It's been one week since I started my new diet. I have to admit I wasn't too good at sticking to it the first couple of days, but I have been faithful since Saturday. I had a lot of left over food in the house that I didn't just want to get rid of such as regular waffles and lots of sugary junk food.
I made one modification to my diet. I had a CCFA (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America) meeting on Thursday night. The speaker was a pediatric GI doctor from CHOP who is also doing some research at Penn. She is also a Crohn's patient, so she has lots of experience. I spoke to her a bit about diet since that was a big part of her lecture. She suggested eliminating one food group at a time. I chose gluten and am just reducing the sugar intake for now.
This is now my typical day:
Breakfast:
Gluten free waffle w/ sugar free fruit spread
Almond milk w/ VSL #3DS
Egg whites
1 chewable multi-vitamin
Snack
Lara Bar
Viactive
Lunch
Organic chicken breast
Almond milk yogurt
Fruit pouch
1 Girl Scout cookie (my treat for the day)
Snack
Rice crisps
Dinner (varies)
I like a protein with well cooked veggies
Snack
Almond milk fruit smoothie w/ VSL#3DS
I have noticed some promising improvements. The first and best part is no more nighttime leakage. This is by far the most embarrassing symptom of pouchitis. Second is a reduction in gas. I still get gassy after a meal, but I have not had the excruciating gas pains that have been plaguing me since takedown surgery. And just today I've noticed a thickening of my poop.
This is all still so new, so I'm not sure how much is the food and how much is just my body. I can go days feeling good, then have a set back and I'm straight back to the beginning. This is promise though.
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