Trying to get healthy makes me want to scream. Yes, I’m frustrated today. It will pass 🙂 My GOAL is to get a list of foods that I can actually eat without having diarrhea. So fun, right? Thanks Crohn’s! Honestly, I was getting by but I could feel my health slipping very slowly and I knew […]
I started Pentasa yesterday and I am feeling a little hopeful. Yesterday was fraught with severe stomach pains (more than normal) and I am still super amazingly tired all day. Â Yesterday I wanted to go to sleep at 8pm and was yawning through the afternoon. Last month I started having problems, I feel like it […]
I just realized today that when you search for years to find an answer to a problem the ending is generally a surprise. I finally do have an answer but it was something that I didn’t expect. Probably because I didn’t really expect ANYTHING so to now have a name to my problem is pretty […]
These restaurants must think I’m nuts. I walked into a Pho place the other day and asked if I could get a shrimp and rice bowl. Yes, no problem. Wait, is the shrimp marinated in anything? Yes, oyster sauce, sugar, salt, etc. Whoops, that won’t work. Â Well, we have our plain boiled shrimp that we […]
Yes, I am still going strong on my crazy diet. I can’t even believe it. Every day I think to myself, I should really test out a pan of brownies. You know, just to see! I have stayed strong though… somehow. Yesterday I tried out eggs so I know that is ok, added in to […]
Last night my throat finally got so bad I couldn’t sleep and felt terrible in the morning. It was burning and closed up so I figured, I finally got a virus! I made an appointment while Sam was in school and Griffin and I went in. My favorite nurse, Bernadine, was able to see me […]
I am sitting here tonight mentally patting myself on the back because I have made it through 24 hours of a clear liquid diet. Yes, a CLEAR liquid diet. Water, sprite, Gatorade, jello, and chicken broth. If you see me in the next few days, please don’t talk about food, k? I may have mentioned […]