Seeing as if all goes to plan I will be getting my permanent stoma next week, I thought I’d do a fun little post revealing what’s on my current grocery list before my diet changes to adapt to ileostomy life. When a lot of people are diagnosed with IBD, they fear that they will noContinue reading “An Inside Look at My Grocery List: Healthy Eating with Crohn’s Disease.”
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How to Survive on an Exclusive Liquid Diet.
Arguably the hardest part about doing a liquid diet for IBD and sticking to it is your mindset. Most people are used to eating between 3 and 5 meals a day at regular times and these meals become important social cues which divide up their day. But when you’re on EEN (exclusive enteral nutrition), thingsContinue reading “How to Survive on an Exclusive Liquid Diet.”
Approaches to Food in a Flare Up.
Anyone who has ever experienced a relapse of their IBD will at some point have asked themselves the big question: “what should I eat?” When your symptoms flare up your appetite normally goes down, but it is important to try and give your body nutrients, particularly if you are experiencing vomiting or diarrhoea. ButContinue reading “Approaches to Food in a Flare Up.”
Surgery, Anaphylaxis and Ustekinumab.
Being admitted I was admitted to hospital on March 15th, 2019 for my first ever surgery. Even the journey to the hospital was a nightmare. I felt like I’d reached an all-time low with my internal symptoms, and my extra-intestinal symptoms had also reached rock bottom. The erythema nodosum which I had suffered from soContinue reading “Surgery, Anaphylaxis and Ustekinumab.”
My Diet: What I Eat and Avoid.
Diet and Crohn’s Anyone with IBD knows that diet is everything. Whilst we need to debunk the myth that certain foods cause inflammation, it is undeniable that certain foods trigger symptoms. Because Crohn’s is such an unpredictable and individualised disease, annoyingly there is no “one size fits all” diet and food triggers vary massively fromContinue reading “My Diet: What I Eat and Avoid.”
The Liquid Diet, Erythema Nodosum and Going Back to School.
Being admitted for treatment So, after getting my Crohn’s diagnosis in December 2011, I returned to hospital in January 2012 to begin treatment and it honestly couldn’t have come soon enough. I know I wanted to postpone starting the liquid diet until after Christmas, and I certainly enjoyed my roast turkey with all the trimmings,Continue reading “The Liquid Diet, Erythema Nodosum and Going Back to School.”
Me and My Crohn's 