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Posted 11/9/2007 9:22 PM (GMT -8)
Is anyone on a liquid diet? Even when I am not flaring I have urgency issues. It seems like the only time I feel relatively safe is when I drink an ensure or a yogurt smoothie. This is great because I need to lose about 70lbs. The only problem I have now is when I get home I (of course) am hungry and have been binging, which sends me straight to the bathroom, but I feel safer because I am at home and can make it to a toilet. I have so many cravings and would like to balance my self to some small meals per day. Does anyone have any suggestions for my cravings because really the more I eat the worst it is for me with regard to the colitis and my weight. I just want a balance. Its hard to lose weight because I used to be able to do it by eating salads and fruits which are a pretty big no no for me now.I am so tired of this disease. I sometimes feel so stuck but I know, I just know that there has to be a way to balance my self out. Find out what works what's best for me. Be healthy thinner and have less urgency. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
MJW
Posted 11/9/2007 9:32 PM (GMT -8)
Boy can i relate! Im in a really bad flare right now so im off of work and not able to eat. Ive gained weight myself, and for the same reason! I wont eat at work cause im afraid ill have an accident but once i get home im so hungry i binge because i know im near a bathroom. I hate this disease with a passion! I had no life other than work before and now i cant even make it to work! Im gonna try baby food to make it through this flare. After that i dont know what ill do. Urgency is always a problem for me too! Sorry im not much help!But i can sure relate to what your going through!Sounds just like my daily life story!
Posted 11/9/2007 10:30 PM (GMT -8)
I like the baby food idea!!!! I hadn't thought of that before. Thank you for posting. I appreciate your empathy and you did just give me an idea to try. Good luck yourself. I just went to the store and bought some nicotine patches. I used to be a smoker and my UC has gotten worse since I quit so I am hoping maybe this will help with flares and cravings. Worse case senerio is I start vomiting I guess. That is why I am trying it on the weekend. I feel like I've just got to keep trying things , until something works or I exhaust myself.
Posted 11/9/2007 10:38 PM (GMT -8)
ugh, liquid diet.  i was just on a liquid diet in the hospital for 7 days. this year long flare sucks ass and i had to go in to hospital 2 weeks ago it got so bad.  i lost so much weight in there i got down to 100lbs.  im now 108 2 weeks later.

about 6 months ago (still during flare of course) i saw a dietician and we spent over 3 months on all different types of diets. 

-liquid diet

-no residue diet

-no fiber diet

-low residue/low fiber diet

-protein diet

-fruit and veg diet

-just those resource drinks and ensure and sustagen...

i tell ya what, none of them gave any relief or helped out.

so now, i eat anything and everything i want unless it hurts ... which from the last 2 days i have just figured out seeds are bad.  i had poppy seed bagels last 2 days and the blood came back.

the last 2 weeks i have had no colitis symptoms at all until the last 2 days. im hoping that it is the seeds rather than the flare starting up again now that i had gotten it under control FINALLY!

im on 50mg of prednisone a day and it is taking its toll!  i dont feel like a person anymore. and i am so moody and mean and quick to get angry. i just feel down in the dumps.. not to mention that i can't sleep.  jeez that sucks.

been getting a lot of art done tho.

anyhoo... diets.. i guess its all about how it makes YOU feel in the end. cuz everyone is different!

Posted 11/9/2007 11:11 PM (GMT -8)
It's different for everyone, you'll have to play around and find what works best for YOU...but GI's will often recommend a liquid diet for a short period of time to give your bowels a rest when you're really bad off.

:)
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