Well, long story short I'm 15 diagnosed with Crohns and have been taking asacol and entocort for a few weeks. When it didn't seem to be working I talked to my doctor about starting a liquid diet and he loved that I wanted to do it and I ended up starting the diet the next day. I take Ensure plus 6 times a day and the only other things I can drink are water and tea.
So, now it's day 5(time flies when you're having fun) and I've been having some problems. First off, It seems like I flare up everyday in the morning since the day before starting the liquid diet. The flare ups just consist of me constantly going in the morning and include lots of stomach cramps/pains. The flare-ups then tend to die down by evening but the damage is already done. I end up missing school(I've missed 4 days of school by now) because of these flare-ups. I haven't been having the ideal diet before starting the liquid diet(I had pizza the day before starting) but I still am beginning to get worried. Is it normal or okay to still be experiencing these kinds of flare-ups while being on the liquid diet? The whole reason I did this was to get rid of all these flare ups and one of the things that was driving me to do the liquid diet was the thought of no flare-ups or stomach discomfort during it. So, its discouraging to have pains that are just as bad if not worse than before I started the diet.
So, now it's day 5(time flies when you're having fun) and I've been having some problems. First off, It seems like I flare up everyday in the morning since the day before starting the liquid diet. The flare ups just consist of me constantly going in the morning and include lots of stomach cramps/pains. The flare-ups then tend to die down by evening but the damage is already done. I end up missing school(I've missed 4 days of school by now) because of these flare-ups. I haven't been having the ideal diet before starting the liquid diet(I had pizza the day before starting) but I still am beginning to get worried. Is it normal or okay to still be experiencing these kinds of flare-ups while being on the liquid diet? The whole reason I did this was to get rid of all these flare ups and one of the things that was driving me to do the liquid diet was the thought of no flare-ups or stomach discomfort during it. So, its discouraging to have pains that are just as bad if not worse than before I started the diet.