Hi all
As some of you know I was put back on the liquid diet (Ensure plus) recently, although due to delays at the GP surgery processing the prescription and the pharmacy having to order in stock I only started it properly this week. I don’t know whether to call my dietitian or IBD nurse tomorrow, as things have not gone well so far [emoji31]
I started properly on Tuesday, and recall not feeling great. Wednesday was terrible, I was in quite a lot of pain and was exhausted so in bed for 6:30 pm and slept until it was time to get up for work the next day.
Thursday I decided to cut back on the drinks a little and only have 3 shakes instead of the prescribed 6. This seemed to help and I felt better. However Friday I had 4 drinks and I was in a lot of pain again within a couple of hours after the 4th drink. Has something changed in Ensure plus? I had no problems like this with it last year, other than it causing a little reflux.
The pain is not like anything else I’ve experienced, usually I get cramps or colicky type pains. Whilst these can be very sharp, they ebb and flow so I’m not in constant pain and most of the time it passes quite quickly. On a few occasions this has gone on long enough to keep me awake or wake me up, but for the most part it’s not too bad. I have codeine for the bad days but I seldom use it unless I’m really struggling and paracetamol hasn’t touched the pain.
This has been different, it’s a constant awful sharp pain in the same place which just never stops. I haven’t taken any codeine as I’m already really ‘slow’ in that department and I don’t want to make this worse. I’ve decided to have a couple of days off the drinks just eating bland and easy to digest food, and the pain has vanished! However (I apologise in advance for tmi) I’m *really* struggling to pass anything. It’s very painful when I do which is causing me some anxiety about it all.
I’ve just had some milk of magnesia which I hope will help, but otherwise I don’t know what to do. I will let my dietitian know in the morning, but I’m not sure about my IBD nurse? I’m worried they will tell me I have to have steroids again instead which I really don’t want to do at the moment.
Is this as simple as the Ensure not agreeing with me for some reason or is something else going on?
Thanks
As some of you know I was put back on the liquid diet (Ensure plus) recently, although due to delays at the GP surgery processing the prescription and the pharmacy having to order in stock I only started it properly this week. I don’t know whether to call my dietitian or IBD nurse tomorrow, as things have not gone well so far [emoji31]
I started properly on Tuesday, and recall not feeling great. Wednesday was terrible, I was in quite a lot of pain and was exhausted so in bed for 6:30 pm and slept until it was time to get up for work the next day.
Thursday I decided to cut back on the drinks a little and only have 3 shakes instead of the prescribed 6. This seemed to help and I felt better. However Friday I had 4 drinks and I was in a lot of pain again within a couple of hours after the 4th drink. Has something changed in Ensure plus? I had no problems like this with it last year, other than it causing a little reflux.
The pain is not like anything else I’ve experienced, usually I get cramps or colicky type pains. Whilst these can be very sharp, they ebb and flow so I’m not in constant pain and most of the time it passes quite quickly. On a few occasions this has gone on long enough to keep me awake or wake me up, but for the most part it’s not too bad. I have codeine for the bad days but I seldom use it unless I’m really struggling and paracetamol hasn’t touched the pain.
This has been different, it’s a constant awful sharp pain in the same place which just never stops. I haven’t taken any codeine as I’m already really ‘slow’ in that department and I don’t want to make this worse. I’ve decided to have a couple of days off the drinks just eating bland and easy to digest food, and the pain has vanished! However (I apologise in advance for tmi) I’m *really* struggling to pass anything. It’s very painful when I do which is causing me some anxiety about it all.
I’ve just had some milk of magnesia which I hope will help, but otherwise I don’t know what to do. I will let my dietitian know in the morning, but I’m not sure about my IBD nurse? I’m worried they will tell me I have to have steroids again instead which I really don’t want to do at the moment.
Is this as simple as the Ensure not agreeing with me for some reason or is something else going on?
Thanks
