I think it's less what you should eat than it is what you SHOULDN'T eat. I spent weeks researching and found no definite answers. I would avoid most dairy, at least until the flare calms down some....
The doctor didn't say that. He said diet can't cause a flare. Big difference. If something causes you to flare, it means you were in remission and it caused you to flare again. If something...
I don't have Crohn's, but I do have UC, and I saw this thread. I was told a had C diff infection when I was admitted in the hospital for TPN after the colonoscopy that diagnosed me. I didn't have any...
I can't really relate, I'm personally still about 20 pounds under the minimum healthy weight for my age/height according to my doctor. But I did want to say that having extra weight isn't really a...
I voted 'not at all', but technically that's not true. I guess I'm still in my first flare, just finished tapering prednisone, I feel 99% better but my stomach still feels off pretty much 24/7. That...
@smitharoo: MSG problems are pretty rare, many healthy people who believe everything they hear read that MSG is "bad" and immediately blame any headaches or stomach aches after eating on it. Of...
I've only been on Pentasa while also being on Prednisone so I'm not really sure what it's doing vs what the pred is doing. But I think I remember reading somewhere that it may take 2-3 weeks for...
I wasn't taking any antibiotics before I got sick, nor was I under any stress. Don't think I had any bugs/illnesses. One day I ate some jalopenos felt nauseous for an hour or two than it went...
I'm nearly done tapering off pred and my doctor dropped me by 10mg every 5 days (40-30-20-10-5-2.5). After reading how slowly other people tapered, I asked if this fast a taper was normal, and he...
Hello, I was diagnosed with UC just under a month ago after having abdominal discomfort/nausea/abnormal stool since February and spent 3 weeks in the hospital (first 2 I was on bowel rest and TPN...