The Old Folks Home

[lovesfarms]

Cynthia, I am running up the white flag. I told the doctor today that I had always told my doctor that I'd get a colonoscopy when he could catch me and drag me in bodily. I just grinned and said. Think he caught me.

Yeah I drank two swallows of coffee when I got home read that on another post and dumpted it down the sink. So proud of me.

No I do not want to go through this again. I've been reading different diets. None of them sound realistic in all honesty. One says don't eat this the other says, oh, you can eat that, don't eat THIS.

I know I don't handle fiber at all so it is out. But is decaf or herbal tea allowed?

Caffeine isn't good. Herbal tea is fine. The mint is soothing, I go for decaf green tea because green tea helps fight inflammation. For fruit flavored tea I drink the celestial True Blueberry because it doesn't have added acids. My 1st Dr For Crohn's/colitis said eat anything that you feel good on. I had so many stomach aches I didn't think anything made me feel good! Since then I was also diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (constipation) so by cutting out fiber for IBD, The IBS symptoms got worse. Right now I just zig zag between the two, sometimes I don't know which stomach aches comes from which.I could beg the Dr for mercy but truth of the matter is, I'm more scared of the medicine then the pain. Your tolerance for pain increases, but the inflammation is damaging your insides at the same time. My best tools for both IBD and IBS is the low fodmap diet (it's strict until you get to understand it & customize it towards your personal tolerance. It is a good guide)digestive enzymes and probiotics. The cramps aren't always caused by food, any activity that uses your stomach muscles can give you cramps. Everybody is different.I wish you the best of luck in finding the diet that best suits your needs.
Let me add, the low fodmap diet helps control the pain in Irritable bowel, the reason it helps for colitis is because you will eat less food that makes inflammation (wheat, dairy etc.) The only thing that has ever given me total relief from colitis and Crohn's is prescription medication. I wish you the best, follow the Drs orders. There is new research and medications coming out all the time that replaces what I was told over 30 years ago. Modern medicines can do miracles! Treat your belly like a colicky baby, do what ever makes it happy

 

[pertnear09]

Hey Guys, @microchick asked me to pass this message on: Would you let the guys at the Home know I'm Thinking about them, am improving by degrees and appreciate all the prayers.
She's been good and then having a bout of pain on and off. So, she's not quite the gabby person she normally is.

Praying

 

[Alaskan]

We could use a little rain. I'm just a little south of Interstate 20. Everything south of 20 isn't shown in the drought monitor but everything north of that line is considered dry.

There was a train track like that near my grandparents. Darndest thing... rain would rain up to those tracks... then stop!

Before the tracks was farm land and after the tracks was ranch land.

 

[getaclue]

We got a good bit of rain yesterday. It was cloudy today, but no rain.

 

[pertnear09]

There was a train track like that near my grandparents. Darndest thing... rain would rain up to those tracks... then stop!

Before the tracks was farm land and after the tracks was ranch land.

Strange how it does that,.like it runs into a brick wall.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey Old Folks was out most the day came home cleaned coops looked over my buds Yorkie she is pregnant maybe?
started dinner making a sloppy joe tonight onion buns and cauliflower

 

[silverhair67]

morning

 

[CSolis]

Strange how it does that,.like it runs into a brick wall.

Good Morning OF! There was a friend's place in Prattville AL where I kept my mare when she was on foal watch. It would rain right across the dirt road from her place and not touch the 5 acres she was situated on. Just like you said, ran into a brick wall.

Um, ermm... I had a dilemna about who I was going to breed the pumpkin patch girls to when they grew up. Then I stopped by Amanda's this morning to let her know Fancy Pants would be coming home in a couple of weeks and that she's (erm. maybe he's) doing just great! We sat out on the front porch chatting a while, then headed off to her bantam/silkie barn. She was telling me how one woman paid for 5 up front then never came and got them. 3 of them are roos which leaves Amanda holding the bag again. Guess what I will be bringing home soon! He's so loverly! Just got to move Greystoke and his ladies into the large pen with his daughters to make room in one hoop coop to fit the new guy and his pumpkin patch girls.

 

[Peep_Show]

Morning OF! Didn't find me in the obits this morning, so things are great!

Yep, any morning I wake up is off to a good start!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Yup got up at 10 here crawled out .. actually woke at like 3 in the morning either what I need a cup of coffee..
Any day i get out of bed is good day