender lean beef, well-cooked veggies, pastas....
I also couldn't tolerate bran. There might be a gentler way to get fiber to help the constipation... Benefiber? Metamucil?

Others here have found that things like the Specific Carbohydrate Diet have helped them a lot.

Have you tried probiotics? They might help you, especially while you're on the Cipro and Flagyl.

I'm glad you found us! We all understand.

The best thing might be to keep a food diary and see how specific foods affect you.

For C keep drinking lots and lots of water. For whatever reason I know that I need more water than a normal person and it really helps relieve C. Doesn't happen immediately but it works. After you get over this continue drinking more water daily.
I am active, live in a warm climate and drink almost a gallon a day.

For a really difficult case you could also take some Miralax, it's gentler than ExLax and safer.

Probiotics do not hurt the antibiotics working, they help your colon re-populate the good biotics. Yes you should take them but find one that your gut likes, they aren't all the same and different types are tolerated by different people.

Diet is very individual. You will have to be the one to find out what foods your colon likes/dislikes. Bread and cheese would cause me C whereas fruit and yogurt causes me D. I found out by keeping a food diary.

Sorry there are no specific answers, this is not a one-size-fits-all disease.