crohn's disease

[Bodie The Cursed]

Got diagnosed a few month back and its not playing very nice. Anyone have some advice on what to avoid? I found eating pizza has a similar affect of swollkwing rat poison for me. I'm tired and uncomfortable. On 800 mg of asocal daily, thinking I need to change up my meds or something.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Stress also seems to be a trigger for flares. I have to put my 10 year old dog down today (lung cancer) I suppose that's not helping my cause.

 

[BuffyGirl]

I can't say I have any experience so I'm only here for support. I'm sure you've been reading up on it a lot. Have there been any helpful bits of info out there for you?

I'm sorry about your dog. Any idea how your pup developed lung cancer?

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Thanks, not sure. Came about as a surprise the other day. He's been coughing and wheezinng so we took him in. Saddest part are my 4 and 6 year olds are very attached. Not sure what to do there.

As for the chron's yes I've researched, but everyone's a little different I guess.

 

[uscmhicks]

I'd reccomend you pick up the book " Breaking the Vicious cycle ". It explains how a specific carbohydrate diet can help massively with the symptoms of digestive diseases such as crohn's and colitis. The full diet is a little much for most people to get accustomed to but following the basic principles should help massively. I don't have crohn's myself but a digestive illness that's still not fully diagnosed and is undergoing investigations. Diet has been the thing which has helped me more than anything and as you mentioned trying to handle stress as best as possible.

https://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/

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The specific carbohydrate diet recommends cutting out almost all carbohydrates but this isn't something I personally agree with. Foods such as sweet potato , yams , butternut squash etc can do a lot for the body and I find I feel worse avoiding foods such as this.

The diets basic principle is that by removing specific carbohydrates you stop feeding a lot of overgrown bacteria which then leads to an improvement in symptoms. Not to mention the diet is very anti inflammatory. I personally wouldn't follow it completely but it's a very interesting read and well worth picking up if you have an illness such as crohns.

If you haven't already you should experiment with removing gluten , dairy and nuts one at a time and see how you feel in regards to symptoms. Everyone definitely is different but there is big key things that can worsen digestive problems. Removing gluten and lactose from my diet helped me more than anything else.

I don't miss anything either , you can find gluten free bread , lactose free butter , there are various types of milk ( almond , rice , soy , coconut ).

Good luck with it and my advise would be to not rely on medication unless you feel it's a must.

 

[Collectorcol]

I believe free range eggs can be very good for Crohn's Disease

 

[BadMoon]

My wife's brother has it. Stress is a factor and apparently hot wings. He had to have part of his bowel removed. Didn't sound like fun. He has gained a lot of weight as well due to the meds.

Good luck man. May you still enjoy your many poos!

 

[The Ween]

Sorry about your dog, Bodie. Best thing to do with the kids is just be honest with them about the dogs illness and tell them he has to go to heaven where he'll be better.

Hope your po oper gets better! Looks like you'll have to stay away from spicy or acidy foods.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Starting to think The Monster hacked your account.

 

[occulum]

Starting to think The Monster hacked your account.

I almost spit the water I was drinking all over my screen .....

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

good boy. sad parting. happened fast.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Sorry to hear this, Bodie.

 

[Jen]

Avoid gluten, processed sugar and dairy. Limit your animal protein to chicken/eggs and fish. Learn to love goat's milk. Take a food allergy test and avoid anything that you are allergic to. You gotta eat healthy....pizza, hot wings, etc....are not going to do you any favors.

Sorry to hear about your dog.

 

[Octavarium]

I have a friend that had that, but he's fine now.
Really can't tell what he did or didn't. All I know is that it was pretty hard to treat it.

 

[pixletwin]

There is so much social retardation on this board.

Sorry about your dog though bodie. I still get teary when I think about the last pet I had to put down.

 

[FLOSI]

Last I checked this wasn't the "How do dogs get cancer?" thread.

Thread cleaned up.... damn.

 

[The Josh]

Sorry about all of that bodie.

 

[Eli26]

good boy. sad parting. happened fast.

Good looking kids. Nice dog. A top of the goofiness that is you, there is a good guy.

I hope things improve and never feel bad to adopt a new dog right away. Sometimes the best way to heal is to take the sorrow from a loss and put that focus on a new life. So many animals get euthanized as well, so this is always great for the pet. But do what's best for you guys.

I would be devastated if I lost my dog. I have become so attached to her. She's my baby.

My friend also has crohn's disease. So I have an idea how difficult it can be. I will be thinking about you bud.

 

[occulum]

sucks on both fronts man.
Last year we had to put down the most loving dog I've ever had. Its heart-wrenching...