I am new to this forum and I am a 21 year old girl, diagnosed at 16 with Crohn's. I had a terminal ileum resection a few months after i was diagnosed and remicade and imuran weren't working. I am convinced that my flare ups are triggered by my sensitivity to antibiotics because i was given the same "z-pack" for sinus infections twice, and both times caused huge flare ups, the most recent time was about a year and 3 months ago and I'm still dealing with it.
I wanted to see if anyone else has constipation as a symptom instead of diarrhea and possibly a candida or other yeast infection as the cause? I'll just get so fed up because i have no idea what's really going on in there, so I'll just defiantly eat more than I know my belly can handle, on purpose, because i'm just so tired of following rules (like a normal-sized meal as opposed to a crohn's sized meal). Then I just get even more constipated and start all over the next day. I do go about once a day but very small amounts and it always feels incomplete. how do I get back to eating what I know is going to keep me in balance? Soft foods are so-ooo boring! I've been doing the low carb thing for nearly 3.5 months now, and i was doing really well, getting lots of energy back, but now I'm losing control and getting more fatigued and yucky again as I've added foods back in (maybe I added things back too fast). Either way, I'm really stuck down there.
Does anyone know any foods that would help soften things up? Fiber pill things just get me more clogged up. It seems like I'm constantly dehydrated even though I'm drinking a normal amount of water...I'm thinking I could try eating a lot of apple sauce or something? what other soft things are good?
Thanks for reading. I'm glad to be able to talk to other people because I don't know anyone who has crohn's disease except for me.
I wanted to see if anyone else has constipation as a symptom instead of diarrhea and possibly a candida or other yeast infection as the cause? I'll just get so fed up because i have no idea what's really going on in there, so I'll just defiantly eat more than I know my belly can handle, on purpose, because i'm just so tired of following rules (like a normal-sized meal as opposed to a crohn's sized meal). Then I just get even more constipated and start all over the next day. I do go about once a day but very small amounts and it always feels incomplete. how do I get back to eating what I know is going to keep me in balance? Soft foods are so-ooo boring! I've been doing the low carb thing for nearly 3.5 months now, and i was doing really well, getting lots of energy back, but now I'm losing control and getting more fatigued and yucky again as I've added foods back in (maybe I added things back too fast). Either way, I'm really stuck down there.
Does anyone know any foods that would help soften things up? Fiber pill things just get me more clogged up. It seems like I'm constantly dehydrated even though I'm drinking a normal amount of water...I'm thinking I could try eating a lot of apple sauce or something? what other soft things are good?
Thanks for reading. I'm glad to be able to talk to other people because I don't know anyone who has crohn's disease except for me.