Background: I'm in the UK, I've had Crohn's for almost twenty years (no surgery needed, occasional steroids, mesalazine the whole time), and I've seemingly found a balance that works for me with a very limited set of 'known safe' foods, and eating one or two 'chance' foods a week equally spaced out. If I deviate from that routine, it'll start to show in bowel movements, and if I ignore that then the wheels start falling off of remission. The last time I had a flare-up was earlier this year (what a flare-up is for me these days is despite reverting to a safe diet without any chance foods and no deviations, I have to use a maximum dose of mesa for several weeks before things truly calm down).
In this time the only holidays I've taken were to the in-laws in Germany plus one to Ireland with my parents and wife for a couple of weeks. During that holiday, I deviated from 'the balance' and the wheels started to fall off partway through the holiday. My wife and I need a holiday, there's no question about that (a lot of family problems in the last few years), and visiting in-laws is more like a commitment than it is a holiday, at least for me.
How do you all balance your dietary needs and going on holiday? One thought is to go for a holiday in the UK, somewhere with self-catering, perhaps take some food with me and ensure that there's a reasonably-sized supermarket near by, but I'm wondering if hotels are a no-go for anything more than say a weekend-length holiday, perhaps a week on the outside (and I guess I ought to play it very safe leading up to the holiday).
In this time the only holidays I've taken were to the in-laws in Germany plus one to Ireland with my parents and wife for a couple of weeks. During that holiday, I deviated from 'the balance' and the wheels started to fall off partway through the holiday. My wife and I need a holiday, there's no question about that (a lot of family problems in the last few years), and visiting in-laws is more like a commitment than it is a holiday, at least for me.
How do you all balance your dietary needs and going on holiday? One thought is to go for a holiday in the UK, somewhere with self-catering, perhaps take some food with me and ensure that there's a reasonably-sized supermarket near by, but I'm wondering if hotels are a no-go for anything more than say a weekend-length holiday, perhaps a week on the outside (and I guess I ought to play it very safe leading up to the holiday).