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Wow, first post and you resurrected a nine year old thread! :dusty: :sign0144: :award2:

I've been cutting artificial sugars out of my diet. I read the ingredients on the label when I shop at grocery stores. Maple syrup is the only real stuff, anything else is artificial.

I don't have an explanation but the dreaded pred makes me sweat too. It's not a withdrawal symptom, it's a side effect. I had to be real careful if I was out in sunny warm weather.

Just added the breath mint "Icebreakers" to my list of unsafe foods.

Don't be embarrassed to discuss it here. If your stools are formed normal, then malabsorption doesn't appear to be a problem. Never been on Humira or Imodium, can't speak of any experience. Your metabolism is up though. How much fiber is in your diet? Grape Nuts for breakfast keeps my...

There seems to be some truth to that. After my surgery four years ago, my surgeon recommended eating yogurt daily to replenish the bacteria that is friendly to the intestines. No flare up since then.

Can you eat steak if you prepare it yourself at home? I have better luck with meals I make myself. Had too much trouble with restaurants.

I wish you luck, but I would be quiet about the opening to your co-workers. You don't want competition.

No, right on the anus.

I have had an abscess in my rectum, three months later it was gone. Zero meds.

Have also found that diet can keep Crohns away. So far so good.

I keep some pants with elastic waistbands for those times I am bloated from a flare-up.

Be REAL careful with any physical exertions with the abdominal muscles. Doctor should order a sedentary healing period. I never realized how much the abdominal muscles were used in normal everyday stuff. The more you rest, the better they will heal. There's a LOT of muscle tissue to repair...

I had a flare-up for five weeks, and after I finished the meds it came right back. The CT scan showed a couple of fistulas and that's when my doctor recommended the resection surgery.

My doctor had suggested a gluten-free diet to help the chronic abdominal cramps I had been experiencing. So far I have isolated raw nuts, foods with high starch, and processed cheese as triggers to my cramps. None of those have gluten so I had my doubts about the diet but I would try anything...

I had to cut out raw nuts, they triggered painful agonizing cramps. But they don't bother me when they are cooked or in butter form. But beware of candy with peanut butter - peanut butter M&Ms triggered the cramps.

While you are in the hospital, ask to speak to a dietician about bland diet. The goal of the bland diet is to eat foods that do not irritate the digestive tract or generate gas. The more you stay on it, the less likely you may develop inflammation and/or blockage. Not as restrictive as a...

The 1st time I wore the NG tube I didn't have the gag reflex. The 2nd time, it was tickling my gag reflex. Had to be careful with movement of the body and the tube. And drinking water did ease initial insertion. That's the worst part of the whole procedure. It helped to close my eyes.

Signs of a flare-up are exactly what you had - dehydration, vomiting, bloating/inflammation. It's a matter of recognizing the warning signs, and they are not the only ones. You did the right thing to go to ER. I have been on the NG tube twice. It is very uncomfortable and it does not get...

My case is pretty mild compared to most people but the worst thing is not knowing what foods can trigger 12-18 hours of painful abdominal cramps.