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Hi All,

I'm new to your site and to forums in general, but feel like this is my only and last resort.

I'm going to be as honest as i can with you guys to help find the best way to move forward with good advice. Many will not like the ways i've dealt with my condition, but hope you have an open mind as to why i've doing certain things.

I have been suffering with bowl problems for as long as i can remember, 12 years ago i was incorrectly told i had chrones which i believed true for many years, now i'm told i have severe IBS. (sister has UC and mum has Chrones)

i.m early thirties and have been keen on sport from a child, played football mostly, but in my later teens got involved in strongman ie. Scotland strongest man competitor ect.(never used performance enhancers)

I still train gym wise with weights ect, but i do feel sore afterwards if i have done any core exercising - stomach)

i'm still at 20 stones in weight, not overly fat, but still carry it well.......this is the dilema!

I'm probably the odd case because i can keep weight on, however this is not easy, i have tried every single diet out there, i've looked out for trigger foods, started diet from scratch and introduced only one food item a day, but nothing works, my intorerelence seems to be any solid food at all! nothing makes me feel good, no food doesn't have a bad reaction.

to keep weight on and self medicate i guess, i use herbal cannibis, two reasons, to allow me to feel like eating and release the pain, however the next day /morning my guts are killing me, toilet after toilet, pains are unbearable, i've never been one to complain, my partner only knows if see walks in and i'm in fetal position on the floor in pain.

I know that from the cannibis i could be tempted to eat more, but the meals are standard to small size, so no over eating involved.

This is really impacting on my life, ive two young kids that i feel i'm nit able to give 100 percent too, because a blow to stomach or genitals leaves on the floor.or going out in public without access to bathrooms. also my career has been suffering, i work in engineering.

I dont want to rattle on too much, but ive heard of liquid diets, but i know that your body needs lots of things to work properly, is there 1 super drink out there i could take daily, then just forget about this horrible things called food forever, as i hate food with such a passion i would love never to eat again.

any help would be great

Have you had a colonscopy? Do you see a GI or just a regular doctor? I don't blame you for not wanting to eat. I wouldn't either if I was in that much pain.

Spud,

Welcome to the forum.

where next :-(

 

I would suggest based on my lack of results with regular meds for UC, the following: diet modification, adding certain probiotics, adding certain supplements, starting a food journal, and LDN - low dose naltrexone.

 

For more info on all these things which has put me into remission, please go to this link: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=1666318 , and look at the 11th post.

 

Let me know how we can help you.

spud- for introducing foods, you may want to wait more like 4 days in between introductions, just because sometimes your body will have a delayed reaction to a food. This helps me :)