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I was recently diagnosed with Crohn's. I've been on prednisone for months. Three weeks ago I developed another abscess (woohoo), which I had to ave a surgery to have it drained. They put in two non-cutting setons. I'm on Flagyl and Levoquin to get rid of the infection before I can start Humira.
It's been a struggle dealing with the pain since the surgery, and I've been out of work since then. I've also been struggling with my diet and appetite. I've lost around 15 pounds since all of this started back in April, and maybe more since the surgery.
So here's the gross part: I've been researching foods and what is safe and what is not, and I've looked into what cheeses have relatively low concentrations of lactose. I tried a little mozzarella on baked chicken two nights ago. I've been avoiding dairy like the plague for the past 3 weeks.
Yesterday, I didn't have a bowel movement at all, and this morning I woke up very early to use the toilet. It was extraordinarily painful, and it was just mucus. I mean, EVERY bowel movement for the past 3 weeks (3 months, more like it) has been painful, but this was painful considering that it wasn't a full bowel movement.
I'm assuming that the mucus is just built up from all the inflammation in my colon, but I'm wondering if it's a good sign that it's being pushed out, maybe the Culturelle is helping (my bowel movements have been a lot more solid since I started the probiotic regimen again); or a bad sign, maybe caused by the cheese that I ate, or stopping the anti-diarrhea medicine 3 days ago..
I'm definitely going to bring it up to my doctor if it continues, but odds are good I'm not seeing him again until after I get the okay from my surgeon that the infection is gone 2 weeks from now.
I was recently diagnosed with Crohn's. I've been on prednisone for months. Three weeks ago I developed another abscess (woohoo), which I had to ave a surgery to have it drained. They put in two non-cutting setons. I'm on Flagyl and Levoquin to get rid of the infection before I can start Humira.
It's been a struggle dealing with the pain since the surgery, and I've been out of work since then. I've also been struggling with my diet and appetite. I've lost around 15 pounds since all of this started back in April, and maybe more since the surgery.
So here's the gross part: I've been researching foods and what is safe and what is not, and I've looked into what cheeses have relatively low concentrations of lactose. I tried a little mozzarella on baked chicken two nights ago. I've been avoiding dairy like the plague for the past 3 weeks.
Yesterday, I didn't have a bowel movement at all, and this morning I woke up very early to use the toilet. It was extraordinarily painful, and it was just mucus. I mean, EVERY bowel movement for the past 3 weeks (3 months, more like it) has been painful, but this was painful considering that it wasn't a full bowel movement.
I'm assuming that the mucus is just built up from all the inflammation in my colon, but I'm wondering if it's a good sign that it's being pushed out, maybe the Culturelle is helping (my bowel movements have been a lot more solid since I started the probiotic regimen again); or a bad sign, maybe caused by the cheese that I ate, or stopping the anti-diarrhea medicine 3 days ago..
I'm definitely going to bring it up to my doctor if it continues, but odds are good I'm not seeing him again until after I get the okay from my surgeon that the infection is gone 2 weeks from now.
