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Posted 7/22/2020 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Guys,

I am still in this extremely difficult to treat ulcerative proctitis flare from February... The meds that worked in my last flare for me didnt work this time ( steroid enemas-Betnesol & Mezavant). I am resistant to 5-ASAa this time around sadly ( suppositories & enemas), they just give me diarrhea/increased mucous.

As time has gone on struggling with trial and error of meds, I am now finding I can't eat anything other then bananas, apple sauce, chicken, carrots, onions broccoli and smooth peanut butter...eating these items I have formed perfect stools ( still mucous and blood). When I eat/add in anything else in it seems I get super loose fluffy disintegrating stools, diarrhea, increase in BMs ( from 1-3 up to 3-10) and some blood in the mucous.

Is this normal? To be so limited in what one can eat to have formed stools?

I have never had issues with food previously ( I have always been on SCD diet) I understand all flares are different, but it so odd since I could tolerate other foods earlier on in this same flare and now I can't eat much...

Anyone else struggle with this? thoughts?

Thanks
Posted 7/24/2020 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
When I was ill I had the same reaction. Food/diet didn’t make me better by any means but so many foods made the cramping and diarrhea worse.

The problem is your raw colon. So much inflammation already just from the disease! Just like when you have a sore on your skin, touching it hurts. That’s what food passing through your colon does. so while you’re inflamed stay away from raw veggies, acidic fruits, cruciferous veggies even cooked (broccoli tore me up and I still don’t eat it to this day and it was once my favorite veggie!), beans. I also dropped dairy except for yogurt. Mainly stick to bland foods. Homemade bone broth can be drank throughout the day Peanut butter on rice or nutmeal crackers was always good. Chicken and fish. I craved eggs and they didn’t seem to bother me but I was so underweight and malnourished by then that I was craving protein.
Posted 7/29/2020 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
I'd advocate for stronger medications. Possible your Proctitis has spread in extent or severity and now necessitates stronger meds going forward.

No two flares are alike on what works. I wish it was that easy but it never is.
Posted 8/14/2020 11:35 PM (GMT 0)
For what it's worth, my normal is 1-3 times a day of loose stool (but no mucus or blood). It's never solid like in the good ol' days. Sometimes it holds together, I guess you might consider that "solid" but it's still soft.

-Kristin
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