New to list-intro diet making me sicker?

February 25, 2009

This is not my first time on the diet but it is my 1st post to this

Yahoo list. I'm an old-timer & was a member of the old Long Island

Listserve many moons ago. My story is: I'm 39 year old female,

diagnosed 8 1/2 years ago w/ UC. I'm presently on Asacol (2-3X

daily). For 8 years,I have been on and off SCdiet & up until 5 days I

was definitely OFF! I went into a bad flare 2 weeks ago & have been

trying to get things under control w/ the diet. I am still on intro

diet but did try to add a banana (ripe w/ spots)last night.It didn't

go well! My biggest issue right now is that I get nauseous when my

stomach is empty. I am eating very little because my flare not only

brought major D with it, I also have terrible pains (I think gas)

after I eat. I can't seem to pin-point what is causing the most

trouble so here's my diet: DCCC with some cinnomon & may be a drop of

vanilla-I warm it up in microwave, homemade chicken soup (follwed

directions exactly except chose not to add pureed carrots into final

product (did simmer soup w/ them)since D was so active), 24 hr

fermented yogurt w/ honey, some chicken from soup & some which I

baked (legs/thighs w/ butter, olive oil, slat, pepper), Mott's 100%

natural applesauce, Welch's grape juice (1/2 water), decaf tea w/

honey and 1 darn bannana. I get so hungry, especially at night, that

I start to get the dry heaves. Last night I ate that bannana because

I thought it would carry me through the night but I ended up being

awake from 4-5:30 AM w/ horrible pains & D, & then I thought I was

going to throw up. I made some decaf tea & spooned down as much

yogurt as I could , & that calmed the naseua. Any advice as to how

to stay full & avoid this?

I have failed to remain on this diet many times but I am so ready to

do it this time. I am turning 40 in the spring & I realize that I

wasted so many of my 30-something years running to bathrooms,

avoiding social/travel situations, being sick & having less time for

my family (I have a wonderful husband & 2 beautiful boys ages 5 & 9).

I have never been this committed & ironically, I've never had this

hard of a time on the diet. Any advice would be appreciated.

Peggy

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