First ever flare up

[Nero83]

Had right hemicolectomy to remove isolated crohns near appendix in Nov 13. Stomach and gut settled down and I started low-fodmaps and gluten/dairy /caffeine free diet in conjunction with 2g pentasa daily (regular bowel movements, no abdominal pain).

Had a gluten free very mild green curry at a thai restaurant on Saturday night and have had bad lower abdominal pain and the runs since saturday. Very minor bleeding too.

Im off to see the GIT today to get switched up on meds or maybe some steroids to calm the inflammation.

Looks like so far the magic bullets for irritating my crohns so far are:

Coffee
Beer
Curry/anything spicy
Maybe cocount milk/cream?

Anyone had a similar experience?

 

[SarahBear]

Hi, Nero!

I'm glad you've already contacted your doctor! Hopefully you'll be able to get things under control soon.

The triggers you've listed are fairly common. Coffee used to be a big one for me, but no longer seems to be. Spices set off a lot of people (even those without IBD).

:hug: Let us know how your appointment goes!