confused

OK so I have spent 6 months in the hospital this year. Finally my GI Dr. says I have an IBD, chrons & Ulcerative colitis.
When I was admitted to the Hospital, it was ischemic colitis. I lost the ling of my colon it just came out bloody and gross, and I was in a LOT of pain. I had 4 colonoscopy's, an endoscopy, and too many ct scans to count.
I was in bed for so long that I was discharged to a rehab center in order to get enough strength to walk again.
I am confused about a diet that my gut will tolerate and provide nutrition. So far I cannot find the right diet. Everything I eat sets it off. I guess I just do not know where to start. I can eat yogurt..but you can't live on just yogurt.
Help!!!

the most common ones for UC are SCD, GAPS, and paleo. i know there are some people on here, like myself, that keep food diaries so we know what causes symptoms. also, what meds are you on?

i know how it is being too weak to walk. i had that problem last year when i was on prednisone. i basically lived on the first floor of my house for 2 months and my grandma lent me her walker. bathing was very hard since i had to be carried upstairs and then lifted into/out of the tub. i started using a recumbant bike a few times a day which helped with my legs. it's definitely a slow recovery and i hope you can gain your strength back.

Someone started a thread yesterday about meds making their symptoms worse. Later in the thread someone posted a quote from a Wikipedia article for Mesalamine and one of the "uncommon" (as opposed to common or rare) side-effects is "exacerbation of the colitis.

As for UC diets, I think the longer you have UC, the more you realise that it's like shooting in the dark. There are so many reasons behind UC, it's virtually impossible to find a diet that's perfect and anyone who claims to have a miracle cure gets short thrift from pro-UCers! The answer lies in the individual - if someone finds a diet that works - I wish them well but don't rush into following the same thing.

You are coming from a different angle to a UCer that's eating and cutting food out to reduce symptoms. I would advise researching diet as much as possible and contacting a well informed nutritionist.

Good luck, hope things improve for you.

geepers, i have no idea what all those meds are, but like ias said, this sounds a liitle complicated to be fixed by diet -

my normal response, which probably seems a bit ridiculous, is to just eat simply -

proteins and veggies are my main diet, some fruits thrown in for color, and a very few carbs -

good luck -