Two little rants here:
1. So I had a pretty bad week last week. I don't think that Asacol and I mix well. My sister is great, but sometimes misses what other people are feeling. I was sitting on the couch, with a heating pad on my stomach to try to decrease some of the pain (this is after like 10 trips to the washroom already that day) and I asked someone else to go turn up the volume on the TV, because I was feeling pretty sick. My sister had a cold, and seemed to miss the fact that anyone else could be feeling poorly if she was. She scoffed at me when I said I was feeling sick! Ugh! I love her tons, but really?
and 2. My family talks a lot, and so everyone knew that I went in for an appointment with my GI and was prescribed prednisone. They also knew that I had laid off eating for about 48 hours because it caused too many issues. This was two days ago, and I have already had two family members ask me what I was eating that caused my symptoms. They all think that I only get sick if I eat corn (because I was allergic as an infant). My response is always that food is what makes me sick. They will follow up with "well what food, specifically?" Like, when I am having a flare that requires steroids, it is only one food that makes me sick. Not the INFLAMMATION OF MY COLON. gah. I am so tired of explaining to people that it is not because of corn! It's also not my freaking fault when I get sick. Asking "what did you eat that caused it" completely ignores that.
Side note - I cut corn products from my diet completely for about a year before I was diagnosed, and I know for sure that that will change nothing for me.
1. So I had a pretty bad week last week. I don't think that Asacol and I mix well. My sister is great, but sometimes misses what other people are feeling. I was sitting on the couch, with a heating pad on my stomach to try to decrease some of the pain (this is after like 10 trips to the washroom already that day) and I asked someone else to go turn up the volume on the TV, because I was feeling pretty sick. My sister had a cold, and seemed to miss the fact that anyone else could be feeling poorly if she was. She scoffed at me when I said I was feeling sick! Ugh! I love her tons, but really?
and 2. My family talks a lot, and so everyone knew that I went in for an appointment with my GI and was prescribed prednisone. They also knew that I had laid off eating for about 48 hours because it caused too many issues. This was two days ago, and I have already had two family members ask me what I was eating that caused my symptoms. They all think that I only get sick if I eat corn (because I was allergic as an infant). My response is always that food is what makes me sick. They will follow up with "well what food, specifically?" Like, when I am having a flare that requires steroids, it is only one food that makes me sick. Not the INFLAMMATION OF MY COLON. gah. I am so tired of explaining to people that it is not because of corn! It's also not my freaking fault when I get sick. Asking "what did you eat that caused it" completely ignores that.
Side note - I cut corn products from my diet completely for about a year before I was diagnosed, and I know for sure that that will change nothing for me.
